He is. When he walked away from boxing, the WBC bestowed him with the tag ‘Champion Emeritus’. Meaning when Vitali was ready to fight again, the WBC would immediately make him the next mandatory challenger for the belt. He fought Samuel Peter in Germany recently for the WBC title, and won. Peter retired in the corner.

Haye would undoubtedly be the underdog especially with Vitali, but with that much dynamite in both hands you couldn't write him off in any fight IMO.

Just Watched The Monte Barrett Punch Again When David Haye Slipped, What A Disgraceful Piece Of Unsportsman Like Behaviour...

To be fair Haye caught Barrett pretty similarly in an earlier round.

I just don't get the fuss with the Klitschkos.

Vitali has spent the last two or three years bleating about a rematch with Lewis while taking time out of the ring and knocking over the occasional bum like Peter.

Wladimir has more of a glass jaw than Haye, it's just that only a relative few have managed to get past his hit and hold tactics long enough to expose it.

Wladimir would be a soft touch for Haye, but the older Vitali gets the quicker and stronger he ain't and I don't think he could live with Haye's hand speed and movement.

Two of the worst heavyweight champions ever imo. If there was anyone half decent out there they would have been knocked out years ago, its a shame Lewis did not have another yera in him to knock them both out.

In an era that brought you Chagaev, the freak show that is Valuev and Chris Byrd, that's a damning indictment.

Its a boreathon watching them, hold, hold, hold and then hold again.

The Klitschko's should fight each other...me and my brother used to fight all the time!!

They promised Mummy they'd never do it. I've never had a fight with my brother me. We've always been top with each other. Probably chin him for afew million though.

They promised Mummy they'd never do it. I've never had a fight with my brother me. We've always been top with each other. Probably chin him for afew million though.

Im sure they could come to some kind of Williams-Brothers style agreement...Vitali wins the first but there has to be a re-match which Wladimir "mysteriously" wins!!