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Haye offered Skelton bout

Promoter Frank Warren has offered David Haye a £600,000 payday to fight Commonwealth heavyweight champion Matt Skelton later this year.

Haye, the WBO, WBC and WBA cruiserweight champion, now intends to campaign in the heavyweight division and is looking at Hasim Rahman as his next opponent.

But Warren said: "Skelton is the best in Britain and pushed Ruslan Chagaev all the way in their (WBA) world title fight. If Haye is serious about the heavyweight division, he should fight Skelton first."

Skelton added: "I want the fight big time - it's a massive clash between Britain's biggest men.

"Haye wants to prove himself as a heavyweight so he should face the best and that's me. I know that I've got the power to knock him out."

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