Klitschko cools on Haye contest

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Klitschko - holder of the IBF and WBO heavyweight belts - went for a meal with undisputed cruiserweight champion Haye on Thursday night but accused the Briton of blowing his chances of a contest any time soon.

"Our meeting didn't even start, you can't talk to him, it's impossible, he's nuts," Klitschko told BBC Sport.

"He has great potential, but he has to put some weight on and get some fights as a heavyweight. Then we'll see."

Klitschko insisted he could not fight Haye this year in any case, as the 32-year-old must honour mandatory defences of his titles.

"This year is impossible because I have two (mandatories) in a row," he explained. "The WBO is going to be the next fight on 12 July (against America's Tony Thompson) and the IBF will be at the end of the year."

Haye, 27, wants to step up to heavyweight after beating Enzo Maccarinelli at the O2 Arena last month, which saw him add the WBO cruiserweight title to his WBC and WBA belts. He plans to vacate all three in the next few months as he prepares to step up to the heavyweight division, in which his only previous fight was an easy victory last April.

"I'd fight Wladimir Klitschko in my next fight if I could after his fight against Ibragimov," said Haye. "That was embarrassing and he wouldn't look forward to fighting someone with my kind of style - powerful, explosive and able to take him out with any shot."