WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has reached a preliminary agreement to fight Britain's WBA champion David Haye.

Klitschko easily retained his WBC world heavyweight title on Saturday, winning a unanimous points decision against challenger Kevin Johnson.

Haye won the WBA belt from Nikolai Valuev in November and must next fight the WBA's mandatory American challenger John Ruiz before any fight with Klitschko.

"In the near future I plan to fight Haye and take the title," Ukrainian daily Fakty quoted Klitschko as saying.

"The preliminary agreement has already been reached."

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