Is David Haye really serious about a comeback against Vitali Klitschko ?

If murmurings are to be believed, David Haye has returned from a Caribbean holiday, looked deep into his soul, conversed with former undisputed world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis – and will now abandon his retirement plans.

Nothing is official. But the boxing rumour mill was grinding away yesterday, the shredding news was that having seen Vitali Klitschko, elder brother of his heavyweight nemesis Wladimir defeat Tomasz Adamek on Saturday night, Haye wishes to challenge the WBC champion.

“I’ve ­reconsidered everything after talking to my family and meeting Lennox in Montego Bay. We chilled out and Lennox gave me some tips on how to beat Vitali, just like he did in 2003. Vitali should give me the chance, if he dares,” Haye was quoted as saying by the website British Boxers on Tuesday.

Haye was adamant that he would walk away from boxing next month, his 31st birthday. There may have been a u-turn.

Vitali fancies it. "David Haye is world famous, not from boxing skills but from his long tongue," Vitali told Sky Sports.

"He is the world's biggest trash-talker and that's why everybody knows him. He touched me and my brother personally and I want to knock him out. I'm serious. I want to knock David Haye out – I can do that. It would be a great to fight in Great Britain."

It's likely to unfold over the coming week. If Haye is serious, that is. And if he is to face Vitali, he'd better be.

Vitali Klitschko dominates Tomasz Adamek with 10th round TKO in one-sided WBC heavyweight title defence

Vitali Klitschko retained the WBC heavyweight title with a performance of complete dominance over Polish challenger Tomasz Adamek at Stadion Miejski, winning by technical knockout in the 10th round. The Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir, continue to control the four major heavyweight world title belts.

Klitschko, 40, rocked Adamek from the opening round onwards with heavy right hands, using his considerable size advantage to keep the 34-year-old Adamek at bay with the jab. Early in the contest, it looked as if Adamek would be stopped, but showing great heart, but little else, the Pole hung in there. Italian referee Massimo Barrovecchio stepped in to stop the one-sided contest 2 minutes, 20 seconds into the 10th round.

The first heavyweight fight held in Poland was cheered on by the 42,000 spectators at Wroclaw's sold-out football stadium, built for next year's European Championship.

"He's a very good boxer," said Klitschko, who looked in great condition for this contest. "He was a cruiserweight champion, he was a light heavyweight champion, but he's not good enough to be a heavyweight champion because it's another league."

Klitschko's only blemish came when he slipped in the eighth round, but he found his feet to continue his commanding ring generalship in the ninth and 10th to improve his record to 43-2, including 40 knockouts. Adamek drops to 44-2. "You win some, you lose some. This was one I lost," said Adamek. Comprehensively so.