Klitschko chides Haye
WBC/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko said today that he thinks Audley Harrison will give WBA champion David Haye a run for his money when the two clash on 13 November in Manchester.
Klitschko is fresh off a tenth-round knockout of heavyweight challenger Samuel Peter, whom he dominated last weekend in Frankfurt, Germany.
"To be honest with you, I'm really afraid that David Haye can get knocked out. I think he should win this fight, but there have been a lot of doubts with David Haye,” Klitschko said. “I think since he moved to the heavyweight division, he slowed down and
he's not as fast as he was. That's my opinion. I hope that this man stops talking garbage and goes through with his promises [to fight me].”
In recent months, negotiations between Haye and Klitschko looked imminent after the “Hayemaker” called Klitschko out and told him to challenge real competition such as himself. Haye looked good for several weeks with the bold challenge lingering in the
air, but when it came to actually drawing up contracts for the fight, decried financial discord as to why terms weren’t being arranged.
Klitschko has maintained his pursuit of Haye, issuing a formal Youtube video issuing his own challenge to Haye. Increasingly fans and analysts have come to his support and claimed Haye is effectively avoiding a fight with Klitschko.
Klitschko said of a potential fight with Haye: "If the fight with Haye happens, I will not make it fast. I will make it long. As I said before, I will make it go twelve rounds, and I will knock him out in the twelfth round. And I will enjoy the process.”
The other half of the Klitschko dynasty, Vitali has a WBC heavyweight title fight coming up with once-relevant heavyweight Shannon “Cannon” Briggs. Vitali recently compared his brother to Muhammad Ali, saying the only difference between the two was quality
of opposition.
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