By Mark Vester

Former cruiserweight champion David Haye plans to go for the knockout when he takes on the seven-foot, 350-pound giant, Nikolai Valuev for the WBA heavyweight title. Haye meets him on November 7 in Germany. Valuev is a mosnter of a man compared to Haye, but the British fighter still plans to go for the knockout.

"I've watched Valuev over the years and I've watched men fight him and none of them have tried to knock him out. It's no secret that I like to knock out opponents and that is how I fight," Haye told boxing scribe Steve Bunce.

Haye knows that knocking Valuev out will not be easy. The giant has never been dropped or seriously hurt. He plans to use a broom to prepare for Valuev's long reach.

"Valuev is extreme and it will take something extraordinary to take him down. Valuev is a big freak and at 7ft 2in and nearly 23 stone he is unique to boxing," said Haye. "I'm tiny in comparison, but then again all heavyweights are tiny in comparison to him!

"I've been using a boxing glove attached to a broom handle to prepare for the Klitschko brothers. I'll just have to get a bigger broom handle for this big guy. This is the biggest test of my boxing life but people are forgetting - it will also be the biggest test of his boxing career. I still know how to use the ring and if I can stay away from his clumsy swings I can get to him."

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