Booth laughs off Haye ‘nerves’
By Terence Dooley

Adam Booth laughed off suggestions that WBA title holder David Haye looked nervous when announcing his July 2nd heavyweight unification fight with Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg yesterday afternoon.  Booth trains Haye, he told Sky Sport's that Wlad's relaxed, jokey demeanor was an attempt at levity on the part of the usually deadly serious IBF, WBO and IBO titlist

"I didn't see that," said Booth to Craig Slater's question of whether his charge seemed jittery yesterday in the face of Wlad's verbal jabs.  "I know David's excited so maybe that is what came out.  It is a change of nature for Wlad to take the assault to someone, isn't it.  I think everything he says is as predictable as everything he does in the ring. 

“In business, in dealing with them, and their fights as well, they love to control the controllable, to have everything stacked in their favour and know what's happening.  In this fight, Wladimir isn't going to be able to have control because he's dealing with the uncontrollable."

He added: "He is effective.  Wlad is used to being a bully and using his physical advantages, height, reach and weight, over all of his opponents, he is motivated and they are demotivated but he's not dealing with that in this situation. 

“Events like this don't happen often, fights like this don't happen often, so make the most of it because you are going to see something spectacular on July 2nd - David has got something in store for Wladimir."

Many are comparing this one to the November 2009 bout between Haye, who stands at 6' 3'', and Russia's Nikolay Valuev, 7' 0'', a contest Haye won on point's by using lateral movement to confuse his lumbering opponent and snatch the WBA belt on a majority decision, 116-112 twice and 114-114.  Booth, though, believes Wlad's greater overall boxing ability makes this a different job entirely.

"No, no, two different men, two different abilities.  Valuev was just big, Wlad is big and can box, he's got pedigree.  Boxed at the Olympics [where he won super-heavyweight gold in Atlanta in 1996], boxed internationally for years, been at the top, his record stands for itself but he's become effective at using his attributes.  David's going to cut him down to size before he drops him," pledged Booth.  

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