By Mark Vester

WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch has been speaking with his close friend David Haye, and advised his fellow Brit to continue his pursuit of IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Froch appears confident that Haye will not only beat Klitschko, but he will blow the huge Ukranian champion away with ease. Froch views Wladimir as a boring fighter who is scared of his own shadow.

"I think Haye will walk through Wladimir, smash him to bits and knock him out — especially based on his last fight. I know he was quite dominant on the outside against Ruslan Chagaev, but Wladimir's like a chicken. He's scared of his own shadow, runs around the ring, ponces about and is just boring," Froch said To The Sun.

"If you watch him on TV you want to switch him off after four rounds. He's not a fighter who's got any sort of balls at all. Wladimir's got no bottle, whereas Haye's ferocious. Haye comes forward, looks his opponents in the eye and tries to decapitate them with every single punch. I just think he'll catch Wladimir and do a job on him, I really do."

While Froch doesn't have much respect for Wladimir, he does have a lot of respect for the older brother, WBC champion Vitali Klitschko. 

"You've got to remember that Vitali was at his best when he fought Lennox Lewis [in June 2003]. He's a great fighter and is much bigger and stronger than his brother. He's definitely more of a threat and a much better boxer. Vitali would give Haye more trouble but you have to wonder what he's got left. The Lewis fight was years ago and boxing is all about timing.

"I think the time is right for Haye to do a number on Wladimir and then do the double-header on his brother. Vitali's definitely a tougher, harder fight. But with the confidence he'd get from beating Wladimir, I could see Haye beating Vitali too — and what a great fight that would be."

Froch also claims that Haye's withdrawal from the June 20th bout with Wladimir had nothing to do with money. He claims that Haye's back injury was legit.

"I spoke to Haye about four weeks ago and he was in serious pain. He was really, really annoyed he had to cancel the fight because of the injury but sometimes it happens. It wasn't down to Setanta going bust — it was because he had a back injury," Froch said. 

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