By Edward Chaykovsky
For the last few weeks, WBC cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew has claimed that David Haye was overlooking him and not taking his training camp seriously.
Judging by Haye's latest photo, he's in the best shape of his career since coming back to the sport last January. Along with his head trainer Shane McGuigan, Haye showed off his jacked physique.
Bellew is moving up to the heavyweight division to fight Haye on March 4th from the O2 Arena in London. The fight will be carried on Sky Sports Box Office.
Haye, who is a massive favorite to win the fight, is a former unified cruiserweight champion and at one point captured the WBA heavyweight title from the seven-foot giant Nikolai Valuev.
Even at 36-years-old, most experts believe Haye is going to knock Bellew out within the first six rounds of their fight.
Haye is fast, has one-punch power in both hands and knows how to box. Over the last few years, Bellew has reinvented his entire career in the cruiserweight division. In early 2014, he moved up in weight after getting knocked out by Adonis Stevenson at light heavyweight in November of 2013.
Because people will be spending money to purchase the fight on PPV, Haye is a little worried about knocking out Bellew too quickly.
"His biggest strength is that he can somehow talk his way into a fight like this," Haye told Sky Sports News HQ. "That he can somehow convince people that he has got a chance to beat me. In my eyes, I don't see how people can give him a chance. He is so basic, so static
"I hope he is way better than I give him credit for. I'd love for this fight to go three, four five rounds maybe and give some entertainment. I have been competing at heavyweight for nearly nine years and I am used to fighting a lot bigger guys. This is a real treat for me, I am fighting a guy the same size, and I am going to take it with both hands."
There was a lot of trash talking from Bellew in the months leading up to their fight. Haye vows to pay him back, with double fisted punishment, when they actually square off in the ring.
"Punching power is what I bring in abundance and he's got an exciting style at cruiserweight, but I don't think he's going to be able to bring the firepower to get into the middle stages of this fight. I am looking at doing a real serious number on this guy. He has got such a big mouth and he is so annoying that I can't wait to get rid of him," Haye said.