David Haye: Klitschko is Finished, My Style Murders Fury

By Edward Chaykovsky

Former two division world champion David Haye (26-2, 24KOs) is right back in the mix of things, trading words with newly crowned heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18KOs) in recent days.

Fury captured the WBO/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight titles on Saturday in Dusseldorf with a twelve round unanimous decision over longtime division kingpin Wladimir Klitschko.

The new champion has rejected the idea of facing Haye. Fury refuses to forgive Haye for his withdrawals from two scheduled dates when they were set to face each other. The massive heavyweight is convinced that Haye's withdrawals were done out of spite and not due to injury.

"He has to realize I'm not after him, I'm after what he has - the belts," said Haye to BBC Sport. "It says a lot about a new champion that he's saying he won't fight the man who would generate the most amount of interest and money, and would be the biggest possible fight on the planet for him. He knows that my style would absolutely murder his style."

Haye has not fought since knocking out Dereck Chisora in 2012. He had major shoulder surgery in 2013 and thought his career was over. He will fight Australia's Mark De Mori in London on January 16th.

In 2011, he lost a one-sided decision to Klitschko in a heavily hyped fight. Haye says the former champion, nearly 40-years-old, grew old overnight and will never be the same fighter who dominated the division for a decade.

"Klitschko refused to throw any punches. It was Klitschko I'd never seen before. There's having a bad day, and there's having a bad day," Haye said. "I believe he's completely finished now and Father Time has caught up with him."