Haye Says Proper Preparation Will Beat The Klitschkos
By Mark Vester
Former undisputed cruiserweight champion David Haye is only a few short weeks away from his dream fight with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, which takes place on June 20 before an expected crowd of 60,000 at the Schalke Stadium. Haye says proper preparation will go a long way in winning the fight with Wladimir, and older brother Vitali Klitschko, the WBC champion.
Haye has created what he calls the perfect training camp, in the perfect envoirment. The gym was built in northern Cyprus's Kyrenia, near the mountains and the Mediterranean Sea. Haye built his own gym out there from the ground up. Every detail was layed out by Haye himself.
"We built it from scratch, everything I wanted we've got. I always said when you go into boxing gyms they have crappy showers where there will be bloody plasters on the floor, never any hot water and you don't want to [actually] take a shower," Haye told The Guardian. "It's like you'd get hepatitis or something. One gym I went to in America, the shower was next to the crapper, directly next to each other and they expected me to [have a shower there]. It was disgusting.
"I went to a hotel in Dubai and I remember being in the shower and thinking OK this is the type – it had loads of space. I said to myself: 'One day I'm going to build a gym with marble showers, proper ones like you get in a real classy hotel.'"
Haye says the area is perfect, and more important the place is secluded from possible spies from rival camps.
"But it's completely different [here], somewhere to get serious about my training and really take it to the next level. You've got the mountains, the sea, all the food is organic and fresh – you can't beat it. And this is a private gym, no spies."
"Everyone's really nice and respectful. They shake my hand and that's it, they let me go about my business. But I'm never really out so it's relaxing. I've trained loads of different places – Tenerife, Miami, New York and London, and I've definitely got the right balance here."
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