Klitschko: "Haye Challenged Me, Now He Backs Out"
By Mark Vester
WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is not taking David Haye's withdrawal lightly. Haye withdrew from their June 20th bout on Wednesday and the exact injury has yet to be confirmed.
For months Haye has taunted Wladimir and his family. Confronting Wladimir in person, taunting him through the media and wearing the infamous t-shirt that displays the British fighter holding the severed heads of Wladimir and his older brother Vitali. Over 60,000 fans were going to attend the massive event in Germany. Maybe Klitschko's threat of executing the "pizza face" was too much for Haye to handle. Some sarcasm in a tense situation.
Klitschko says if the shoe was on the other foot, and he withdrew instead of Haye, he would have been catching hell from Haye and his team.
"He was the one challenging me - and now he is backing out. I will not kick a man when he is on the floor or throw garbage in his face, which would probably not be the case if this was the other way round. We will have to wait and see if we can find another date for me to punish him. I only took this fight in the first place because I thought they could deliver it to Stamford Bridge, but it fell through and now this. But I will proceed and fight on June 20 as planned, even if it has to be against somebody else. I've waited six months for Haye and I've waited long enough," Klitschko said.
Klitschko would like to fight a live body on June 20 and/or hold the Haye fight a few weeks later - depending on how long the British fighter needs to rehab. Klitschko may run into a time issue. He needs to make a IBF mandatory defense against Alexander Povetkin by September.
Send News Tips and Comments To Mark Vester @ boxingvester@gmail.com
