Klitschko: "I Will Shut David Haye's Mouth With My Fist"
By Mark Vester
As reported last week on BoxingScene.com, the fight between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and challenger David Haye was close to being finalized. Now it's official as both sides reached an agreement on Wednesday. After months of back and forth negotiations, the fight will take place, as reported numerous times, on June 20 in Europe. The venue has not been finalized and contracts will be signed by the end of the week.
One of the bigger roadblocks in the deal, for Haye at least, was giving up two options to the Klitschko brothers' promotional company, K2. Haye agreed to the two option deal. If Haye wins, K2 will promote his next two fights. If he beats Wladimir, those two would have a rematch or Haye would face older brother/WBC champion Vitali Klitschko. If Haye then beats Vitali, they would have a rematch or Haye would have another fight with Wladimir.
After months of listening to trash talks from the very talkative Brit, Klitschko told boxing reporter Dan Rafael that he plans to shut Haye's mouth for good.
"I am happy to have this fight. I have had a lot of opponents with big mouths, but I never had an opponent with such a big mouth like David Haye," Klitschko said. "I will be pleased to shut his big mouth with my big fist. None of the opponents I have had were as provocative as David Haye, so I am glad to shut his mouth by putting my fist in his mouth. There is no way this fight will go the whole distance. It's a signature fight for me and I am happy."
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