By Mark Vester
According to David Haye, former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis is coming on board as an advisor during his training camp for the June clash with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. The news broke on Sunday that Haye and Klitschko sat down in Germany and reached an agreement on the terms for their fight. Lewis fought Vitali Klitschko in 2003, stopping him after six rounds when the ring doctor felt that Vitali's facial cuts were too severe to allow him to continue. There was never a rematch, Lewis retired a few months later.
"I'm really good friends with Lennox. "He wasn't impressed with Wladimir's performance against Hasim Rahman (a seventh-round stoppage on Saturday) either and thinks I would knock him out. Lennox has worked with me in the gym before, he's seen me sparring, he knows I'm the real deal. I'll definitely bring him on board in an advisory role," Haye told Sportinglife .
"He's fought Vitali, he knows what works and what doesn't and if there's anyone to give me advice about strategy, it's Lennox. Maybe I'll go to the States where he is based. I've got six months, a long build-up to the fight, so why not?"
Many expected Haye to fight younger brother Wladimir, holder of the WBO/IBF titles, but the British talker claims that after Vitali watched him break apart Monte Barrett a few weeks ago - he didn't want his younger brother involved.
"It was always going to be Wladimir until my fight with Barrett. But Vitali was ringside for my victory over Barrett and I think he saw something in me that he doesn't want his brother getting involved in, someone like me, who isn't afraid of getting jabbed. I am someone who wants to go out there throwing bombs and my bombs on Wladimir's chin would equal a knockout. Vitali knows he has got a lot better chin (than Wladimir). He's a lot sturdier and stronger, so I think he made a family decision and put himself in the firing line," Haye said.
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