By Luke Furman

At Friday's weigh-in in Hamburg, Germany, heavyweight champions Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KOs) and David Haye (25-1, 23 KOs) stood eye to eye. Haye was throwing a verbal storm in Wladimir's direction, but the champion from Ukraine stood calm and gave a cold stare in return. On the other hand, older brother Vitali Klitschko was visibly angered over the words coming from Haye and team members were forced to restrain Vitali (42-2, 39 KOs) from losing his temper.

"I am a different person than my brother. I would call myself a man who is more emotional, and capable of being carried away by those emotions. David Haye really pissed me off and I am ready to face him. When I first saw those shirts, I wanted to kick his ass. That is why I want to ask him a few questions at the [post-fight] press conference after the fight [with Wladimir], and I don't want to hear any excuses," Vitali said.

Luke Furman covers the boxing scene for bokser.org