By Edward Chaykovsky

According to former two division world champion David Haye (28-2, 26KOs), fans are approaching him from every corner and they are asking him to complete one task - to demolish WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew (28-2-1, 18KOs).

Last week in Liverpool, Bellew retained his title by destroying Haye's close friend, BJ Flores, in three rounds. Flores was knocked down four times before the contest was waved off. After the fight was over, Bellew was physically restrained as he tried to jump out of the ring to confront Haye, who was sitting ringside.

Earlier this year, Bellew captured the WBC belt in Goodison Park with a brutal third round knockout of Ilunga Makabu. As was the case last week, he called for the fight with Haye in his post-fight interview.

Haye has been fighting in the heavyweight division since 2008. He now seems willing to face Bellew in the ring and believes the fight would be a complete mismatch. After scoring two quick knockouts this year, Haye is scheduled to take a third fight on a date in December.

Bellew's promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom, would like to stage the fight on Sky Sports Box Office on a date in March. He feels confident the fight would be a big hit on pay-per-view.

"A lot of people are stopping me and wishing that I smash him up so badly that he can't keep screaming and shouting, so it is interesting. I didn't think, the fact that he was a cruiserweight, that people would really consider it a serious fight but they are considering," Haye told Sky Sports.

"People really want to see him get battered that badly. People in boxing now are used to fighters jumping through weight divisions to make the fights that the fans want to see and if the fans want to see it then I'm definitely interested in it.

"As I said, I will knock him out with a  jab, and I stand by that, it wasn't just a flippant comment, I'll genuinely knock him out with a jab. I'd like it to happen, whether he wants it to happen or not is a different thing.

"There is saying you want to fight someone and then there is actually fighting someone - two completely different things - and he's never been hit anywhere close to being hit as hard as I can hit so I think he might have talked himself into getting violently knocked down."