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Adam Booth, David Haye’s manager and trainer, told The Daily Telegraph that he was presented with proof of Wladimir Klitschko's stomach injury - and has no doubts about the serious nature of the injury. Booth and Bernd Beonte, manager of the Klitschko brothers, are heading to New York on Tuesday to sit down with HBO and Showtime.
WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko took a shot at his next opponent, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye. Wladimir was impressed by his older brother's recent win over Odlanier Solis. At the end of the first round, Vitali Klitschko dropped Solis with a right hand to the head. As he fell, the 2004 Olympic gold medal winner injured his right knee and couldn't continue.
According to a report by Kevin Mitchell of The Guardian, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye will soon receive confirmation on which Klitschko is going to face him on June 25 or July 2. Adam Booth, Haye's trainer and manager, said there were further talks with the Klitschkos' manager, Bernd Bönte, over the weekend in Cologne. The fight appear to be pushing in direction of the July 2 date in Germany.
WBA heavyweight champion David Haye watched Vitali Klitschko's first round TKO win over Odlanier Solis. Haye is going to fight Vitali's younger brother, IBO/WBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko, on June 25 or July 2, but after Wladimir he wants to face Vitali in the fall. At the end of the first round, Solis ate a right hand and went down, but during the fall he injured his right knee and couldn't continue.
WBC heavyweight, Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KOs), says there is no doubt that WBA champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KOs) will experience a lot of pain when he steps in the ring with younger brother, Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KOs), who holds the IBF, WBO, and IBO titles. Vitali expects Wladimir to punish Haye, round after round, and then finish him off with a knockout in the twelfth.
World-class prizefighters collided in Miami this week, as WBA heavyweight champion David Haye met and worked out with super-middleweight star Andre Dirrell at the renowned 5th Street Gym on Washington Avenue.
WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko sent a strong message to WBA champion David Haye. The two champions will unify their titles on either June 25 or July 2, in a soccer stadium in Germany. During the last two weeks, Haye has launched a full verbal assault on Wladimir, and his older brother Vitali. Wladimir is not going to waste his time by engaging Haye in a verbal battle. Instead, he says a message of punishment will be handed out in the ring.
WBA world heavyweight champion David 'The Hayemaker' Haye left for Miami, USA this morning to kickstart preparations ahead of his summer showdown with IBF/WBO king Wladimir Klitschko.
By Cliff Rold - There is, for some, optimism as boxing approaches the first major Heavyweight fight of the year this weekend. It has not been unfair to argue the years since the retirement of Lennox Lewis as the least entertaining era in Heavyweight history. Some might even say the worst, period, but the entertainment part is what is really being gotten at. Least entertaining is not an indictment of the qualities of the best fighters of the time. The brothers Klitschko are good fighters in any era, champions in more than a few, and have made due with what they’ve had around them. They are a testament to professionalism and focus. Where other fighters of their size and skill might well have sloughed off and still assumed victory on most nights, where other contenders in their time have made a habit of showing up looking like they didn’t show up, the Klitschko’s always arrive ready.
WBA heavyweight champion David Haye wants to duplicate the 2003 performance by Lennox Lewis, who shredded the left side of Vitali Klitschko's face. Klitschko needed 60 stitches to repair four cuts on his face and one in his mouth. Haye wants inflict the same type of damage to younger brother Wladimir Klitschko, the WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion.