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DAVID HAYE is being bombarded by hate emails from fans of heavyweight rival Wladimir Klitschko.
‘The Hayemaker’ has wound up the world champion by wearing a T-shirt at press conferences that shows him holding the decapitated heads of Wladimir and his elder brother Vitali.
Haye, 28, faces Wladimir for his WBO and IBF world titles in Germany on June 20 – and victory would lead to a clash with WBC king Vitali, 37.
Haye scuffled with an angry Vitali in a German restaurant over the T-shirt recently and two weeks ago he taunted Wladimir by calling him ‘Bitchko’ and c**p to his face.
Fans of the German-based Ukrainian have hit back by sending the Londoner threatening emails.
But loudmouth Haye has warned Klitschko he has more stunts in mind before they get it on in front of an expected sell-out crowd of over 60,000 at Schalke football stadium.
Haye, who is training in Northern Cyprus, even plans to sell the offensive T-shirt on his website.
But last week he was warned by the British Boxing Board of Control not to repeat the stunt and be less offensive to Klitschko.
He said: “If there is one thing that will get under his skin it is the stunts I am going to pull off in the lead-up to this fight.
“I have got a couple of things up my sleeve and come fight night he will want to rip my head off. There will be a lot of British fans going over there who will be wearing this T-shirt as well.
“There are thousands of them being made and I am going to sell them on my website.
“It will cause some banter and it will rile the atmosphere up.
“Boxing is about emotion and people wanting one fighter to beat the other.
“When you go to a fight and aren’t too bothered who wins, you can’t enjoy it.
“I have never felt the need to annoy a rival in the past but I had to.
“He’s been forced to take the fight. He couldn’t make an excuse to avoid me.
“I have had a few interesting emails from Germans who made it clear they are not my biggest fans.
“Let’s put it this way, there are a lot of people who hate me over there.
“So I am expecting hostility but I will love that – the louder they boo, the harder I am going to smash his head in.
“I really am focused and fired up. I want it to be an extravaganza.”
Klitschko, 33, cannot wait for the chance to silence Haye’s taunts.
He said: “A lot of kids look up to him and he sets a bad example.
“It was funny at the beginning but now it is over the edge and too much. I will make sure he pays for this.”
‘The Hayemaker’ has wound up the world champion by wearing a T-shirt at press conferences that shows him holding the decapitated heads of Wladimir and his elder brother Vitali.
Haye, 28, faces Wladimir for his WBO and IBF world titles in Germany on June 20 – and victory would lead to a clash with WBC king Vitali, 37.
Haye scuffled with an angry Vitali in a German restaurant over the T-shirt recently and two weeks ago he taunted Wladimir by calling him ‘Bitchko’ and c**p to his face.
Fans of the German-based Ukrainian have hit back by sending the Londoner threatening emails.
But loudmouth Haye has warned Klitschko he has more stunts in mind before they get it on in front of an expected sell-out crowd of over 60,000 at Schalke football stadium.
Haye, who is training in Northern Cyprus, even plans to sell the offensive T-shirt on his website.
But last week he was warned by the British Boxing Board of Control not to repeat the stunt and be less offensive to Klitschko.
He said: “If there is one thing that will get under his skin it is the stunts I am going to pull off in the lead-up to this fight.
“I have got a couple of things up my sleeve and come fight night he will want to rip my head off. There will be a lot of British fans going over there who will be wearing this T-shirt as well.
“There are thousands of them being made and I am going to sell them on my website.
“It will cause some banter and it will rile the atmosphere up.
“Boxing is about emotion and people wanting one fighter to beat the other.
“When you go to a fight and aren’t too bothered who wins, you can’t enjoy it.
“I have never felt the need to annoy a rival in the past but I had to.
“He’s been forced to take the fight. He couldn’t make an excuse to avoid me.
“I have had a few interesting emails from Germans who made it clear they are not my biggest fans.
“Let’s put it this way, there are a lot of people who hate me over there.
“So I am expecting hostility but I will love that – the louder they boo, the harder I am going to smash his head in.
“I really am focused and fired up. I want it to be an extravaganza.”
Klitschko, 33, cannot wait for the chance to silence Haye’s taunts.
He said: “A lot of kids look up to him and he sets a bad example.
“It was funny at the beginning but now it is over the edge and too much. I will make sure he pays for this.”
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