
Haye: I've Boxed Longer Than Wladimir, I'm Better
David Haye believes his 'love of boxing' will give him an edge over Wladimir Klitschko when the pair square up in their eagerly-awaited summer showdown.

David Haye believes his 'love of boxing' will give him an edge over Wladimir Klitschko when the pair square up in their eagerly-awaited summer showdown.

WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has promised to check Wladimir Klitschko chin - over and over again - until the WBO/IBO/IBF champion starts having flashbacks of his knockout defeats to Corrie Sanders and Lamon Brewster. Haye faces Klitschko likely on July 2 in Germany. the British fighter has placed the flag on his training camp in the United States. Haye left London to seclude himself in training, in Miami, Florida.

By Jake Donovan - Win or go home – it’s the driving force behind the NCAA basketball tournament, arguably the greatest postseason platform of any sport. The beauty of the tournament is that even when your own bracket is busted, you can still kick back and watch the rest of the action, knowing that a national champion will be crowned in the end. Unfortunately, the same is not always true in boxing, which is why tournaments – even those of the one-off knockout variety – at the pro level don’t quite catch on, despite constant fan request for such a process. Later this year, the heavyweight division will undergo an unofficial Final Four of sorts. In theory, you couldn’t ask for a better series. It’s been years since boxing’s big boys have enjoyed any sort of relevance in the sport, a far fall from grace after serving for more than a century as the sport’s glamour division. So anything heavyweight-related that produces positive feedback has to be a good thing. However, there stands to reason that the series winds up providing short-term entertainment without a payoff in the long run. Why? For the same reason such little attention is paid to anything heavyweight-related – it’s a two horse race unless retirement or a major upset enters the picture. Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko will never face one another in the ring, and few see them losing anytime soon – even though their next respective fights will come against the next two best heavyweights in the world, David Haye and Tomasz Adamek.

WBA heavyweight champion David Haye says that Wladimir Klitschko has been passed fit for their unification bout later this year.

Multiple countries are bidding for the right to host the heavyweight unification between champions [IBO/WBO/IBF] Wladimir Klitschko and [WBA] David Haye. Reporter Alexander Pavlov was informed that Moscow is making their play and put in a bid of $10 million to secure the anticipated match. The fight is going to happen on June 25 or July 2. Although several countries are bidding, the fight is almost sure to land in a soccer stadium located in Germany.

Wladimir Klitschko expects to start preparations for his fight against David Haye in a couple of weeks.

Another Klitschko fight, another overweight contender slips on gravy and crashes to the floor in a heap of flailing limbs and broken promises. This weekend it was Odlanier Solis playing the role of fat and foolish fall-guy, as he went toe-to-toe with big brother Vitali and then tumbled over at some point in the first round. A right hand struck him somewhere on the head and then, en route to the canvas, Humpty Dumpty managed to twist his knee and effectively rule himself out of the contest.

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.