
David Haye: I Will Make Robotic Wladimir Malfunction
David Haye has labelled Wladimir Klitschko "a robot" and promised to make him "malfunction" in Saturday's world heavyweight unification bout in Hamburg.
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David Haye has labelled Wladimir Klitschko "a robot" and promised to make him "malfunction" in Saturday's world heavyweight unification bout in Hamburg.

From his training camp in Austria, WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko fully explained the background as to why his older brother, WBC champion Vitali Klitschko, is not facing David Haye on Saturday night in Hamburg. The two sides have been negotiating for nearly two years. In 2009, both brothers had scheduled fight with Haye, and the British champion withdrew from both of those dates. At the end of the day, Haye rejected a possible fight with Vitali, according to Wladimir.

Unbeaten Hungarian junior welterweight Gabor Veto takes on Kenyan James Kimori on the undercard to Saturday's mega-heavyweight unification in Hamburg, between champions Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye. Veto is 24-0 but his record is mostly built on soft opponents and his management team is now looking for a deal with a big promoter to get Gabor´s career in gear.

Former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis believes David Haye will need a repeat of his performance against Nikolay Valuev if he is to see off Wladimir Klitschko in their eagerly-awaited unification bout in Hamburg next weekend.

David Haye knows his legacy as a heavyweight champion will be defined by his showdown with Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg next Saturday.

WBA heavyweight champion David Haye is heading to Germany on Sunday. He faces WBO/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko on July 2 in Hamburg. Haye will likely receive an unwelcome chorus of boos from an estimated 40,000 German fight fans at the Imtech Arena next. Haye expects to have at least 10,000 British fans traveling over to show their support. The British boxer has no paranoia of facing Klitschko in Germany.

Well, I have again been drafted in by skysports.com to keep you glorious sports fans well and truly in the 'know' ahead of the final stages of the build-up for Haye-Klitschko.

Former two division champion Ricky Hatton doesn't expect WBA heavyweight champion David Haye to retire in October. In the weeks leading up to his July 2 unification with WBO/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko, Haye has promised to retire from the sport of boxing. The Manchester star had recently retired himself, and says it's very hard to walk away when there are other things left to accomplish. Hatton is very confident about Haye's chances to pull off a dominating performance against Klitschko.

Jaded, cynical and hypercritical. HBO Boxing voice Larry Merchant has been called all of those things during his long run on the prime cable network.

The early days of David Haye's professional career, played out in sparsely attended sports halls at the unloved cruiserweight limit, hinted little at the global heavyweight superstar he was to become.