Wladimir says he won’t be bothered by Haye’s psychological games
April 25th, 2011
By William Mackay: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) plans on making WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) his 50th knockout on July 2nd in their mega fight at the Imtech stadium in Hamburg, Germany.
In an interview today at edition.cnn.com/, Wladimir said “I knocked out 49 fighters and David Haye is going to be the 50th on my list. He [Haye] will try to get through with his strategy, psychological and physical game and I’m ready for it because I’m a true professional athlete and have been doing it for such a long time. I love to be challenged.”
Haye’s mind games likely won’t be effective against Wladimir, as he’s been around too long and is well aware of what Haye is trying to do. Haye will have to come up with a better plan than that if he wants to beat Wladimir on July 2nd. Haye won’t have the size or the skill advantage in this fight. Wladimir, 6’6″, is a much better boxer and will be sporting a four inch height advantage over the 6’2″ Haye.
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Why didn’t Haye ever fight Cunningham or Jones?
WHY DO YOU GUYS KEEP TAKING MY POST OFF
Hayes will retired after this fight… he won’t step in to the ring ever again… i had enough of him anyway…. if he beats Wlad, then he can talk… if not… he needs to shut up, and bring it.
The David Haye who was scared to engage soft-hitting Valuev and the joke Audley Harrison…
The David Haye who couldn’t avoid the jab of John Ruiz, and couldn’t finish Ruiz for round after round, despite Ruiz going down in the first minute of the fight…
The David Haye who avoided every top contender in the heavyweight division for three years…
… we are meant to believe that that David Haye is somehow going to be aggressive against a fighter far more dangerous than the ones he was scared to engage? … we are meant to believe he can evade the jab of Wladimir Klitschko when he was repeatedly hit flush by the jab of John Ruiz?
I don’t think so. Haye has talked himself into a big paycheque from a fight in which he has almost zero chance.
for the tit below me…wlads last opponents to u might not be great but at the end of the day they are the best in this division and he beat them all with ease..who has haye beating??euro crusierweights and the bums of the heavyweight division yet u question wlads opponents lol…inkspired i like ur post but i dont agree with it one bit but it was a gd read for that i commend u
@jajay. wlads list is hardly impressive haye would beat all those guys and he clearly beat valuev. wlad shud win tho but i wudnt be surprised if wlad freezes and gets starched
Haye will knock WLAD out period…somone on this post is boasting about the fighters Wlad has beat….are you real? They are all bums! Wlad isnt Ali, some of you forget…you would look good beating nobodys…. I would bet anything on Haye beating him… And Hayes not that good either…but hes better than Wlad Hug,Hold,Run and hide Klithcko
Vlad has not lossed in 7 years!
He has beat the likes of Eddie Chambers, Samuel Peter, Tony THompson, Chris Byrd, etc, etc, etc.
Who has David Haye beat in the HW division. Valeuv? Really? Do you truly believe he won that fight? I dont. I think Evander Holyfied should have had that belt. He did more to the giant than Haye did.
Haye is a one punch wonder with a plan that wont work.
Vlad is coming with the K Plan. Klitchko Knowckout!
@Dinkspired
You clearly haven’t seen the odds for this fight. Haye is not the favorite. Vlad will make him pay, and if you think different, then i suggest you put a lot of money on Haye winning by KO.
Wlad is going to think twice before unleashing his right hand. He saw what happened to Enzo. The question is how long can David duck the jab and will he connect with the Haymaker. If he does the next question is how many of those will David has to apply to shake the KJlit? I think if he gets him good and clean as he did Valuev then Wlad is down and out, but I have a feeling Wlad is not gonna play any chess game. He will do the same thing that worked for him before. Jab, jab, jab, jab, jab… and boom boom.
Wlad is a pu**y he will pull out of the fight on the run up becuase he will realise Hzaye is too powerful and clever for him
i think hayes psych strategy will and is working now, klitchko was clearly bothered by dereck chisoras similar strategy, and it was clearly seen and quoted by members of the press and boxing fraternity.
it was also stated as a possible factor in wlads decision to call of the first supposed bout with chisora, seeing as 2-3 injury reasons were given to certain members of the worlds press, by inner members of the klitchko camp. (see quotes in ukrainian press by vitali and steward).
haye mental gameplan started weeks ago, so why only come out with a statement saying it will not work on him now ? is that because the strategy is already getting under his skin ?
haye idea is to make wlad angry, and hopefully make him fight angry. to date none of wlads fights have seen him fight angry, hes been cool,calm and collected. due to this he has come through with consumate ease, although the level of opposition can sometimes be called into question.
the question is……can wlad fight angry, when hes taken out of his comfort zone, taken into something he has never been ?
its a risk for haye, as wlad batering ram of a jab, and thunderous right are formidable weapons when hes in the usual zone of going through the motions as with recent opponents, never mind thrown in sheer anger.
although, this could throw wlad out of his stride leaving openings for haye to counter and land his own bombshells on an already proven weak chin, and with hayes power that could well be lights out and goodnite for the ukrainian champ.
it all remains to be seen, but one fact is……wlad is never going to admit to haye getting under his skin is he…..but dont be surprised if wlad pulls out prior to the fight, the most likely reason is due to hayes strategy working, rather than any injury.
this then paves the way for the big guy, to step in and take on a task that wlad isnt mentally upto.
i think the whole vitali to step in strategy was put in place to counter act the haye psych strategy, because wlad knows he is definitely the weaker mentally of the trio. with vitalis mind being made of iron just like his chin.
robert….are you actually professor stanley unwin?
Haye will be very sorry for all his b..s… He’s just signed his death warrant. Wait and see…
haye is 6 inches shorter than vladimir. look at the photo. i dont think david will pull these out: both clitschko broter ar notting good but the size and reach is really something not easy to overcome. the point is that there is nobody at eavvy weight who you can call high level. think about it: adameck is one of the best!! how can these happen??? eavvy weight boxing no good.
Even better than a Nero haircut for Haye would be that hairdo that one dude wore in the movie House Party. Yeah thats the ticket. How imposing would David look like that coming into the ring with his Union Jacks on.
If wlad is sharp on his game he should not lose but this is boxing and we have seen the power of individuals as of late who were counted out ,and I have been guilty of it myself Darchinian is too small I said and he proved me wrong.i realy just hope both show up with there best Game.it could be more intertaining than we ever immagined.
I think for effect David should come into the ring July 2nd with a Nero haircut. You know the guy that played the fiddle.
no I believe this man.He will be focused.David better be.Running ain,t boxing
Bye-bye Hay this is the end of road for you.Wlad will KO Haye ,it doesnot matter what anybody says.
Sylvester Stallone is looking for a brit boxer for a cameo role in Expendables sequel. David might be interested?
Haye looks like a midget in this pic.
Carl… Hay has always said he is 6ft2 NOT 3
haye will blow Wlad for an extra round. Wlad in 2.
Wlad looks more than 3 inches taller than Haye here! Draw a line from the top of Hayes head to Wlad’s..it looks a bigger difference than 3 inches! Is Haye really 6′ 3 as he says?
I think it is true that Haye has a punchers chance, not only because he has some pop in his right hand, but because Wlad has been dropped before. However, I still see WK as a 5-1 favorite. Should be an easy win for WK.
Way haye doesn’t want to fight vitali klitchko
first ?
Who do you want to win Will?
How about haye fight vitali first.adamek would fight wladimir.
One more thing.
Don’t forget there is one important rule for celebrities: It doesn’t matter if they talk about you bad things it does matter if they talk about you! As much as possible the best.
So don’t be fooled by Haye’s statements. It is his next step of preparation for after boxing career whatever it is in celebrity world. And he still needs your money fools! So buy the tickets, buy PPV, pay ATTENTION what he says… LOL
@robert ye man it is mostly non brits who hate haye as they dont understand his humour most of his comments are tongue in cheek, he seems like a nice guy to me and he is massively popular in england. cant see him beating wlad tho
and fans not funs – sorry I am off tonight
damn person not parson LOL
Hey all good people!
I’d say most of the people are rather Haye’s follower haters and they want to see their hero finished. An intellect of normal person is quite offended by Haye/Booth statements and stories that’s why normal intelligent parson cannot stand some Haye’s funs comments – e.g. see this site all over the place. Now let’s live and let live… 
There is not such many Haye haters who want to see him KOed because of him. He is quite nice guy actually
Haye hits hard night night wlad
Adam Booth get that towel ready and throw it in before haye gets brain damaged because when haye gets hit his head is going to fly just like ray mercers did.
Haye is just digging a hole for himself because the only boxer that trashed talked and backed it up was the GOAT Ali and Haye is just a one trick pony waiting to be exposed.
It’s all over for Haye,he might aswell start looking into Hollywood.
LOL
i think alot of people underate haye especially his defence i mean haye is second to mayweather as having the best plus minus connect percentage in the entire sport which is impressive and he has great power