Wladimir says he won’t be bothered by Haye’s psychological games

By Boxing News - 04/25/2011 - Comments

Image: Wladimir says he won't be bothered by Haye's psychological gamesBy 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.

Haye, 30, has given countless interviews since the fight was recently announced and is painting a dire picture of Wladimir crawling on his hands and knees in the ring after being stopped by Haye, while Wladimir’s brother WBA heavyweight champion fumes in anger at the sight of Wladimir down and plans his revenge. Haye seems to want to both excite the public while at the same time un-nerve Wladimir. Haye’s goal is to accomplish both and then lure Vitali into cancelling his September mega fight with heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek to try and avenge Wladimir’s fight against Haye.

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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