Vitali to Haye: Make sure you come to the post fight press conference after you lose

By Eric Thomas: Photo: Stefan Hoyer – WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, the older brother of IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, took over the microphone briefly at the end of today’s Hamburg press conference with WBA heavyweight champion David Haye in Germany, saying “Please make sure you come to the post-fight press conference when you lose” on Saturday. Haye is a long shot to win the fight, and the Klitschkos, both of them, haven’t been exactly happy with how Haye has conducted himself in the run up to the fight with his behavior.

Haye came to the press conference today wearing a t-shirt of him punching the head off of a fighter that looked remarkably a lot like Wladimir. Although Haye has yet to say that it is Wladimir, it’s hard not to see it as anyone other than him because of the resemblance. Haye added this comment at the end of his speech at the press conference today, saying it’s going to be a “Brutal execution” on Saturday.

Wladimir wasn’t happy with Haye’s words, and said this according to Scotsman.com, “No matter what, it is disgraceful for a man to wish to damage your health.This game, this sport, is very intense and unfortunately there has been a lot of cases where people have been handicapped and people have died during and after fights. It’s not something you can joke about.

It will be interesting to see if Haye, after all his talk, will show up at the post fight press conference should he lose to Wladimir. There’s no question that Wladimir will be there, because he always showed up in the past when he was beaten by Ross Puritty, Corrie Sanders and Lamon Brewster.

Vitali would also like a crack at Haye, but with Haye talking of retiring on his 31st birthday in October, it’s highly doubtful that Vitali will ever get a shot at fighting Haye even if he were to somehow pull off an upset and beat Wladimir on Saturday in Germany. Haye is adamant about wanting to retire in October and doesn’t seem interested in continuing on even if it means he’s walking away from a $20 million payday to fight Vitali.