Wladimir: I will punish Haye for the good of boxing

By Boxing News - 06/28/2011 - Comments

Image: Wladimir: I will punish Haye for the good of boxingBy Jason Kim: Photo: Stefan Hoyer – IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) wants to give WBA heavyweight champion a beating and a lesson on humility this Saturday night in their mega fight at the Imtech Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Wladimir is hoping to give Haye a pounding because of the bad blood he has with him over his wearing of t-shirt depicting Haye holding the severed heads of Wladimir and his brother Vitali, and he also wants to pay him back for his constant insults towards him.

At yesterdays’ press conference in Germany, Wladimir said this according to the dailymail.co.uk “I will punish him for the good of boxing. I have been angry with him for two years but I channeled that anger into my motivation.”

Wladimir and Haye are fighting the biggest heavyweight bout since Lennox Lewis fought Mike Tyson back in 2002. This fight is more meaningful because Haye and Wladimir are both fighting at their peak right now and look to be two of the three best fighters in the division. However, Haye has only fought a small handful of fights at the heavyweight level against older heavyweights rather than the younger fighters that would have had a better chance at beating him. As such, Haye is still untested at heavyweight and virtually an unknown fighter in the United States among the casual boxing fans. Haye did a poor job of trying to get his name out there with American fans, and with him about to retire at the end of the year, he’s going to have to be satisfied with being mainly being popular in Europe.

Wladimir said “I will teach you a lesson that will make you a better person. For a start, I will teach you to be on time.”

Haye was 30 minutes late for his press conference with Wladimir yesterday, and that seemed to upset Wladimir because he spent a good portion of his time at the podium lecturing Haye about the need to be punctual.



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