No pain, no gain - Eubank
I hope Haye has suffered in training, says former world champ
Last updated: 6th November 2009
Eubank: message for Haye
The fact is you must have already done the work. And the work is taking a great deal of punishment in the ring.
Chris Eubank
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Chris Eubank has warned David Haye that fitness is the key to his crack at the world heavyweight title.
The former super-middleweight champion says the only way he can overcome Russian giant Nikolai Valuev is if he has put the work in the gym.
Many people believe stamina is what Haye needs to overcome the challenge, but Eubank hopes he has done enough sparring with big enough men.
Valuev will be anything up to seven stones heavier when the pair come together in Nuremberg on Saturday night but one of Britain's most unorthodox fighters of recent times believes good old fashioned preparation is must.
"The fact is you must have already done the work," he told Sky Sports' Countdown Show.
"And the work is taking a great deal of punishment in the ring.
"If you haven't, the outcome is going to be tough for you - it is not going to come out on the right side of good for you."
Danny Watts, who is 6ft 7in, and Julius Long, who is 7ft 1in, are among the men he worked with before leaving London for Germany on Monday.
Eubank has spoken to Haye himself, like Lennox Lewis, and is just hoping that the no pain, no gain message got through.
"I hope I spoke to you in time," he said.
"I hope you knew what you had to do and I hope you've really paid that price."
