Booth: Confident

He does the same thing every second of every round of every fight and it amazes me that these so-called elite heavyweights cannot figure out that there is a simple answer to that style to be able to land your punches

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David Haye's trainer Adam Booth insists he has the key to defeating Vitali Klitschko following the Ukrainian's successful WBC heavyweight title defence.

Klitschko, who has only lost twice in his career, dominated his previously unbeaten challenger Kevin Johnson in Bern on Saturday with a unanimous points victory.

The American was no match for 38-year-old Klitschko's size and was forced on to the back foot from the off, but Booth is adamant WBA champion Haye will not make the same mistakes.

"It was a typical Vitali performance," Booth told Sky Sports News.

"He does the same thing over and over again and everybody that he fights is unable to pose a question of his style.

"He plants his feet in range, uses his height to lean back out of the way of hitting coming back that may have substance on it and uses his strong arms to push so repetitively.

"He does the same thing every second of every round of every fight and it amazes me that these so-called elite heavyweights cannot figure out that there is a simple answer to that style to be able to land your punches."

Injury

Haye was billed to meet Vitali's brother Wladimir earlier this year but the Briton was forced to pull out due to injury and instead fought Nikolay Valuev last month, defeating the Russian to claim the WBA title.

Since that bout, Haye has been calling for a meeting with Vitali, who has declared himself ready to take on the new world champion.

However Haye first has to defend his title against former champion John Ruiz in the new year.

"This will be very interesting to fight Haye but let's see what next year brings," said Klitschko.

"Right now Haye will be fighting John Ruiz. I wish him luck and let's see."