David Haye says Wladimir Klitschko may be winning the PR war, but he is the man to spark some life back into a heavyweight division bored to tears by the Ukrainian's style.
Wladimir's only entertaining out of the ring, blasts Haye
David Haye cannot wait to let his fists do the talking against Wladimir Klitschko.
The Ukrainian has won plenty of hearts and minds with his press appearances in the United Kingdom in the run-up to their Hamburg blockbuster, live on
Sky Sports Box Office HD and in 3D, on July 2nd.
Haye has been mocked for not shaking Klitschko's hand, has stooped to basic insults in a head-to-head to be screened in America by HBO and is likely to upset his opponent further with an iPhone app which is all about knocking the head off an anonymous eastern European.
The Londoner may not have won over as many neutrals with his approach but admits he has no interest in coming across as articulate and intelligent, let alone amusing.
Fighting
He is happy to let Klitschko, who has a PhD in sports science, be the brains in their heavyweight battle and is only interested in bringing the brawn to the ring.
"What he says, he comes across well," he told
Sky Sports.
"He speaks loads of languages; good for him. Congratulations. It means nothing to me.
"I'll give him no extra respect when we get in that ring because he's multi-lingual. I speak the language of fighting, always have done."
Haye also believes that for all his amusing behaviour in the build-up to the richest fight in boxing, Klitschko has done serious damage to the heavyweight division.
He has been openly critical of what he calls his 'jab, jab, grab' style and says it has killed boxing's blue riband division in the six years he has been a world champion.
Irrelevant
And Haye says he is the man to break that monopoly and restore the game's reputation across the world - not least in America where this fight will be screened by HBO>
"I don't like the way he conducts himself in the ring," he said. "Whatever he does outside the ring - I don't care if he speaks 100 languages - that's irrelevant.
"Boxing's about two men punching each other in the face and how you go about doing that.
"Do you do it to entertain people or do you do it in the most boring, economical way possible, that bores most fans around the world to tears and kills the heavyweight division?
"That's what he does. If anyone watches any of my fights you see excitement, they see someone looking for a KO."
