Joshua vs Molina: David Haye warns IBF champion and will be watching closely from ringside
Monday 5 December 2016 22:08, UK
David Haye says he is the most "dangerous" opponent for Anthony Joshua and has warned the IBF champion that he cannot prepare for his speed or power.
Joshua makes the second defence of his IBF title against Eric Molina at Manchester Arena this Saturday night, live on Sky Sports Box Office, and Haye will be studying his rival from ringside as part of the Sky Sports Box Office team.
The IBF champion can pave the way for a future fight with Wladimir Klitschko if he defeats Molina, while Haye will take on Tony Bellew in a big domestic clash on March 4, also on Sky Sports Box Office.
But Haye would welcome a British battle with Joshua later in 2017 and insists the 27-year-old will never have shared the ring with anyone like him.
It will be by far the biggest, the most dangerous fight he's been in.
"If it's available, I'll take it, but there is one thing me wanting it in my schedule and another thing Eddie Hearn and Team Joshua wanting that fight," Haye told Sky Sports.
"It will be by far the biggest, the most dangerous fight he's been in. There is no fight that comes close to his preparation for me, the angles that I come at, the speed, the power.
"He would never have even sparred with anybody or fought anyone in the amateurs or the professionals, or sparred with anyone with my skill set. It will be him in the complete unknown."
Injuries forced Haye to take a three-year break from the sport, just as Joshua was beginning his professional career, and the 36-year-old admits he must prove himself to a fresh generation of boxing fans.
Haye said: "You've got the new school, the new kids coming through who have seen Anthony Joshua in the 2012 Olympics, may have become boxing fans off of that and have followed Anthony Joshua's career all the way to this point, becoming the IBF champion.
"They have heard about me, they haven't really seen me much. They have seen me in a couple of fights on 'Dave' against guys they have never heard of before and thought it looked pretty easy.
"But they may not know my pedigree, they may not know what I've been about for many, many years, and for these new young boxing fans it's a fight of the old against the new.
"I love those types of fights and I would love to show the young buck that the old lion has still got the bite."
Watch Anthony Joshua v Eric Molina at the Manchester Arena, on December 10, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Book the event on your Sky remote or online here.
