David Haye laid into Wladimir Klitschko at a press conference in London on Monday - then refused to apologise for his trash-talking.
Brit refuses to apologise for trash talk
David Haye laid into Wladimir Klitschko at a press conference in London on Monday - then refused to apologise for his trash-talking in the lead up to their fight on June 20.
The Briton, who will challenge Klitschko for the IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles in Schalke's football stadium in Germany, continued to show little respect for the champion on their latest public outing together.
Once again wearing a t-shirt showing him clutching the severed heads of the Klitschko brothers, the 28-year-old from Bermondsey said the Ukrainian should be judged on what he does inside the ring, not out of it.
"Yes I have a personal dislike for Wladimir. He sucks, he's crap. I don't like his style. I don't like what he represents," he said.
Embarrassing
"He doesn't entertain. Yes he's a gentleman but you should judge a fighter on what he does once the bell rings, not what he does outside the ring.
"He doesn't give value for money, like I do. He's embarrassing, everything he does in the ring is embarrassing.
"I want him to fight like a man, not run like a bitch. Stand and fight me Wladimir Bitchko!
"I'm going to smash his head in and he will be bleeding on the floor."
In fairness to Haye, Klitschko has done little more than go through the motions to successfully defend his titles against Sultan Ibragimov, Tony Thompson and Hasim Rahman in his last three fights.
And in Haye he will at least know that he enters the ring with a man who is looking for more than just a big paycheck.
Not demeaning
And the Brit insisted that provoking Klitschko into fighting him by bad-mouthing he and his brother Vitali is not bringing the sport into disrepute.
"I haven't overstepped the mark at all. As long as he doesn't run like normal, everyone will be happy," he said.
"I don't think I'm demeaning myself or British boxing one bit. I'm just letting him and his family know that I'm coming after them.
"I'll get Vitali to throw in the towel. If Wladimir is good enough to stay on his feet then his brother will have to save him."
As ever, the 33-year-old champion was unfazed by the rhetoric, although again promised to inflict a slow and painful defeat on his opponent on the night, claiming Haye is the one who should be embarrassed.
"David should have stayed at cruiserweight. He's only had two heavyweight fights but now wants to be champion," he said.
"He's been very provocative. He cut my head off for one magazine - that's pretty provocative so I decided to fight this boy.
Not sport
"Now I see Haye with a cut off head of my brother, my family member. What's going to be next? My dad's head? My mother's head?
"Will he attack my religion, my race? This is over the edge - it's not sport. This guy will be punished.
"After 12 rounds he will be a pizza face - then I will knock him out. He needs to be taught how to behave.
"I don't want to waste my energy on this trash talk. It's embarrassing for the sport. He's a loser and I want to shut his mouth."
The fight is expected to attract a sell-out crowd of around 70,000 in Gelsenkirchen with 47,000 tickets already having been sold.
