Klitschko Victorious in Boxing, Haye Settled on Running
After all the hype and critics saying that it could change the heavyweight scene in boxing, the Klitschko-Haye bout turned out to be a Pacquiao-Mosley part 2.
David Haye, now a former world heavyweight champion, decided on the first bell that he did not want any piece of the Ukrainian champion as he took his bike and kept cycling away from his opponent. He did, however, land a couple of good punches on Klitschko that took the Ukrainian a bit shook, but it was just that, a couple of punches.
It should be remembered that Haye had been bad mouthing the Klitschko brothers for years now, even claiming that he would stand victorious against both fighters. Haye even took a crazy tirade against Klitschko a few years back stating that he wanted to see him in the middle of the ring face to face. However, when Haye finally had the chance, he simply kept on dodging without really showing any signs that he really wanted the fight. Continue reading
Klitschko, Haye Looks for Title Unification
Wladimir Klitschko is scheduled to fight the current WBA world heavyweight champion David Haye in a title unification bout for WBO, IBF, IBO and The Ring heavyweight titles. The fight will take place in the Imtech Arena, Hamburg, Germany on July 2.
Klitschko currently holds the IBF, IBO, WBO and Ring Magazine Champion and is looking to make a complete sweep of all the titles as he faces Haye in what is expected to be a slobber knocker of a bout. He is also considered as the number 2 pound-for-pound boxer behind Manny Pacquiao.
His opponent Haye is coming from a big win over Audley Harrison last November where he defeated his foe in the third round of the bout. Haye is definitely eyeing for the unification as well when he meets Klitschko in a highly anticipated show of power and skills between the two fighters. Continue reading