the victor, as predicted, a wave of opponents will be unleashed upon him, as more and more people have started to call out “The Hayemaker”.
Both the Klitschkos have been gunning for Haye since he announced his plans to compete as a heavyweight. He has been vocal in his intentions to unify the title and far from complementary to Messer’s Vitali and Wladamir. The Hayemaker’s brash persona really seems to have rubbed the brothers up the wrong way, a scheduled match-up with Wladimir a year ago fell apart after Haye withdrew citing a back injury, but they have not forgotten about the British fighter.
Vitali has announced that 2010 will be his last year as a boxer and so Haye needs to move quickly to fight him. Vitali is trying to line up a fight against Haye victim Nicolay Valuev and may not have time to squeeze in the Bermondsey boy. The Klitschkos have always kept the Haye-hating in the family and if Vitali can’t fight him Wladimir will. However, Vitali is by far the better of the two despite the fact Wladamir holds the more belts and is the younger of the duo. Haye will want to take on the veteran, behind his fast talking mouth is an astute businessman and he always wants to generate as much publicity as he can. Beating Vitali in his last ever fight will certainly do that.
The Klitschko brothers aren’t the only ones who want a piece of Haye. Legendary light-heavyweight Bernard Hopkins also fancies a crack at the WBA heavyweight strap. There seems to be no stopping Hopkins in terms of age, he is now 45 and is still rated as one of the world’s top pound-for-pound fighters.