By Nick Parkinson, Daily Mail
Wladimir Klitschko has warned David Haye he will end up like Eddie Chambers if they meet, after the Ukrainian knocked out the American in the last round on Saturday.
The WBO-IBF heavyweight champion flattened Chambers with five seconds remaining in front of 50,000 fans at the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.
The brutal left hook scrambled the challenger’s senses for about a minute, and he was taken to hospital for a check-up.
Klitschko, 33, will next take on Russian Alexander Povetkin in September, while the Ukrainian’s elder brother, Vitali, defends his WBC crown against Essex-based Pole Albert Sosnowski on May 29.
Haye hopes to face one of the brothers if he beats American John Ruiz in the first defence of his WBA title in Manchester on April 3.
But Wladimir Klitschko has told Haye he needs to commit to fighting one of them. He said: ‘Me and Vitali have to fight between ourselves to see who fights Haye and that’s the hardest bit about it.
'The fight against Haye will be the easy bit. David Haye believes he is such a smartass. He has promoted himself smartly, but we need to see some action from him.
'Action speaks louder than words and right now he is a loser because he bitched out twice — me and then Vitali. Let us finish the talk and let’s fight. It is boring now.'
Haye, 29, pulled out of fighting Wladimir at short notice last June due to a back injury before ending talks with Vitali in order to fight Russian Nikolai Valuev, from whom he took his title, in November.
Wladimir Klitschko is still angry at Haye and is confident Britain’s two-weight world champion will end up, like Chambers, flat on his back and unconscious.
He said: ‘I am upset with many things concerning David Haye. I have just had enough and want to fight. Maybe there was a back injury, but twice in a row makes me suspicious.
‘I will do the same to Haye as I did to Chambers if I get him. When I get him I am going to enjoy the process. He criticises my jab, jab, grab. He will eat a lot of jabs.
'I will just beat him up and then knock out Haye in one of the late rounds.’
Klitschko’s trainer, Emanuel Steward, fears a fight against Haye may never happen. Steward, who trained Lennox Lewis and Thomas Hearns, said: ‘Haye showed up to two press conferences, talked rubbish and everyone went crazy about him.
'Then he pulled out. I don’t think David Haye is going to do anything but talk. He became famous by coming up to Wladimir at a press conference with a T-Shirt, then he ran away from Wladimir and Vitali.
'Haye should win against Ruiz but you always worry about him because he’s too chinny. Even Monte Barrett had him down.’
Source: dailymail.co.uk
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