โI donโt believe thereโs anybody on the planet who can beat me. I canโt fathom that possibility,โ David Haye declares. And in the former heavyweight championโs estimation, Tony Bellew, his March 4, opponent is scarcely a threat.
โPeople have short memories. Youโre only as good as your last fight. My last fight was a two round knockout in a packed O2 arena but it was against a guy no one had ever heard of so a lot of people judge your whole life on that last fight. My next fight will be against Tony Bellew who Iโll knock out in a couple of rounds and Iโll be judged on that โ โOh, he was only a cruiserweight, it doesnโt really mean anything,โโ Haye said. โI donโt think itโs a test. I think itโs a fun fight. Itโs a fun fight for the fans. Thatโs what it is. A fight doesnโt have to be a test to be a fun fight. If I have my worst night at the office, and he has his best night at the office, Iโll still knock him out. But that doesnโt mean Iโm not going to prepare.โ
โHeโs tough, heโs strong. Iโve fought a lot of tough strong guys in the past,โ Haye continued. โA lot of people have a game plan against me, to rough me up and get me into the second part of the fight. Itโs like me saying, โA good strategy to beat Usain Bolt โ as long as Iโm in front of him for the first 80 metres, I can just coast the 20 and beat him.โ But youโve got to get there. How are you doing to do that? Heโs talking about getting me to the later part of the fight, howโs he going to do that? What, is he going to transplant Marvin Haglerโs head on to his? I canโt see how his skull can take the power that I produce. Physically I donโt know how itโs going to happen. Iโm hoping he can do something. I really hope he comes in bigger and stronger than ever. He needs to – to get out of that first round.โ