DAVID HAYE performed a public workout today at Jubilee Place in Canary Wharf ahead of his bout against Arnold Gjergjaj on May 21. His light training session lasted far longer than Gjergjaj is expected to on Saturday. Once Haye had warmed up, he unleashed whipping left hooks and punched upwards with his hard right cross, as well as getting inside to drum uppercuts off the pads held by new trainer Shane McGuigan.
While Gjergjaj is a humble opponent, Haye declared that in 12 months he expects to be boxing for one of the major world titles. โA year is a reasonable amount of time, this time next year I will have a big fight,โ he said. โI believe I can stay as a champion as long as it takes to prove to the world Iโm number one.โ
He would chose a shot at Anthony Joshua over Tyson Fury, saying, โIโd prefer definitely, if I could fight for the world title and pick who it would be, Iโd prefer to fight Anthony Joshua.โ
โHeโs got a much bigger fanbase,โ David said of Joshua, also noting Tysonโs condition. โSomeone as unprofessional as that, Iโd rather go with the guy thatโs professional.โ
He added, โI believe Tyson Fury is a lot easier to beat. Heโs very loose, heโs been knocked down a number of times by guys that donโt punch very hard.โ