David Haye says he has game plan to beat ‘rigid’ Wladimir Klitschko

Haye wore a T-shirt especially designed to wind up his opponent
Haye wore a T-shirt especially designed to wind up his opponent
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David Haye kept Wladimir Klitschko waiting again today, turning up 25 minutes late for their head-to-head press conference here. It has become the norm, but Haye is promising to do something new on Saturday.

“We’ve all been waiting for you princess,” Klitschko, the IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion, said. “I’m giving you respect. I believe he is not such a bad guy. He acts very cocky. I believe since he beat [Jean-Marc] Mormeck he has got an attitude that’s not so good for life.

“And he’s going to get a good lesson on July 2. I will beat your butt out back into reality. You will be a better person for it.”

Haye promised that the tactics would be completely different from the cagey