As Halloween approaches, David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye plots a night of trick or treat on a ‘Beast’ next Saturday, November 7, when he confronts WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev in Nuremberg, Germany, in a bout screened live on Sky Box Office.
Set to face history’s tallest and heaviest ever boxing champion, Haye has ripped up the textbook and confronted the ‘The Beast From The East’ head on.
“This is the craziest fight of my life, in terms of preparation and the fight itself,” admits Haye, who faces the 7-feet-2-inches tall Valuev over a scheduled 12 rounds.
“Valuev looks like the bogeyman. Kids try and remove his mask when he goes trick-or-treating on Halloween. He’s a big, scary and intimidating guy and a lot of people are scared for me in this fight.
“I’m having to do things I’ve never done in my life before. I’m punching up for the first time in my career and, not only that, I have to almost leap with my punches. I’m sparring with big lumps, guys that are weighing upwards of 20-stone i...
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