I remember speaking with Emanuel about a year ago on the “When will David Haye and Wlad actually fight?” subject, and Emanuel was glum. And as I like to say, ‘Welcome to the lion’s den David’.” When he (Haye) is standing in the ring come fight night, and he sees this huge man in a red robe coming out of the tunnel, surrounded by smoke, with big brother Vitali standing directly behind his (Wlad’s) shoulder wanting to get at him, all these emotions are going to spawn reality. When asked about Haye’s intimidation factors he replied, “Wladimir looks into David’s eyes when he talks all that mess and just sees fear. Wladimir is a big fighter and he will fight big and there is no doubt that he will knock David Haye cold.” When probed about strategy, Steward said, “Just think what (George) Foreman did to (Ken) Norton (KO 2), or what Tommy did to Duran (KO 2).

I feel the same way I did before Lennox Lewis’ fight with Mike Tyson or Tommy Hearns before his fight with (Roberto) Duran, and when I feel THIS GOOD, everything’s OK.” Haye thinks we’re worried about him? THAT is a joke! I have never seen Wladimir in such a great state of mind. “Well Phil”, stated Steward, “The press conference was only about 4-hours ago. Haye bad-mouthed the Klitschko brothers, insulted Steward and angered elder Klitschko Vitali. My partner-in-the-world-of-scribes, Scoop Malinowski had just e-mailed me footage of today’s press conference. It’s June 27th and my good friend and trainer of champions, Emanuel Steward took his precious time to field a phone call from yours truly to comment on Saturday’s blockbuster Heavyweight Championship and unification bout between Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye.

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