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\nDen Headz, today is the former PANTERA vocalist’s 43rd birthday. We know he’s got a major love for boxing. Here’s a recent blog the singer posted on Boxing Insider to enjoy:
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\n“I just hung the phone up. It\u2019s 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\u2019s blockbuster Heavyweight Championship and unification bout between Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye.
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\nMy partner-in-the-world-of-scribes, Scoop Malinowski had just e-mailed me footage of today\u2019s press conference. Haye bad-mouthed the Klitschko brothers, insulted Steward and angered elder Klitschko Vitali. So what\u2019s new?
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\n\u201cWell Phil\u201d, stated Steward, \u201cThe press conference was only about 4-hours ago. Haye thinks we\u2019re worried about him? THAT is a joke! I have never seen Wladimir in such a great state of mind. I feel the same way I did before Lennox Lewis\u2019 fight with Mike Tyson or Tommy Hearns before his fight with (Roberto) Duran, and when I feel THIS GOOD, everything\u2019s OK.\u201d
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\nWhen probed about strategy, Steward said, \u201cJust think what (George) Foreman did to (Ken) Norton (KO 2), or what Tommy did to Duran (KO 2). Wladimir is a big fighter and he will fight big and there is no doubt that he will knock David Haye cold.\u201d
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\nWhen asked about Haye\u2019s intimidation factors he replied, \u201cWladimir looks into David\u2019s eyes when he talks all that mess and just sees fear. It\u2019s Haye who\u2019s scared to death. 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\u2019s) shoulder wanting to get at him, all these emotions are going to spawn reality. And as I like to say, \u2018Welcome to the lion\u2019s den David\u2019.\u201d
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\nI remember speaking with Emanuel about a year ago on the \u201cWhen will David Haye and Wlad actually fight?\u201d subject, and Emanuel was glum. At the time, he did not think Haye would ever actually step into the ring with Wlad. But now that the fight is happening, and all preparations have run smoothly with Wlad\u2019s training, the Kronk guru sounds like a different person. He is beyond upbeat. As a matter of fact, he said he\u2019d been up close to 24-hours straight, \u201cbut still felt ecstatic.\u201d
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\nI\u2019ve known Emanuel for some 6-years now, and of all people, he has known the public\u2019s soured perception of today\u2019s heavyweights. Now that this heavyweight mega-fight is upon us, he feels that redemption is less than a week away.
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\n\u201cWladimir has been in some bad fights in the past because certain opponents did not want to actually risk \u201cfighting\u201d. In truth, people will always remember your last fight. Wladimir knows this, and he is going to take care of business Saturday, and I mean bigtime. Like I said, when I feel this good before a fight, then we\u2019re good. As a matter of fact, we\u2019re BETTER than good. Haye has nowhere to run anymore.\u201d
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\nIf any of the readers out there don\u2019t know it by now, I am a biased writer. Wladimir Klitschko is a great Heavy Weight Champion and a class act. David Haye is neither. Perhaps Vitali (who is fighting Tomasz Adamek this fall) said it best: \u201cMy opponent Adamek FOUGHT his way into a title fight with me, David Haye TALKED his way into a fight with my brother.\u201d And if that ain\u2019t the truth, then I have no tattoos on my head.
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\nI\u2019ll make a prediction here and now, using one of my favorite quotes of all time. When Lennox Lewis was an up-and-comer, he took on an older but still dangerous Donovan \u201cRazor\u201d Ruddock. When asked about the outcome of the fight, the young Lewis simply said, \u201cHe\u2019s gonna die out there.\u201d And Ruddock did just that.
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\nThe same will happen to David Haye. Lewis got his man (Ruddock) in the 2nd round. Is the 2nd round KO theme a prophecy of things to come? When will Wlad get David? I think what Emanuel thinks; Haye is already defeated. And come fight night the anxiety of actually being in the ring with the best Heavyweight Champion of this generation, Wladimir Klitschko, will set in on Haye like rigor mortis does a corpse.
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\nThe pick here is Wlad by KO anytime he wants. Eventually, Haye\u2019s legs will betray him and his chin will follow shortly. And from this viewpoint, it\u2019ll be the sweetest victory for Wladimir and his supporters the globe over. The best man will win!
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\nEnjoy the weekend and the fight!
\nPHA
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\nPS-
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\nThis will be my reaction when Wlad lowers the boom!
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\nNot bad for a 43-year old dude, eh?”
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