Anthony Joshua will finally return to the ring this weekend as he returns to The Principality Stadium for the second consecutive fight as he bids to add Joseph Parker’s WBO strap to his collection of IBO, IBF and WBA world heavyweight championship titles.
Former WBA world heavyweight champion, ‘The Hayemaker’ David Haye is hard at work preparing for his upcoming rematch with Tony Bellew.
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But the Bermondsey native caught up with Sky Sports to discuss the upcoming unification showdown and he was very complimentary in his assessment of ‘AJ’.
“Everybody has an idea, everybody is confident that they have the key to beat Anthony Joshua, and every single person who has tried, has ended up unconscious,” Haye told Sky Sports ahead of the mega fight.
“Twenty fights, twenty knockouts, and every single person going into the fight – they believed they had the key.
“He can’t take a punch, or I’m too fast, or he’s too slow. Everyone has got a reason why they believe they are going to win, but he seems to have the solutions, the answers to everybody, including Wladimir Klitschko, who once again said that he’s got too much experience.”
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“When he lands his right hand he’ll knock him out. It didn’t happen. It landed, he put Joshua down. Joshua was able to get back up and show great recovery skills to come back and force an 11th-round stoppage.”
“It’s easy to say that from the outside, but when you’re in there, Anthony Joshua is an absolute monster of a man.
“The reality of Anthony Joshua, once he starts punching the face, gets real pretty quick.”
Adding his assessment of the WBO heavyweight titleholder, Haye shared he has been impressed with what he has seen.
“I’ve seen Joseph Parker in preparation for this huge, huge night at the weekend with Joshua, arguably the No 1 in the division,” Haye added.
“He seems cool, he seems calm, he seems focused. His weight looks good, his team are very comfortable. The gym is two minutes away.”
“Everything behind the scenes in Team Parker seems calm, seems confident, and I’m expecting a very, very good fight;” Haye concluded.
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