With the re-match between David Haye and Tony Bellew now set to take place, the first press conference promoting the fight was held yesterday.
The first fight between the two pugilists was soured by the over-the-top build-up where verbal insults were traded that were well below the belt.
Hopefully, it?ll be different this time around.
Having, ahead of the press conference, stated that Bellew?s victory was akin to robbing a bank, Bellew was quick to offer a reply, with the Everton supporting fighter remarking,
‘I didn’t rob a bank – I got in the boxing ring and punched him senseless then I went home.
‘On 17 December I will turn up and I will win again.’
Haye, always keen to keep the banter going at such events, chose to retort with,
‘People rob banks to secure their family.
‘Would you go back to rob that same bank again? Is your hatred so bad for the clerk behind the desk that you need to do it again?
‘I know what Tony earned for the first fight and he is financially secure for the rest of his life. He’s a multi-millionaire and that’s fantastic.
‘He’s got into a very small club of British boxers who have enough money that don’t have to box, don’t have to have a job. So, I ask myself ‘what are his motivations going into the second fight?’.’
Causing Bellew to respond with,
‘I have more desire than you will ever know. I will never quit. I will never give in. You will have to put me asleep to beat me.
‘What motivates me? To get home safely. But believe it or not I enjoy fighting. I’ve got a screw loose. I like having a fight.
‘I don’t enjoy the build-up and I don’t enjoy losing loads of weight. But fight night? I love it.
‘I know in my heart deep down he still doesn’t rate me. He still thinks he’ll blast me and walk through me.
‘If anything, this fight is not going to go as long as it did last time. David Haye’s career ends on 17 December.’
Here we go again, the verbal exchanges are heating up, let?s hope they don?t go overboard like last time.
Bellew and Haye Getting Back in the Verbal Groove
