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HAMBURG, Germany (AP)\u2014WBA champion David Haye vowed to expose IBF and WBO titleholder Wladimir Klitschko as a \u201cfraud\u201d in their heavyweight unification bout on July 2.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old Haye said the Ukrainian had only fought \u201clittle fat puddings who turn up for a pay check\u201d when the pair met at a news conference Monday in Hamburg\u2019s 57,000-seat Imtech Arena, where the bout will take place.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a fraud and I\u2019m good at exposing frauds,\u201d said the Briton, who has a 25-1 record with 23 knockouts.<\/p>\n

Klitschko (55-3, 49 KOs) is happy the long-awaited fight is finally taking place after negotiations broke down several times.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid Haye has made a lot of promises before but nothing came of them,\u201d the 35-year-old Klitschko said. \u201cThat\u2019s exactly why I insisted it was written in the contract that Haye has to go into the ring first\u2014so I make sure he\u2019s there before I come out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haye pulled out of a fight with Klitschko in 2009 due to a back injury and subsequent talks between the two camps collapsed, with each side blaming the other.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be very upset if this doesn\u2019t happen,\u201d Klitschko said, adding that Haye\u2019s acceptance of a 50-50 money split made the fight happen. \u201cSo you\u2019re going to get a really big check \u2026 to be the 50th knockout.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haye, who yawned and rolled his eyes as Klitschko\u2019s achievements were shown on a big screen, said he believed he could have knocked out the Ukrainian when he was the undisputed cruiserweight champion in 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s my time to prove it,\u201d Haye said. \u201cI\u2019m in good shape, so for the first time he\u2019s fighting someone healthy. Normally he tries to pick people who are injured or coming off long layoffs. This time he\u2019s got a prime athlete at his peak.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe the people he\u2019s fought make him look spectacular, from the fact that he wears big shoulder pads in his gowns to the fact that he picks the guys who fit his style perfectly. I\u2019m not fooled by it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klitschko said he respected his opponent as a \u201ctremendous fighter\u201d but acknowledged \u201cmixed feelings\u201d following years of provocation by Haye against him and his 39-year-old brother Vitali Klitschko, the WBC champion.<\/p>\n

Haye once attended a news conference wearing a T-shirt depicting an image of himself holding the brothers\u2019 severed heads.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will put my feelings on my fists and let my fists fly,\u201d Klitschko said.<\/p>\n

Haye, meanwhile, continued taunting his opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the going gets tough, he gets going towards the canvas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The psychological battle began in earnest when the pair would not break away from the traditional faceoff until Haye\u2019s manager, Adam Booth, broke the fighters\u2019 stares with a sheet of paper after about three minutes.<\/p>\n

Vitali (42-2) is due to fight Tomasz Adamek of Poland in September, but Haye is confident the older Klitschko brother will cancel that bout to fight him to try and restore his family\u2019s honor \u201cafter I\u2019ve decapitated Wladimir.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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