Wladimir Klitschko Will Knock Out David Haye Within 8 Rounds This Summer

IBF, IBO and WBO king “Dr. Steelhammer” Wladimir Klitschko, is tentatively scheduled to battle WBA titlist David “The Hayemaker” Haye in a heavyweight unification bout July 2 at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany.

"It's 99 percent," Bernd Boente, Klitschko's manager, told ESPN.com Sunday. "This week it will be finally signed and also announced. But it is not signed. We will sign it very soon. There are no question marks anymore.”

For nearly two years, Haye has run his mouth like a clown pocket without putting a granule of action behind his words.

Miraculously, Haye (25-1, 23 KOs) seems to finally be on the cusp of displaying some testicular fortitude.

"It does not bother me, Munich, Gelsenkirchen, Berlin, in his backyard. It's all the same to me," said Haye, 30, who won his title from Nikolai Valuev in Nuremberg in 2009. "I'm prepared to go into his territory to get what he has been hanging on to for too long. It doesn't faze me—I've done it before."

The fight will likely occur in Germany because Wladimir (55-3, 49 KOs) and his older brother, WBC heavyweight king Vitali (41-2, 38 KOs), enjoy enormous popularity and have lucrative contracts with TV stations there.

"I am really pleased that we have closed a deal on this fight," said Klitschko, 34, who has emerged victorious in 13 consecutive prizefights since he lost to Lamon Brewster by a fifth round TKO in April 2004.

Haye, the former unified cruiserweight champion who relinquished his crowns to emulate the heavyweight accomplishments of Evander Holyfield, last fought in March, when he defeated Methuen’s John Ruiz (44-9-1-1, 30 KOs) by a ninth-round TKO.

Haye possesses decent power in both of his fists and he is extremely quick and in superb physical condition.

Hence, “The Hayemaker” hasn’t been trumped since he lost to Carl Thompson (34-6, 25 KOs) by a fifth round TKO at Wembley Arena in October 2004.

Nevertheless, Haye is largely an unproven commodity and he does not deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as either Klitschko brother.

"The terms were right, it's a fair deal—it's a 50-50 split. That's what they wanted and that's what I wanted," Haye told the BBC. "Here it is—end of June, beginning of July. Let's get ready to rumble."

Klitschko, who captured a Gold medal as a super heavyweight at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, is a plotting and meticulous fighter despite his enormous size and strength.

However, because Haye has excessively flapped his gums and infuriated the entire Klitschko kin, expect “Dr. Steelhammer” to actually throw some violent “Hayemaker’s” in a few months.

Haye can “get ready to rumble” all he wants.

Unfortunately for the boisterous Englishman, Klitschko will easily knock him onto Queer Street within eight rounds this summer.