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Khan predicts Klitschko errors

ESPN staff
May 12, 2011
Wladimir Klitschko will tower over David Haye in the ring © Getty Images
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Amir Khan feels David Haye will seize on Wladimir Klitschko's mistakes and win their unification title fight on July 2.

The two heavyweights have been ramping up interest in their title fight in Hamburg with a series of press conferences, with both fighters making positive noises about emerging victorious.

Khan feels the distinct clash in styles makes it a tough fight to predict, but the British light-welterweight champion feels Klitschko has been making mistakes in recent fights and expects this to tip the balance in Haye's favour.

"Klitschko is a nice guy, but I don't think he has ever fought anyone as good or as quick as David," Khan told Sky Sports News. "He is awkward with the style he has. He is going to keep David away with his jab, but I think he will make a lot of mistakes which he has been doing in his last few fights and I think David will take him."

Haye has not been his usual effervescent self in the press conferences this week, but Khan feels he will be bubbling under the surface and at full tilt for the July 2 showdown.

"David Haye is a very strong fighter," Khan said. "He has been in this position a lot of times and I know exactly how he thinks and when the fight comes he will be ready, he will be motivated.

"This is a massive fight for him, a unification fight as a heavyweight. He is a small heavyweight fighting a big heavyweight so he has a lot to prove in this fight, but I feel he has the tools to do it.

"This is the biggest fight of his career and he is going to have to train hard and dig deep."

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