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David Haye believes Wladimir Klitschko's trainer knows the Ukrainian is in big trouble ahead of their mega heavyweight showdown on July 2.

Haye performed an open workout for the media on Tuesday, where he responded to comments made by trainer Emanuel Steward about the WBA heavyweight champion.

Steward recently revealed he respects Haye more than any of Klitschko's previous opponents, stating, "he has the speed of Sugar Ray Leonard and the power of Mike Tyson."

"It doesn't bode well for his boy does it?!" Haye said on Sky Sports News. "Mike Tyson's power and Sugar Ray Leonard's speed? It doesn't bode well for him!

"Emanuel Steward knows his boy can get taken out early. I'm pretty sure Emanuel Steward will be down his throat every day, telling Wladimir to come out strong, because if he comes out defensive he'll come unstuck real quick.

"I expect him to be more aggressive, I expect him to throw his right hand more than usual, but I have a remedy for that. I can't stand at long range with him, that's his game. I have to put him in a dogfight."

Asked how he would counter Klitschko's tendency to clinch, Haye quipped: "I'm not gonna use any deoderant for three weeks!"

Perhaps surprisingly, Klitschko has been courting more media attention than Haye in the build-up to the fight, but the Brit shrugged off suggestions that it is because he is getting nervous.

"I'm focusing on training. I'm just focusing on the fight and taking him out. I don't need to promote the fight, it sells itself. Everyone knows who I am, I'm the WBA heavyweight champion of the world, it sells itself.

"One thing I've noticed about Wladimir is that he's doing a lot more than he usually does. Usually he's the most unentertaining person, but he's actually been quite funny. He must have been to personality lessons.

"He's very concerned what people think about him, I couldn't care less - I just want to knock his head off."

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