Lennox Lewis has told David Haye that he will have to knock-out Wladimir Klitschko in their world title bout on Saturday because there is "no way" he will get a decision from the judges in Germany. The 30-year-old Briton faces Klitschko in a unification belt for three of the world's four heavyweight belts in Hamburg. Ukrainian Klitschko has been based in Germany for several years. Lewis said: "He's got to knock him out. When you go into the other guy's backyard you can't hope to win on points." The former undisputed heavyweight champion was outraged by Birmingham's Matthew Macklin losing his WBA middleweight title challenge in a controversial split decision in Cologne last weekend. Lewis added: "I don't see Haye winning on points. There is no way. It's such a big uphill battle. "I commentated on Matthew Macklin against Felix Sturm in Cologne and it was disgraceful. It was so bad. "As soon as that happened I thought about David and said 'dude, you're coming over to fight in the other guy's backyard? They're not going to give it to you. "They are not going to be nice to you. Don't think you're going to get a fair shake. You know what you're going to have to go on there and do. Simple as that. Bring your own judges - your fists'." Haye did get a points decision against Russian Nikolay Valuev to win his WBA title in Germany in November 2009.
Boxing judges need to get a back bone and stop favouring boxers who are in their own backyard. I agree fully with Lennox though, Haye needs to stop Klitschko, wether it's by KO or TKO he needs to stop him. I'm still going to put a cheeky bet on a Haye decision victory, worth-a-punt, i guess. It's going to be a close fight, it can go either way. I saw the weigh-ins this afternoon and they both look in brilliant condition, Haye of course is the smaller bloke who is going in 2 stone lighter, but he's been up against the odds before, so it's nothing new to him. Prediction on the fight: Haye to stop Wlad in the 5th
He is right, Haye MUST knock out Vlad because the judges will favour their own in such a massive match.
