David Haye warns Tony Bellew he will knock him out for calling him the Bermondsey Bitch
All-British mega-fight could be on the cards after the Hayemaker responds to Bellew’s Goodison Park challenge
DAVID HAYE has told Tony Bellew he will knock him out for labelling him the Bermondsey Bitch.
Bellew called out former world heavyweight champion Haye minutes after he won the WBC world cruiserwright title at Goodison Park on Saturday.
The Liverpool fighter said: “I’ll take that bitch from Bermondsey.
“I would tank Haye any day of the week.”
But Haye, 35, immediately hit back as he posted a video message warning Bellew he would punish him for his public insult.
He told Bellew: “Maybe the punch that dropped you in the first round scrambled your brain, because it really looks like you want to get knocked out calling me a Bermondsey bitch.
“You must have lost your mind to be talking about knocking me out. After I’ve knocked out Shannon Briggs, if you want to be on the list too I am knocking out all people talking too much.
“So get on the list mate, you are going to get smashed bits. Let’s do it if you want it.”
Haye has knocked over two no-hopers since launching his heavyweight comeback in January. And Scouser Bellew wants the Londoner to drop back down to cruiser for a domestic dust-up.
Bellew, who got up off the canvas to beat Illunga Makabu with a devastating third round knockout, believes he has the beating of Haye, who won the WBC, WBA and WBO titles at cruiserweight before stepping up to become heavyweight champ.
Bellew admits he would have had to walk away from boxing if he had been beaten in front of his fellow Evertonians on Sunday.
He said: “I wouldn’t have been able to show my face if I’d lost.”