David Haye eyes quick stoppage of Tony Bellew and then prove he is the best fighter on the planet

DAVID HAYE has vowed to make quick work of Tony Bellew - then prove he is the best fighter on the planet.

The Hayemaker meets his rival at the O2 Arena on Saturday after a week of vile verbal insults aimed at the WBC cruiserweight champ.

But the former world heavyweight champion is already eyeing his next move with Haye placing a two-year limit on himself to dominate the boxing world. 

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Haye, 36, said: "I don't believe I've got much damage. I haven't been hit around, I haven't had any tough fights.

"If you count up the amount of head shots that were dished out and more importantly received in the Dillian Whyte vs Chisora fight, I think I've been hit less in my whole boxing career than what they did in one round of one of their fights.

"I'm not just trying to be clever here, I'm being deadly serious.

"I'd say within two years, that's enough time to achieve what I need to achieve and for people to recognise me as the best fighter on the planet."

Haye had originally planned to retire at the top of the world after facing Wladimir Klitschko in 2011.

But the Hayemaker lost the bout on points and suffered a number of injuries that threatened to end his career for him.

Now Haye insists he has learnt from his experiences from six years ago and is now better than ever.

Haye added: "I don't envisage it lasting two years.

"I don't want to put a timer on it, a date on it, I've done that before.

"When I first went to Fitzroy Lodge, I said I was going to be heavyweight champion of the world and retire when I was 30. This is when I was 10.

"I came real close. That fight with Klitschko, I really rushed to get that before my 31st birthday because I really wanted to achieve everything."

"That was the plan, that was always the plan. And I was super close to doing it. I never envisaged losing that fight, whatever happened before.

"Even in the last round I was like "ah, left it late here" and the bell goes and I was like "er, what happens now?".

"Once again, it's experience. You learn through your experiences."