Tony Bellew punches harder than Wladimir Klitschko, David Haye warns Oleksandr Usyk ahead of Saturday night
The unbeaten Ukrainian will put his cruiserweight titles on the line against the Bomber at the Manchester Arena
OLEKSANDR USYK has been warned of Tony Bellew's immense power by David Haye who insists he hits harder than Wladimir Klitschko and Deontay Wilder.
The former two-weight world champion suffered back-to-back stoppage defeats by the Bomber, before he called time on his boxing career in June.
Usyk, 31, puts his WBA, WBO, IBF and WBC cruiserweight titles on the line against Bellew at the Manchester Arena on Saturday.
And Haye is fully confident the Everton fan will upset the odds once again and put a first loss on the Ukrainian's perfect record.
Speaking on the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast show on , the 38-year-old said: ";Usyk is not a big knock-out specialist, which works in Tony’s favour.
“Usyk will be wanting to win this fight on points over the 12 rounds, so Tony needs to land that bomb and really let that left hook fly, because if he can catch Usyk on the button…
"I can tell you first-hand that he punches way harder than a cruiserweight.
“Believe me, I’ve been hit by Wladimir Klitschko, I’ve been hit by Deontay Wilder, I’ve been hit by some of the biggest and hardest-hitting heavyweights on the planet and none of them have put me down like Tony Bellew did in our last fight."
Bellew, 35, has stressed he will hang up the gloves following Saturday's bout, regardless of the outcome.
And former rival Haye believes it will be the right decision for the Liverpudlian to retire, with the former WBC champ achieving everything he set out to accomplish.
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He added: ";He’s got nowhere to go after he wins this fight.
"Once he’s won this fight he’s won all the belts at cruiserweight, and he said he’s got no ambition to move up to heavyweight to challenge the giants of the division, so he’s got nothing else to do.
“He will have proved his point that he is the best in the world at cruiserweight and he’ll go down as one of the all-time great cruiserweights, ever.”
Bellew revealed he would be open to competing in UFC in the future - admitting he loves MMA.