David Haye and his ego steal the heavyweight spotlight from Anthony Joshua | Kevin Mitchell


Anthony Joshua is the British heavyweight who should be making headlines this week and he is likely to make short work of Eric Molina on Saturday

Even when he’s not the story, David Haye makes himself the story. The British heavyweight who should be in the spotlight this week is Anthony Joshua, who lines up the veteran Eric Molina for a hat-trick of American bodies to dispatch in defence of his IBF title in Manchester on Saturday night.

But Haye grabbed the microphone and the headlines at a press conference to announce his non-title fight against Tony Bellew next March when he gave the promoter, Eddie Hearn, the benefit of his wisdom in an extended rant that even drowned out Bellew. Hearn, happy to have Haye stir the pot, was equally entertaining in his subsequent reply.

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