I train six days a week for four to five hours a day. I like to keep the same schedule when I'm in camp for every fight.

I've been doing this 26 years and have a lot of knowledge which will help me in the ring.

I have a Ph.D. in philosophy and sports science. At 14, I went through this really tough Soviet training system. A lot of my roommates got psychologically broken or physically injured. Either you came through, or you were out. I made my Ph.D. work in the field of young athletes aged 14-19 because at this age any human is changing.

I have decided to make a personal message to David Haye. I want him to fight me, to be a man. I wish there will be enough excitement, pressure and courage for David Haye to fight me.

He's been an inspiration for me since the Olympics 1996.

It's not my place to compare myself to greats like Tyson, Frazier or men like that. But I would look at a fighter like Evander Holyfield. He's a great heavyweight who worked his way up through the weight classes to become champion and had to beat bigger men along the way.

The whole key is to be honest with yourself, find the weak spots, work on it, get it done.