Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye, billed as The Talk Ends Now, was a heavyweight unification fight between IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring champion Wladimir Klitschko, and WBA champion David Haye.

[17] In 2009 after protracted talks,[18] Wladimir agreed to fight Haye on 20 June in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

[25] On 16 April 2009, Haye wore a T-shirt depicting him holding the heads of the Klitschko brothers while standing atop their decapitated bodies.

At the same time, he declared a war on both the Klitschko brothers, hoping to first defeat Wladimir, then Vitali.

Haye promised that he would win by knockout, that the trash talk was over and that it was down to business, which was also one of the reasons why he didn’t bring his infamous T-shirt.

At an interview on Sky, Haye also refused to come into the studio with Klitschko because he said he'd had enough of him, he'd seen too much of him – first in New York, then Hamburg and now in London.

[35] Vitali Klitschko wanted Haye to promise to be at the post press conference in front of everybody.

[37][38] On 29 June, a public training session was held at a Mercedes Benz showroom in Hamburg, Germany.

The two fighters showed off some skills and punches, while Adam Booth made a short parody on Klitschko.

[44] David Haye released a controversial iPhone game, developed by Grubby Hands.

[32] A huge controversy was caused by this stunt, especially when David wore a T-shirt showing a decapitated Klitschko at a press conference to promote it.

Wladimir spent most of the fight boxing behind the jab and avoiding exchanges, while Haye attempted to get through with his counterattacks.

[48] Haye revealed afterwards that he had a broken toe on his right foot, and claimed that it had hindered his game plan for the fight as he felt he was unable to jump out at Klitschko like he had previously in his career.

Haye was subject to much derision and ridicule from within the boxing community and fans after citing his toe as part of the reason why he lost.

However, on 5 December, the fight was cancelled because Wladimir checked into a hospital to have a kidney stone removed.

[55] However, Vitali Klitschko was in negotiations for a possible bout with former WBA Heavyweight title holder Haye on March 3, 2012.

Meanwhile, Klitschko, after beating Haye, went on to achieve another 8 successful defences of his titles until his defeat by Tyson Fury in November 2015.