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Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko believes his challenger Dereck Chisora is a better fighter than David Haye — as Chisora at least shows up for fights.

Chisora will challenge Klitschko for his IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight belts on Saturday, while Haye has pulled out of offers to fight either Wladimir or his older brother Vitali, the WBC champion.

Chisora has only 14 fights behind him, all wins, but the British fighter dismissed Klitschko as a boxer who’s mainly fought "taxi drivers."

Klitschko says Chisora is a much underestimated fighter "with pretty good skills" but left little doubt during a news conference Monday that the Ukrainian expects to deliver a beating in his 19th title defense.