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Ryan Aston ready to rock Haye bill

Dudley's Ryan Aston wants "to make a big statement" in Germany - and expects stable-mate David Haye to do the same in the main event against Wladimir Klitschko.

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Dudley's Ryan Aston wants "to make a big statement" in Germany - and expects stable-mate David Haye to do the same in the main event against Wladimir Klitschko.

Aston boxes on the undercard tonight against Bulgarian Zahari Mutafchiev, having come through his professional debut unscathed as a points winner against Iain Jackson last weekend.

The middleweight had to stay free from cuts and bruises in order to make it to the Haye bill and can now go out all guns blazing tonight.

The 20-year-old is signed to Haye's 'Hayemaker' promotional company and has shared a gym with the WBA world heavyweight champion, who puts up his crown against the WBO, IBF and IBO belts of Klitschko, whose brother Vitali is the WBC title holder.

Haye will also be elevated to 'super' world champion by the WBA if he takes out Klitschko tonight and Aston is expecting exactly that.

He said: "Haye is just a different class and I think it's going to be about a fourth round knockout, that's my position.

"He can defintely hurt him and, if he beats Wladimir, he should definitely go for Vitali afterwards.

"The money would be just good to turn down."

'The Tank' will want to make a similar splash in his first professional fight abroad, although he has boxed overseas in amateur tournaments.

Mutafchiev, some 17 years his senior, is a former Bulgarian super middleweight title challenger and has also competed all over Europe, including six trips to Britain.

Aston admits his international opponent represents an unknown quantity but is still looking to impress at Hamburg FC's Imtech Arena.

He said: "I will get in there, see what he is like in the first round and see what I want to do with him after that.

"But I want to make a big statement."

Aston admits he was taken aback when he was offered a fight on the show by his and Haye's manager Adam Booth.

But the former Priory Park amateur insists he won't get stage fright tonight.

He said: "When Adam told me about the fight, he asked me 'how do you deal with pressure?' I told him I had boxed away a few times and it had never got to me.

"I thought he meant pressure inside the boxing ring, but he was really on about with the size of the crowds at the big shows.

"Then he told me I was boxing on the Haye bill and I was over the moon about it."

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