Wladimir Klitschko is eager to silence David Haye's "loud" behaviour and compares Britain's heavyweight hope to Herbie Hide.

Klitschko and elder brother Vitali will turn their attention to Haye after Wladimir's defence of his IBF, WBO and IBO belts against Hasim Rahman on Saturday.

Which one of the towering Ukrainian siblings face Haye remains to be seen, although recent comments from WBC champion Vitali suggests it will be himself.

Former undisputed cruiserweight king Haye announced his arrival as a credible force in the division by destroying Monte Barrett in five rounds last month.

Wladimir would like to face the 28-year-old but likens him to Hide, Britain's two-time WBO heavyweight champion who ultimately proved too small to survive among the bigger men.

Hide, who is similar in size to Haye and now campaigns back at cruiserweight, was battered by Vitali and Riddick Bowe during the 1990s in defeats that exposed his fragility.

"David Haye decided to make himself famous by promoting himself," said the 32-year-old, who would be happy to fight Haye in London.
"He's loud but only actions in the ring can show whether it's empty words.
"David Haye is much shorter so he needs to talk a lot to get attention. He makes a lot of noise.
"It's too early to judge how he will do as a heavyweight but if he continues to behave like that I will probably consider meeting him in the ring to stop it.
"There is nothing wrong with him stepping into the heavyweight division, he's welcome. I told him to get in line. Now he's had his first fight he's stepped closer to me.
"I consider Haye to be like Herbie Hide. They both try to end fights with one punch. They're comparable. David's fast and so is Herbie.
"But there aren't many examples of fighters moving up to heavyweight and doing well - Evander Holyfield is an amazing exception."

Wladimir believes heavyweight boxing is beginning to regain prestige after years in the doldrums and hopes its crossover appeal will be restored over the coming year.

"Next year is going to be a very exciting time for the heavyweight division because suddenly there are names," he said.
"We have to make the crossover and you do that by getting more fighters with names involved.
"More people will pay attention to the division if we have more recognisable faces.
"Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson made the crossover - it was not just boxing fans who knew their names, everyone did.
"Evander Holyfield and George Foreman are other examples. Names allow us to crossover from the boxing community into the majority.
"We need characters in the heavyweights and now we have some.
"In the past two years I've been fighting guys who were good but too quiet and not good for the promotions.
"With Chris Arreola from the States, Haye from Britain and Nikolay Valuev from Russia we have some interest in the division once more."

Wladimir Klitschko's IBF/IBO/WBO world title fight against Hasim Rahman is exclusively live on Setanta Sports 1.