Former two division world champion David Haye is a bit surprised that most observers that he's spoken to are completely writing off Deontay Wilder in the upcoming rematch with Tyson Fury.

Wilder will challenge Fury for the WBC heavyweight title on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The last time they met, in February 2020, Fury dominated the action and stopped Wilder in seven rounds.

Fury expects another wipeout, but Haye is not convinced of that outcome.

“Everybody is completely writing off Wilder for this third fight,” Haye told Talk Sport. “I haven’t spoken to anybody who thinks he has a shot in this fight. I don’t see it that way. I’ve seen Fury not preparing like he did the second time around. There were the well-publicized rumors about the fight being delayed because preparation wasn’t going that well. He only got into Vegas late September.

“Three-week training camp for a fight of this magnitude? Maybe there’s some overconfidence. He is so supremely confident from the second fight, he thinks he can roll into this third fight and it’ll be a home run.”

Based on the outcome of the last bout, Wilder's future is at stake if he suffers another one-sided defeat.

He offered a lot of reasons for tasting his first defeat in the second encounter and must now back up his words.

“Wilder seems like he’s got a massive point to prove. Fury feels like he just wants to get in there and get him out of the way. It’s a bad energy to have going into a fight. He needs to realize this is the biggest fight of his life," Haye said.

“Wilder wants to prove to the world that he’s better than people think he is. He’ll train harder than he's ever trained in his life. Fury, on the other hand, he’s had a lot of issues that have distracted him from being in the gym and training, completely understandable, but putting all these things together, it’ll make for a cracking night.”