Wladimir Klitschko, preparing to defend the International boxing Federation and World boxing Organisation heavyweight titles against Londoner Dereck Chisora on Dec 11, remains sceptical whether Haye will ever sign a deal.
"I'm tired of the nonsense and the lie from his side that the contract is not right," he said.
"He promised to fight us once, then he promised Chelsea stadium. We were supposed to fight in June, but he couldn't deliver anything. David Haye needs us. He built his reputation on our names."
Bernd Boente, manager of the Klitschko brothers, believes Haye is creating "preconditions so the fight never takes place." Boente said: "England is one option for the fight, but the fight will take place where we can make the most money. It could be anywhere."
Former boxing promoter Jarvis Astaire, who has been out of the sport since the late Nineties, has poured scorn on the Chisora fight, labelling it as much of a mismatch as Haye-Harrison and calling for it to be cancelled.
Chisora has won all 14 of his fights, having been a professional boxer since February 2007. Klitschko is the widely accepted world No 1.
Meanwhile Carl Froch, the next British boxer to contest a world title, described Audley Harrison as having "conned people, even me, with his sales tactics".
Froch, who attempts to regain the vacant World boxing Council super-middleweight title in Helsinki in 10 days' time against Arthur Abraham, agreed with the public barracking.
"One man shouldn't be allowed to ruin boxing," said Froch. "We all got roped in by his sales tactics – even as a boxing insider myself.
"I was persuaded that he was going to do something extraordinary. Because he was an Olympic gold medallist and world-class talker and top salesman, people bought into it."
Froch urged sports fans to watch his contest, on another pay per view channel on the Sky platform a week on Saturday.
"Look at my last few fights and how exciting they have all been. People are saying what happened the other night is bad for boxing but how many times did we see Naseem Hamed knock out people in the first round on pay-per-view and Lennox Lewis decapitate people.
"This fight will be a better spectacle for fans. With me you are guaranteed someone turning up who gives it their heart and soul. So will Abraham. It will be a full-on fight."
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