Haye vs Wlad being billed as a fight between two of the best heavyweights ever...

in Australia. I just saw the ad for the PPV and they call it a fight between two of the best ever...are you fuckin kidding me? This just proves how gullible they think australian fans are. Fuck, im going to watch it for sure but being the boxing fan that I am there is no doubt in my mind Haye doesnt even rank in the top 200 of the best heavyweights of all time, hes had 3 fights against shit fighters. Main Event should be ashamed of themself for promoting this fight with that sentence.

Guess whoever billed it as that never watched Ali vs Foreman or Holyfield vs Bowe or Tyson vs Holyfield 1 or Marciano vs Walcott 1, etc.

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Guess whoever billed it as that never watched Ali vs Foreman or Holyfield vs Bowe or Tyson vs Holyfield 1 or Marciano vs Walcott 1, etc.

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No its more false advertising then anything else. The casual boxing fan is going to be like "fuck i need to buy this coz these guys are two of the best ever"...Wlad may rank but Haye certainly doesnt. Cant even rank him as a top cruiserweight. Hes an exciting fighter when he fights but hes barely fought anyone. I still would of rathered watching him vs Adamek at cruiserweight or heavy...or better yet I would of loved watching Haye knock Danny Green the fuck out.

I agree and here's a cool click. Haye would look great smoking the boring Adamek.

Shocking. They are the 2 best heavyweights right now but they've gone just a bit too far with 'ever'!

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Shocking. They are the 2 best heavyweights right now but they've gone just a bit too far with 'ever'!

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Was a misprint on the que cards it was meant to say Never.

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Guess whoever billed it as that never watched Ali vs Foreman or Holyfield vs Bowe or Tyson vs Holyfield 1 or Marciano vs Walcott 1, etc.

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No its more false advertising then anything else. The casual boxing fan is going to be like "fuck i need to buy this coz these guys are two of the best ever"...Wlad may rank but Haye certainly doesnt. Cant even rank him as a top cruiserweight. Hes an exciting fighter when he fights but hes barely fought anyone. I still would of rathered watching him vs Adamek at cruiserweight or heavy...or better yet I would of loved watching Haye knock Danny Green the fuck out.

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you cant rank haye as a top cruiserweight?

what does that mean? you cant rank him top 5? or top 10?

lets say top 5, you givel me 5 cruiserweights in history that have acheived more than haye did at the weight

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Guess whoever billed it as that never watched Ali vs Foreman or Holyfield vs Bowe or Tyson vs Holyfield 1 or Marciano vs Walcott 1, etc.

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No its more false advertising then anything else. The casual boxing fan is going to be like "fuck i need to buy this coz these guys are two of the best ever"...Wlad may rank but Haye certainly doesnt. Cant even rank him as a top cruiserweight. Hes an exciting fighter when he fights but hes barely fought anyone. I still would of rathered watching him vs Adamek at cruiserweight or heavy...or better yet I would of loved watching Haye knock Danny Green the fuck out.

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you cant rank haye as a top cruiserweight?

what does that mean? you cant rank him top 5? or top 10?

lets say top 5, you givel me 5 cruiserweights in history that have acheived more than haye did at the weight

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I could give you a few that arguably did better than Haye in the CWD: Evander Holyfield,Carlos De Leon, Johnny Nelson, James Toney. Still, Haye has been a very good CW, I just don't think he has what it takes to beat either Wladimir or Vitali and the way to motivate Wladimir that much before the fight was definitely not his smartest tactical move.

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I agree and here's a cool click. Haye would look great smoking the boring Adamek.

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Actually, I would tend to think that Adamek has some very good chances against Haye, would it be only because his stamina seems better and because he can throw a bigger volume of punches and damn, the polish is durable too.

yeah but it is a sales pitch after all - not like its Ring magazine saying it


wonder how this is selling worldwide

The worldwide PPV figures will be HUGE for this fight

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Guess whoever billed it as that never watched Ali vs Foreman or Holyfield vs Bowe or Tyson vs Holyfield 1 or Marciano vs Walcott 1, etc.

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No its more false advertising then anything else. The casual boxing fan is going to be like "fuck i need to buy this coz these guys are two of the best ever"...Wlad may rank but Haye certainly doesnt. Cant even rank him as a top cruiserweight. Hes an exciting fighter when he fights but hes barely fought anyone. I still would of rathered watching him vs Adamek at cruiserweight or heavy...or better yet I would of loved watching Haye knock Danny Green the fuck out.

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you cant rank haye as a top cruiserweight?

what does that mean? you cant rank him top 5? or top 10?

lets say top 5, you givel me 5 cruiserweights in history that have acheived more than haye did at the weight

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I could give you a few that arguably did better than Haye in the CWD: Evander Holyfield,Carlos De Leon, Johnny Nelson, James Toney. Still, Haye has been a very good CW, I just don't think he has what it takes to beat either Wladimir or Vitali and the way to motivate Wladimir that much before the fight was definitely not his smartest tactical move.

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thats 4 and even if they did do better than haye, that would put haye 5th and then he could be considered a top cruiser, even if you could name a couple more that did better being 6th or 7th would still make him a top cruiser. (IMO only evanda would have given him a fight)

Haye does have what it takes to beat wlad, he isnt favourite but he definately has the tools

i replied to the post suggesting he wasnt a top cruiser coz it seems to me that hayes personality has got to some boxing fans so much that they are unrealistic about the fight

they come out with crazy suggestions like on some threads i read on here, heres some recent examples - he doesnt have the power to trouble wlad, he would lose to chagaev and chambers, he wasnt a top cruiserweight, and the list goes on

Wlad is most definately the favourite going into the fight but haye has a very real chance of winning

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The worldwide PPV figures will be HUGE for this fight

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ok - define HUGE sunshine ??

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Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Guess whoever billed it as that never watched Ali vs Foreman or Holyfield vs Bowe or Tyson vs Holyfield 1 or Marciano vs Walcott 1, etc.

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No its more false advertising then anything else. The casual boxing fan is going to be like "fuck i need to buy this coz these guys are two of the best ever"...Wlad may rank but Haye certainly doesnt. Cant even rank him as a top cruiserweight. Hes an exciting fighter when he fights but hes barely fought anyone. I still would of rathered watching him vs Adamek at cruiserweight or heavy...or better yet I would of loved watching Haye knock Danny Green the fuck out.

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you cant rank haye as a top cruiserweight?

what does that mean? you cant rank him top 5? or top 10?

lets say top 5, you givel me 5 cruiserweights in history that have acheived more than haye did at the weight

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That's simply ridiculous Erics44. Come on man. I can name many cruiserweights and even some that are currently active that have achieved more than Haye. Consider Steve Cunningham. He has achieved far more than Haye. His wins over Huck, Wlodarcyzk, and Guillermo Jones each are better than any single Haye win. Haye's reign at cruiserweight is overrated. His signature wins really are Fragomenni or Mormeck. Light heavyweight Erdei beat Fragomenni. Mormeck is just Mormeck, I don't need to say anything else.

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Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Guess whoever billed it as that never watched Ali vs Foreman or Holyfield vs Bowe or Tyson vs Holyfield 1 or Marciano vs Walcott 1, etc.

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No its more false advertising then anything else. The casual boxing fan is going to be like "fuck i need to buy this coz these guys are two of the best ever"...Wlad may rank but Haye certainly doesnt. Cant even rank him as a top cruiserweight. Hes an exciting fighter when he fights but hes barely fought anyone. I still would of rathered watching him vs Adamek at cruiserweight or heavy...or better yet I would of loved watching Haye knock Danny Green the fuck out.

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you cant rank haye as a top cruiserweight?

what does that mean? you cant rank him top 5? or top 10?

lets say top 5, you givel me 5 cruiserweights in history that have acheived more than haye did at the weight

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That's simply ridiculous Erics44. Come on man. I can name many cruiserweights and even some that are currently active that have achieved more than Haye. Consider Steve Cunningham. He has achieved far more than Haye. His wins over Huck, Wlodarcyzk, and Guillermo Jones each are better than any single Haye win. Haye's reign at cruiserweight is overrated. His signature wins really are Fragomenni or Mormeck. Light heavyweight Erdei beat Fragomenni. Mormeck is just Mormeck, I don't need to say anything else.

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how do we rate achievement in boxing?

pauli malinagi has been a light welter for years (alright he went down to lightweight for a bit and then up to welter now i think) and he won a world title a couple of times, khan has been there for 6 fights (or whatever), if he beats judah who has achieved more in teh division khan or malinagi?

steve cunnigham, been a cruiser for years, won the ibf title, very good fighter and very good in the division, david haye cruiserweight for 20 fights (or whatever) won the wba, wbc and wbo titles, considered the undisputed best in the division, who has achieved more?

doesnt it really matter who you think has the better names on their record?

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Guess whoever billed it as that never watched Ali vs Foreman or Holyfield vs Bowe or Tyson vs Holyfield 1 or Marciano vs Walcott 1, etc.

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you cant rank haye as a top cruiserweight?

what does that mean? you cant rank him top 5? or top 10?

lets say top 5, you givel me 5 cruiserweights in history that have acheived more than haye did at the weight

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That's simply ridiculous Erics44. Come on man. I can name many cruiserweights and even some that are currently active that have achieved more than Haye. Consider Steve Cunningham. He has achieved far more than Haye. His wins over Huck, Wlodarcyzk, and Guillermo Jones each are better than any single Haye win. Haye's reign at cruiserweight is overrated. His signature wins really are Fragomenni or Mormeck. Light heavyweight Erdei beat Fragomenni. Mormeck is just Mormeck, I don't need to say anything else.

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how do we rate achievement in boxing?

pauli malinagi has been a light welter for years (alright he went down to lightweight for a bit and then up to welter now i think) and he won a world title a couple of times, khan has been there for 6 fights (or whatever), if he beats judah who has achieved more in teh division khan or malinagi?

steve cunnigham, been a cruiser for years, won the ibf title, very good fighter and very good in the division, david haye cruiserweight for 20 fights (or whatever) won the wba, wbc and wbo titles, considered the undisputed best in the division, who has achieved more?

doesnt it really matter who you think has the better names on their record?

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more credit is due to the person who beat the better opponents in my book. the straps the come along with it are just straps. i give some credence to being the lineal champion of course or the man in the division and some credence to the length of time being the best in the division and whether he cleaned out the division etc.

take wlad, in another thread started by you, "is the general opinion of wlad deserved," you argue that although wlad is an unified belt holder, he is overrated because he hasn't faced any good competition. haye would beat all of wlad's opposition and so on.

here, you argue that Haye is great because he held a lot of belts even though he didn't face any tough competition. it's a little hypocritical, isn't it? there's a difference though. when haye was at cruiserweight the division was crap, but haye wasn't in the division for very long. he didn't clean it out. wlad has literally cleaned out the entire division and faced the top in his division. haye left the division before he did that.

to be fair, with haye i feel like it's all about potential because his resume is thin. he has looked good dispatching weak opposition, but he doesn't really have a career defining victory. so if he beats wlad, that'll be i and he'll retire on top. he'll be p4p in my book. so far he hasn't beat anyone even remotely close to wlad. not even close.

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more credit is due to the person who beat the better opponents in my book. the straps the come along with it are just straps. i give some credence to being the lineal champion of course or the man in the division and some credence to the length of time being the best in the division and whether he cleaned out the division etc.

take wlad, in another thread started by you, "is the general opinion of wlad deserved," you argue that although wlad is an unified belt holder, he is overrated because he hasn't faced any good competition. haye would beat all of wlad's opposition and so on.

here, you argue that Haye is great because he held a lot of belts even though he didn't face any tough competition. it's a little hypocritical, isn't it? there's a difference though. when haye was at cruiserweight the division was crap, but haye wasn't in the division for very long. he didn't clean it out. wlad has literally cleaned out the entire division and faced the top in his division. haye left the division before he did that.

to be fair, with haye i feel like it's all about potential because his resume is thin. he has looked good dispatching weak opposition, but he doesn't really have a career defining victory. so if he beats wlad, that'll be i and he'll retire on top. he'll be p4p in my book. so far he hasn't beat anyone even remotely close to wlad. not even close.

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paragraph 1 - more credit maybe maybe not, we are talking achievements tho, i said who has acheived what haye has you said that was simply ridiculous

paragraph 2 - I havent argued that wlad is over rated, i have asked the question do you think he is? i dont think he is, on his day he could be good enough to beat any HW in history. i do also think that on his day haye would have dealt with all of wlads opposition since peter 1, whether or not he could do it as consitently as wlad has is another question

paragraph 3 - do you know what hypocritical means? someone said that they dont think haye was a top cruiser, i said that was ridiculous look what he acheived (a top cruiser, not the best ever)

paragraph 4 - you are right haye hasnt had the defining fights that other fighters have had, he hasnt got an amazing HW run or anything like that, he was however a top cruiser and he is however a very real threat to wlad because of the potential that you talk about

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more credit is due to the person who beat the better opponents in my book. the straps the come along with it are just straps. i give some credence to being the lineal champion of course or the man in the division and some credence to the length of time being the best in the division and whether he cleaned out the division etc.

take wlad, in another thread started by you, "is the general opinion of wlad deserved," you argue that although wlad is an unified belt holder, he is overrated because he hasn't faced any good competition. haye would beat all of wlad's opposition and so on.

here, you argue that Haye is great because he held a lot of belts even though he didn't face any tough competition. it's a little hypocritical, isn't it? there's a difference though. when haye was at cruiserweight the division was crap, but haye wasn't in the division for very long. he didn't clean it out. wlad has literally cleaned out the entire division and faced the top in his division. haye left the division before he did that.

to be fair, with haye i feel like it's all about potential because his resume is thin. he has looked good dispatching weak opposition, but he doesn't really have a career defining victory. so if he beats wlad, that'll be i and he'll retire on top. he'll be p4p in my book. so far he hasn't beat anyone even remotely close to wlad. not even close.

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paragraph 1 - more credit maybe maybe not, we are talking achievements tho, i said who has acheived what haye has you said that was simply ridiculous

paragraph 2 - I havent argued that wlad is over rated, i have asked the question do you think he is? i dont think he is, on his day he could be good enough to beat any HW in history. i do also think that on his day haye would have dealt with all of wlads opposition since peter 1, whether or not he could do it as consitently as wlad has is another question

paragraph 3 - do you know what hypocritical means? someone said that they dont think haye was a top cruiser, i said that was ridiculous look what he acheived (a top cruiser, not the best ever)

paragraph 4 - you are right haye hasnt had the defining fights that other fighters have had, he hasnt got an amazing HW run or anything like that, he was however a top cruiser and he is however a very real threat to wlad because of the potential that you talk about

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that's probably the fairest post I've seen from you on the Wlad v. Haye beef. good play.

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more credit is due to the person who beat the better opponents in my book. the straps the come along with it are just straps. i give some credence to being the lineal champion of course or the man in the division and some credence to the length of time being the best in the division and whether he cleaned out the division etc.

take wlad, in another thread started by you, "is the general opinion of wlad deserved," you argue that although wlad is an unified belt holder, he is overrated because he hasn't faced any good competition. haye would beat all of wlad's opposition and so on.

here, you argue that Haye is great because he held a lot of belts even though he didn't face any tough competition. it's a little hypocritical, isn't it? there's a difference though. when haye was at cruiserweight the division was crap, but haye wasn't in the division for very long. he didn't clean it out. wlad has literally cleaned out the entire division and faced the top in his division. haye left the division before he did that.

to be fair, with haye i feel like it's all about potential because his resume is thin. he has looked good dispatching weak opposition, but he doesn't really have a career defining victory. so if he beats wlad, that'll be i and he'll retire on top. he'll be p4p in my book. so far he hasn't beat anyone even remotely close to wlad. not even close.

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paragraph 1 - more credit maybe maybe not, we are talking achievements tho, i said who has acheived what haye has you said that was simply ridiculous

paragraph 2 - I havent argued that wlad is over rated, i have asked the question do you think he is? i dont think he is, on his day he could be good enough to beat any HW in history. i do also think that on his day haye would have dealt with all of wlads opposition since peter 1, whether or not he could do it as consitently as wlad has is another question

paragraph 3 - do you know what hypocritical means? someone said that they dont think haye was a top cruiser, i said that was ridiculous look what he acheived (a top cruiser, not the best ever)

paragraph 4 - you are right haye hasnt had the defining fights that other fighters have had, he hasnt got an amazing HW run or anything like that, he was however a top cruiser and he is however a very real threat to wlad because of the potential that you talk about

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that's probably the fairest post I've seen from you on the Wlad v. Haye beef. good play.

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Thanks for the complement man but all my posts from the wlad haye debate are just as fair

all my posts on this thread have had the same message so all must be just as fair

the thing is i want haye to win coz he is english and im bored of wlad but i dont passionately support him or anything, in fact i think he's a bit of a dick

i generally get into these debates with people who hate haye and passionately support wlad and give very one sided ridiculous responses

for instance my involvement in this thread is due to someone saying he cant rank haye as a top cruiserweight - that is clearly a pretty ridiculous suggestion from someone who passionately dislikes him. You might hate him more than anyone you have hated before in your whole puff but he was a top cruiserweight, that is a fact

You Australians are so gullible, is it PPV over there?

Fights get hyped. Waddya gonna do?

The one thing I just don't get is how 13 can be considered anything but cannon fodder here.

They probably said it that way because "a fight between a Klitchsko and the only opponent that could get one of his fights back on HBO" used up too much air time and took up too much room on the poster.

Mate dont sweat it, everyones at it.

I remember watching the Green Jones fight and listening to the commentators, to become a legend etc etc......;D

Was quite odd listening to an Aussie talk (bollocks) like that. I've only ever really listened to Aussie cricket commentary and its all very matter of fact and honest. The hear one of them laying it on thick like that was funny.

I like listening to or reading boxing reports by non boxing writers/broadcasters. Shockingly bad the lack of a) knowledge and b) effort.

I don't recall hearing aussie announcers hyping fights, but aside from a few here in the U.S., UK announcers are by far the most histrionic. (no offense to my Brit/Mick buds)
Sky Sports will likely have their own PPV/stream for Wlad-Haye, you can bet your ass that every time Haye even lands a love tap or jab on Wlad, they'll be going berserk and/or getting hysterical along with Haye's fans in the stadium.

As for these 2 being the best HWs ever, the dude that said that must not know shit about boxing.

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Mate dont sweat it, everyones at it.

I remember watching the Green Jones fight and listening to the commentators, to become a legend etc etc......;D

Was quite odd listening to an Aussie talk (bollocks) like that. I've only ever really listened to Aussie cricket commentary and its all very matter of fact and honest. The hear one of them laying it on thick like that was funny.

I like listening to or reading boxing reports by non boxing writers/broadcasters. Shockingly bad the lack of a) knowledge and b) effort.

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Ah mate i know what you mean, that was shocking. Green happened to believe it too. He thinks hes a legend for beating an old Roy Jones.