Boxing Update: Team Klitschko Goes On Record About Aborted David Haye Fights

[Saddo]

The fight between WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko and Briton David Haye has been canceled. It was scheduled for September, 12, in the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany.

“First of all, I feel sorry for the team of the Commerzbank-Arena and for the boxing fans in the Frankfurt region," said Bernd Böente, Managing Director of the Klitschko Management Group.

"We will try to set up another Klitschko fight in this wonderful arena as soon as possible. Also for us, the cancellation was very surprising as we got informed about it through the media.

"Haye’s manager, Adam Booth, did not even have the courage to give me a call personally and tell me about their decision – for me a sign of his inexistent class. Background of the pull-out are definitely the bad pay-per-view-TV figures of BSkyB in England.

"The last fights of Ricky Hatton and new English shooting star Amir Khan last weekend against Andreas Kotelnik both had very poor sales on TV. Khan vs. Kotelnik less than 30,000 viewers. It ... Full Boxing Article here...

[El Kabong]

David Haye is the chicken of the year....he talked himself into 2 title fights and then tucked tail and ran. Sure we hear that Haye-Valuev is going to happen but right now I am not so certain Haye won't come down with another mystery ailment that keeps him from achieving his dream.....incidentally the only time he fights anyone these days are in his dreams.

I hate Nicolay Valuev and the joke he is, but PLEASE KO David Haye!!!

[CFH]

I'm a lot more inclined to believe the Klitschko's and their team than I am Haye. I have Valuev brutalizes him (I feel very dirty all of a sudden; I must bathe).

[Gandalf]

I'm a lot more inclined to believe the Klitschko's and their team than I am Haye. I have Valuev brutalizes him (I feel very dirty all of a sudden; I must bathe).

Me too. I don't know why on earth Haye felt the need to deal with the Klits so soon after moving up anyway. It has turned out to be a right old farce.

I don't want Valuev to beat Haye, but Haye needs to have learned from this carry on because he currently looks like a bit of an idiot.

[El Kabong]

...also another angle of this story is that Valuev was made to look extremely bad by Wladimir Klitschko for the whole Ruslan Chagaev debacle, and of course Valuev is trying to spin this to where he can maybe sling some mud at the Klitschko's.

It would be very funny if Haye just gets owned by this big ape.


Either way, either outcome, the Klitschko's are going to have a rival, maybe 2 after this fight ends and hopefully it's going to cause some big fights to happen at heavyweight. I just hope Haye stops talking soon.

[JT Rock]

...also another angle of this story is that Valuev was made to look extremely bad by Wladimir Klitschko for the whole Ruslan Chagaev debacle, and of course Valuev is trying to spin this to where he can maybe sling some mud at the Klitschko's.

It would be very funny if Haye just gets owned by this big ape.


Either way, either outcome, the Klitschko's are going to have a rival, maybe 2 after this fight ends and hopefully it's going to cause some big fights to happen at heavyweight. I just hope Haye stops talking
soon.

Holy shat, I just fell out of my chair thats the most intelligent thing you wrote in regards to this whole thing... Fuk me man, I just repped you out of complete shock