Quote Originally Posted by Mr140 View Post
Since when does being the CW mean jack shit Bilbo i mean it has always been looked at as a week divsion has it not or maybe i am wrong dude. His best wins are over a guy who just got knocked out by a no one. The other guy made his name off beating a 40 year old Hill. Then the best win he has is over Barret who has lost to ever top heavyweight out there. I really dont know why Haye could not have fought Arreola or Thompson then Wlad i mean Holyfeild fought alot before getting his shot. Because Wlad while get alot of shit if he knocks Haye out in round because people while be saying he never proved anything hell Holyfeild at his age has a more of say to it.
So your logic is now if you can't knock Haye you'll just try and discredit the entire weight class that he conquered

Why do you object to a Haye Wlad showdown so much?

It's a mega fight, a huge PPV blockbuster with tons of fanfare, a capacity crowd and bags of excitement.

But let me guess you'd rather a nice mediocre routine job for Wlad covered by Brian Kenny and Joe Tessitore on ESNP's Friday Night Fights like Vitali's latest outing?


Boxing is about entertainment. It's about the best fighting the best and most importantly for the paying fightfans, the most exciting fighting the most exciting.

There is a reason that Haye vs Wlad would be around 5 times the commercial success than Wlad vs Austin, Wlad vs Thompson etc and that's because it's a fight that the fans WANT to see.

You keep going on about what Haye doesn't deserve but lets' look at what Wlad, the fans, and heavyweight boxing deserve.

Wlad deserves a high profile, big name, exciting opponent against whom he can make a lot of money and be involved in what will almost certainly be one hell of an exciting fight whilst it lasts.

The fans deserve to see huge spectacular shows put on where they are guaranteed excitement and drama and the chance to be part of a huge event.

And boxing itself and especially the heavyweight division NEEDS big profile fights to sell it. This could be the first heavyweight fight that HBO deem important enough to do a 24/7 show for, the first time fans from the UK (a huge commerical boxing market) can cheer for one of their own against the best since Lennox Lewis and the chance for the casual sports fan to see a fighter go up against Wlad who actually wants to win and isn't afraid of risking getting knocked out himself to achieve that.

Just answer me this, if Haye doesn't deserve his shot then list all the fighters you'd place in front of him and explain to me why they would make for more exciting and bigger fights than Wlad vs Haye?