Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post

He talked himself into the fight with Wlad (4 years of talking mind you) and the WBA being the dupes they are allowed Valuev to dodge Chagaev (whom Wlad pummeled with ease) and Haye fought Valuev to better his purse in the fight with Wlad....as you'll recall, just before that fight Haye had backed out of the fight with Wlad.... "bad back" and all you'll recall.
It wasn't a bad back. It was terrible negotiating. Haye was getting paid so much by Setanta, he put all his eggs in the UK TV deal basket. Setanta however, overpaid for football & boxing to outbid Sky, and didn't have the capital to back it up, thus they went under about 3 weeks before the fight due to lack of suscriptions from viewers. Haye would have been fighting almost for free. It is hard enough to get him to fight for millions, let alone for buttons.