David Haye likely to fight Monte Barrett

[Tam Seddon]

Good solid fight for Haye, I was thinking a fighter of Barrett calibre and name would be a good fight for him!

[ross]

Well at least people have heard of Monte Barret, and after the losses he's had lately he's a good entry level fight, by that I mean Haye can do comparitively better or worse than Valuev, Klitschko and Rahman, in my humble opinion it is not a bad choice, especially as a last minute one.

Dont forget the world beating Cliff Couser knocking him out in the second last year

Awe inspiring stuff from Haye yet again

Ah im not even interested, let him fight him, at least then we wont keep hearing loads of shiit, as long as he stops pretending its gonne be a genuine top heavy.

[killersheep]

Well at least people have heard of Monte Barret, and after the losses he's had lately he's a good entry level fight, by that I mean Haye can do comparitively better or worse than Valuev, Klitschko and Rahman, in my humble opinion it is not a bad choice, especially as a last minute one.

Dont forget the world beating Cliff Couser knocking him out in the second last year

Awe inspiring stuff from Haye yet again

Ah im not even interested, let him fight him, at least then we wont keep hearing loads of shiit, as long as he stops pretending its gonne be a genuine top heavy.

Whatever has happened up until this point, can you think of a better opponent that is available?

I'm as fed up with Haye as the next guy, but Barrett is a reasonable opponent, plus he blasted back Couser in the rematch.

[ross]

Doesnt matter, Couser still knocked BAarrett out embarrasingly early just last year.

Yes, Johnson has publicly said he would take the fight, so has Rahman and Toney, all available and willing to face Haye in Britain for the money on offer and all leagues above Barrett

[CFH]

I think it's an ok opponent considering the step up in weight class.

[Clanger]

I think with the hype surrounding Haye moving up, people are feeling a little deflated by this opponent.

I believe they should have just said from the outset that there would be a durable American heavy who has fought a few people for World titles being brought in to assess how good Haye is at this moment in time.

In light of the above, Barrett is pretty reasonable.

He's fought the likes of Valeuv etc and therefore (Couser aside) he makes a good litmus test for now.