Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.
although Lefty is banned for another few days, I have contacted him regarding his thoughts on the injury. These are Ryan's exact words:
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David Haye has got a genuine injury to his hand, remember no pay day no fight. Haye isn't the type to make bullshit excuses. He wants this fight more than anything. But the Hayemaker will be back and the downfall of Wladimir Bitchko will happen, just a little later than originally planned. Regards, Leftylee
copy and paste that
I know banned means gone, but I think it's a little harsh considering the big news.
"If there's a better chin in the world than Pryor's, it has to be on Mount Rushmore." -Pat Putnam.
There's no link, just a rumor
a highly unlikely one too. If you told me Kali Meehan KO'd Haye in sparring once I wouldn't be shocked at all. Three times though? Come the fuck on, anything's possible but that's highly highly unlikely simply cause any sparring partner that KO'd the main fighter twice, once even, would have been shipped out.
Just an internet rumor started on boxingscene and brought over here by Ross. Anything's possible but its highly unlikely.
Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.
Well, in this interview, Kali says hes off to Cyprus to spar with Haye for a couple of weeks before his own fight on May the 30th.
Kali Meehan: “Ruiz is calling out fighters, I want that fight, but he would never fight me!”
Maybe Three times is wrong, maybe knocked out is wrong and he was just knocked down Three times but if you were Haye or even Booth would you really fancy your chin against the hardest puncher in the division after getting dropped regularly by your sparring partners.
Something has happened for sure and Haye has bottled it, rescheduling, knowing that Klitschko will fight someone else anyway, giving Haye alot longer than a few weeks to reasess whether he really wants this![]()
Kel, TheMacMagician, Conrad:
Sorry guys! I feel bad. Hopefully you guys can get refunds or somehow sell them.
Whether he got hurt or not, pulling out of the fight will automatically make people think he is trying to get out of it. Especially when the injury is called a "undisclosed hand injury" instead of what the injury actually is.
I actually thought Haye was a dirt bag with how he kept following Vlad and calling him out. Also the T-shirt was so uncalled for.
Last edited by OumaFan; 06-03-2009 at 10:44 PM.
Well, well, well....I guess the Haymaker got cold feet. It's best for his career if he just goes ahead and tries to fight someone else just so he can stay relevant longer than Audley Harrison....speaking of which former Audley foe, Domminick Guinn would be a good solid tune up for whenever Haye gets back, Guinn can punch and he has never been KO'd either...I would really respect a KO win over him.
As sad as this situation is, I hope the boxing gods smile down upon us and deliver us Wladimir Klitschko-Nicolay Valuev. Sure it's not going to happen but logically it SHOULD happen #1 Valuev is still in fighting shape having just trained for a fight that was supposed to happen last week #2 The 20th is still a couple weeks away so that if this fight was to happen Valuev and Wlad could train for different styles of their new opponents #3 There is already a venue where I am sure both fighters can get their fans to. Ruslan Chagaev could also be in the running to fight Wladimir, Wlad recently came out in support of Ruslan and against what Valuev and the Finnish did in cancelling the fight. Perhaps Wlad is trying to win over Chagaev or infuriate Valuev with his remarks in the hopes of fighting either of them.
Here's my list of possible/plausable (Valuev won't be either because he has no balls) opponents for Wladimir since he's going to try and fight on the 20th anyway: Ruslan Chagaev (very doubtful although Wlad says the Germans are cool with letting Ruslan fight there), Alexander Ustinov, Cedric Boswell, Michael Sprott, Denis Bahktov, Alexander Dimitrenko, Eddie Chambers (yeah right).
Those guys are decent(ish) heavyweights, some are ranked (some by the WBA) and all of them should be either in camp or just finished with camp for upcoming fights. It should be really interesting to see who they will give the title shot to because a lot of guys either just fought or already in contracts for a fight which means it'll be hard to get out of. Guys that would be at the tip top of the list: Arreola and Povetkin have recently fought meaning they wouldn't really want to risk a good chance at Wlad with fatigue from the last fight and a short training camp.
This if anything makes the division interesting, a nice little plot twist, and hopefully Wlad still comes out the Champion via early dominant KO.
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