HBO Wants Haye/Valuev

[Jody Lane]

Oops, I meant they dont want Haye/Valuev...

From ESPN:

After Haye turned tail and ran from Wladimir Klitschko (June 20) and then Vitali (Sept. 12) to sign for a Nov. 7 fight against Nikolai Valuev, I received a lot of questions from the Fight Freaks during last week's chat asking whether HBO, which Haye blew off by backing out of both fights, would be interested in televising Valuev-Haye. So I asked HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg about it. His answer was short and sweet: "We have no interest in a Valuev versus Haye fight." I don't blame him one iota.

Antonio Margarito is still running with wrong crowd - ESPN

Why waste time setting up to televise a fight that may not happen. There is still the chance the WBA may not sanction it anyway, regardless of whether Haye shows up to fight or not.

[El Kabong]

Well there goes the HBO is only interested in David Haye angle.

I wonder how many fans go to see that fight, I'm thinking LESS than 61,000 people

[HattonTheHammer]

I wouldnt pay to watch this if they promised to have heidi klum shooting ping pong balls out of where the sun dont shine

If haye is serious about wanting wlad/vitali then he`ll go off on valuev from round 1 and take him out not run rings around him for 12 rounds which any half decent heavyweight can do.

My prediction......

f*ck all happens for 12 rounds other than the occasion burst from haye which lands him a 116-112 decision on the cards. He`ll then proceed to rant for 5-10minutes to whoever is interviewing him about how he told us all he`d be a heavyweight champ and how now the klitschkos should stop running scared yadda, yadda, yadda.

Both brothers will offer to fight him on the next available date and david will oncemore draw it out another 7-8months before declaring himself unfit again

[El Kabong]

As much as I would LOVE Valuev to KO Haye, I know it's not going to happen, so all I want now is for Valuev to hurt David, maybe knock him down.

I still have my doubts about this fight happening considering both fighters are chickenshit

[sonny78]

This is going to be PPV in the UK

Its a f**king Joke

[El Kabong]

This is going to be PPV in the UK

Its a f**king Joke

HAHAHAHAHA......I wonder if David is still expecting the 2.7 million pounds from the PPV buys that he was expecting vs Wlad and Vitali

[porkypara]

Well there goes the HBO is only interested in David Haye angle.

I wonder how many fans go to see that fight, I'm thinking LESS than 61,000 people

When was the last time there was a fight in the USA with any big crowed.

[killersheep]

Well there goes the HBO is only interested in David Haye angle.

I wonder how many fans go to see that fight, I'm thinking LESS than 61,000 people

When was the last time there was a fight in the USA with any big crowed.

Forbes / ODLH

[Fenster]

Has Valuev ever been on HBO?

[killersheep]

Has Valuev ever been on HBO?

Only on the Addams Family movies.

[Fenster]

Has Valuev ever been on HBO?

Only on the Addams Family movies.

I was gonna say, even if he had it's hardly surprising they don't want to show him anymore.

[TigerFan]

Has Valuev ever been on HBO?

Once when he fought Monte Barrett.

[Fenster]

Has Valuev ever been on HBO?

Once when he fought Monte Barrett.

Damn

And that was one of his exciting fights.

[Spicoli]

Has Valuev ever been on HBO?

Once when he fought Monte Barrett.

Haa.Irony....you do mean THE Monte Barrett .I'm betting that before its all said and done.....Barrett will have been aired on HBO more than both Haye and Valuev

[El Kabong]

When was the last time there was a fight in the USA with any big crowed.

Pacquiao-Hatton wasn't that long ago was it? And just to avoid ANY connection with the Brits Pacquiao-De la Hoya wasn't long ago either.

My point was that David Haye isn't a fighter like Ricky Hatton or Joe Calzaghe....he doesn't have the experience or the fan base to draw the types of crowds he says he can. There was NOBODY at his fight vs Monte Barrett!!