Cringeworthy press confrence from David Haye earlier today..

[Mar]

...don't hate him or like the guy, but i think it's funny that he's trying to hype up a fight with a guy that just got his ass beat by holyfield. He had the Hw division talking when he was fighting a klitch now he's just trying to ride off of all that childish bs he did instead of actually fighting and get fame for beating this dude. The boxing world is doing just that "talking" when it comes to haye. But what we need is actual fighting which everyone other than haye has been doing. Next he'll call out arreola then book a fight with a comebacking larry holmes (who could probably still beat valuev too)

[Conrad]

Hell he only got back to back chances to fight either brother and he turned them down....why is that And don't give me this rematch clause bullshit, that's just smart business in title fights.

I think he backed out because both brothers looked untouchable in their most recent fights meanwhile David just fought Monte Barrett

Do you honestly believe that Lyle, or is it just part of your Haye bashing?

No way in hell was Haye scared, why oh why would he go to such lengths to get the fight just to back out at the last minute? If he wasn't injured (and none of know for a fact that he wasn't) then the reason he backed out has to be money.

Why would any fighter intentionally stall his career and earn zero $$$'s in the process? it doesn't make sense.

You could possibly argue that if anyone was scared it was the Klitschko's!

I know you say the clauses they insisted on were standard for championship fight but they definitely were not. If Haye won he'd have to give Wlad a rematch (fair enough), but if he won that he'd then have to fight Vitali. Oh and guess what, the Klits get all the money from all three fights bar UK TV.. Therefore it was smart business on Hayes part to not go through with those demands....

[Dark Lord Al]

It has made me smile a bit , as to how highly Haye and his team now rate Valuev
I know its hyping the fight but come on , Valuev isn't even close to being the top man in the division.

[El Kabong]

Lyle he was the undisputed 200lb champion, who held the Ring,WBC,WBA and WBO belts, do you not think that gives him any advantage??

When was the last time that meant something in the HEAVYWEIGHT division? ......NEVER, Holyfield had to work his way up when Mike Tyson was fighting BUSTER GOD DAMN DOUGLAS so don't give me that BS about there not being any contenders out there


When Haye is mentioned one HAS to mention that he tucked tail and ran away from 2 guys who offered him direct shots at 3 recognized titles. And what does he do He brags about his skill and scurries away like the chicken shit little rat he is to fight some big Oaf of a title holder.

...and you guys circle the wagons and defend him! England, where is your pride

[El Kabong]

It has made me smile a bit , as to how highly Haye and his team now rate Valuev
I know its hyping the fight but come on , Valuev isn't even close to being the top man in the division.

...and they did they exact same thing to MONTE BARRETT.

[The Fightfan]

What a tool.

[skel1983]

Lyle he was the undisputed 200lb champion, who held the Ring,WBC,WBA and WBO belts, do you not think that gives him any advantage??

When was the last time that meant something in the HEAVYWEIGHT division? ......NEVER, Holyfield had to work his way up when Mike Tyson was fighting BUSTER GOD DAMN DOUGLAS so don't give me that BS about there not being any contenders out there


When Haye is mentioned one HAS to mention that he tucked tail and ranaway from 2 guys who offered him direct shots at 3 recognized titles. And what does he do He brags about his skill and scurries away like the chicken shit little rat he is to fight some big Oaf of a title holder.

...and you guys circle the wagons and defend him! England, where is your pride

So because the last undisputed 200lb champ had to work his way to a title fight thats the written rule is it?

Bullshit, do the heavyweights have different rules to the other divisions??
Why did Manny not have a few fights before fighting Hatton?? Calzaghe fighting Hopkins?? The list is endless, the state of the heavyweight divison is awful have a look at the top 10 pityful.

Difference is he doesnt have to fight the klits 48 thousand times and then fight there dad and grandad and 4 uncles in a tag team match if he is still unbeaton after the 48 thousand fights. Valuev fight is a fight for the wba title one fight win or loose walk away to other things, from the daft clauses the Klits had in the contract it's pretty safe to say they were the ones shitting themselves not Haye.

[El Kabong]

Skel you can complain all you want to about why the cruiserweights get the shit end of the stick but the 100% FACT of the matter is that even light heavyweights do better in the heavyweight division than cruiserweights.

Being a cruiserweight means either you're too slow or too big to be a champ at 175 or you are too small or lack the skills needed to be a champ at heavyweight.

EVANDER HOLYFIELD is the one guy that was a cruiserweight champ and a successful heavyweight champ. He ruled over a DEEP cruiserweight division and then fought his way to the titles at heavyweight.

Look at David Haye, he's no Evander Holyfield...his style alone (not to mention his horrible attitude) make him a potential subject to beat downs from relative nonentities in the heavyweight division.

[yvonne]

Who's idea of that shit stunt was it??Worst stunt to promote a fight i've ever seen

[El Kabong]

Who's idea of that shit stunt was it??Worst stunt to promote a fight i've ever seen

...he tries this shit thinking he'll liven up the division but he ends up looking like a moron because he doesn't have the charisma to pull it off.

If one of my favorite fighters did something like that I would be ashamed of them...not because it's in poor taste, but just because it was a pathetic display....Haye makes it seem so forced

[ross]

I feel dirty.............

I just watched that pathetic shit, it was painfull and embarrasing, im glad I didnt have to sit in that room.

I really hope that Valuev just clonks Haye on the top of his head and hammers himin to the canvas like a pile

Haye is really getting good at being boring, how stupid did he sound when he was going on about how his training for Klitschko helped him here

[El Kabong]

Well when his definition of "training for the Klitschko's" amounts to running his mouth all day, we can all see how that MAY have helped him sink this low as he has talked NONSTOP for nearly a year without so much as setting foot in a boxing ring.

[Spicoli]

Oh man,Ive seen grade school Halloween stage shows done with more passion and better acting...wtf was that horse shit?Love how Haye credits his training camp and sparring partners for the 'oops my back' Klitschko fight for getting him prepped.... A cynical man with an over active imagination might see a camp that pulled off the perfect foil in free hype up and then the quick switch to a similar but perceived lesser threat...also with a trinket.I would not by any means totally rule out a complete and utter disaster coming to Haye in this one.

[El Kabong]

....you know upon watching that clip again, that dude playing Valuev got the better of Haye. All Haye said was "Yeah yeah yeah, we'll see" in response to the character saying he was going to hit Haye so hard it's going to make him uglier than Valuev.

For a PROFESSIONAL trash talker, David Haye didn't do a good job.

A very uninspired display on Haye's part, he should be embarassed

[ross]

I see Haye getting tired very early in this fight, hes going to be moving alot, both trying to keep out of the way and trying to be aggressive, hes going to tire of putting everything in to his punches that I dont think will have much effect on Valuev, Haye is litterally going to be hitting a brick wall, if he still upright, he will slow dramaticly after the 4th and be stopped by the 8th