Haye vs Valuev Undercard announced.....

[rjj tszyu]

To be honest mate, it's only a bad matchup for people who know how bad Valuev is.

The general public sees a British HW going to fight a giant. I've heard a lot of casual fans talking about it & being quite excited. Plus if it's not on at a ridiculous time, it will benefit. As bad as Khan-Kotelnik did, Khan-Barrera did very well, because Barrera had the profile to help raise the event for your average fan.

i have heard a few people talking abt this fight who dont usually mention boxing, its just because of the size of valuev, fk most people never even seen a haye fight

I agree. Haye is currently in a similar position to that of Calzaghe around the time of the Lacy fight. Most of the public didn't really know who he was, just knew he was a boxer & had seen a little bit of him. However, the opponent is then sold as being unbeatable as Lacy was & Valuev is due to his size (I know he's been beaten, but most will see 50+ fights with only 1 defeat & think he's amazing).

I think this does quite well, it's probably the best Sky have marketed a fight since Hatton-Mayweather. More importantly I reckon if Haye wins he becomes an overnight star similar to how Calzaghe did after the Lacy fight.

You remember how full the papers were after Lewis beat Holyfield? It was on the back page for a full week, now your lucky if boxing makes the papers once a week. I'd love that for Haye. Not saying he deserves it for this but one day maybe!!

[Drago]

has britain turned its back on boxing or are we in need of a new hero?

[JazMerkin]

i have heard a few people talking abt this fight who dont usually mention boxing, its just because of the size of valuev, fk most people never even seen a haye fight

I agree. Haye is currently in a similar position to that of Calzaghe around the time of the Lacy fight. Most of the public didn't really know who he was, just knew he was a boxer & had seen a little bit of him. However, the opponent is then sold as being unbeatable as Lacy was & Valuev is due to his size (I know he's been beaten, but most will see 50+ fights with only 1 defeat & think he's amazing).

I think this does quite well, it's probably the best Sky have marketed a fight since Hatton-Mayweather. More importantly I reckon if Haye wins he becomes an overnight star similar to how Calzaghe did after the Lacy fight.

You remember how full the papers were after Lewis beat Holyfield? It was on the back page for a full week, now your lucky if boxing makes the papers once a week. I'd love that for Haye. Not saying he deserves it for this but one day maybe!!

Part of that was down to Lewis building up a following over the previous 5 years through fighting at the domestic level against the likes of Bruno.

I remember when Hatton fought Mayweather it was probably the main feature in the sports pages along with football for the preceding week & subsequent few days.

I think it's just there isn't really a fighter at or approaching his peak who's a superstar over here. Hatton's time is gone. Khan is probably currently the closest, but they switched him to PPV way too early.

[Drago]

the last PPV's i purchased were hatton/pacman & hatton/mayweather

they were really big fights & i can understand to a certain point why they were PPV

but fk khan being PPV & fk haye/valuev being PPV

[gutshotkid]

the last PPV's i purchased were hatton/pacman & hatton/mayweather

they were really big fights & i can understand to a certain point why they were PPV

but fk khan being PPV & fk haye/valuev being PPV

I agree!! thats why I've bought ringside seats for the fight, that'll teach sky!! ......hang on a minute..........

[Drago]

the last PPV's i purchased were hatton/pacman & hatton/mayweather

they were really big fights & i can understand to a certain point why they were PPV

but fk khan being PPV & fk haye/valuev being PPV

I agree!! thats why I've bought ringside seats for the fight, that'll teach sky!! ......hang on a minute..........

ha ha nice 1