Haye v Audley - Will it happen? Looks like it might

[boxingbantz]

Honest question, mostly for the UK guys. Would you pay for PPV or buy a ticket to see this fight (don't consider the undercard for the sake of argument). How do you feel your friends perceive this and would they pay for it?

Most of my mates don't know the next thing about boxing. I remember when the Hatton-Pacman fight came around, Sky were hyping it so much, it was on the sports news every half hour, the public really got into it. I told my mates that Hatton had on chance and two of my friends laughed at me. "Hatton is awesome, he'll kill him...". Told them to put their money where their mouth is, bet them both £50, easy money for me.

The fact of the matter is, bar quite a small number, the majority of UK boxing fans don't really know too much about the sport. All they see is David Haye gobbing off in the press, calling out 'the nasty brothers', they see 'David beating Goliath' and all this crap and they actually believe he is a world beater. I'm actually having a row on twitter at the moment with someone who believes that Haye isn't scared of the Klits, he is just 'getting more interest in the fight'. Two years of interest is more than enough imo.

Sky tv will, undoubtedly, put the fight on Sky Box Office, they'll charge £15 a pop, and a lot of people will buy it unfortunately. Again, due to Sky, they will promote it as a British boxing event of the decade or some crap like that, will probably show Audley's Prizefighter win, show his ko of Michael Sprott (not showing how he lost EVERY other round of the fight, and definitely won't mention how piss poor he has been for years.

Apologise for the long anti British rant but I just get wound up as I can see just how much publicity this fight is going to get and it is a joke. Audley Harrison ffs.

Oh, and I won't be paying for it.

[Kirkland Laing]

I'd absolutely love to see Audley get sparked and could you imagine how you'd feel if Audley sparked Haye and you hadn't watched it live? Either way it'd be a must see fight for me. A few people round, big barbeque session, few beers and an almost guaranteed fantastic sparking to watch. What's not to like?

[El Kabong]

I'd absolutely love to see Audley get sparked and could you imagine how you'd feel if Audley sparked Haye and you hadn't watched it live? Either way it'd be a must see fight for me. A few people round, big barbeque session, few beers and an almost guaranteed fantastic sparking to watch. What's not to like?

....but in the end what is the point? It's not like Harrison has that ever so popular "British Title" and as you Brits are so keen to remind everyone Chicken Little has a world title belt and so what the fuck is the point for a "world class boxer" to fight a bum like Harrison when the "world class boxer" is getting very big, very serious offers to fight for THE titles?

This fight make the WBA title look like a trinket even more so than when Valuev had it.....how does that make you guys feel? Your boy is a WORSE title holder than Valuev!!!

[Lefty]

There is no way in hell David Haye is scared of either Klitchsko. Its all about the money.

Harrison-Haye would make a bomb in this country and Haye would make a few million while waiting around for either Bitchsko to put a half worthy contract on the table.

I'm not defending Haye, Audley is garbage and was dominated by a journeyman Sprott in every round bar the last not so long ago. But Haye-Audley is where the money is at this point.

And how David Haye is "Scared" I do not know with the fighters he's last fought.

5/7 were ex world champions and 3 were current.

Ruiz
Valuev (Went to Germany to win HW championship of the world)
Barrett
Maccarinelli
Mormeck (Went to France to win CW championship of the world)
Bonin
Fragomeni

[boxingbantz]

In today's Daily Star:

“David is a big puncher, there’s no doubt about that. But he is open to getting knocked out and that’s something I will exploit. There are massive world title fights out there for me. Obviously, one that I would want is that ‘Battle of Britain’ bout with Haye.”

[El Kabong]

There is no way in hell David Haye is scared of either Klitchsko. Its all about the money.

Harrison-Haye would make a bomb in this country and Haye would make a few million while waiting around for either Bitchsko to put a half worthy contract on the table.

I'm not defending Haye, Audley is garbage and was dominated by a journeyman Sprott in every round bar the last not so long ago. But Haye-Audley is where the money is at this point.

And how David Haye is "Scared" I do not know with the fighters he's last fought.

5/7 were ex world champions and 3 were current.

Ruiz
Valuev (Went to Germany to win HW championship of the world)
Barrett
Maccarinelli
Mormeck (Went to France to win CW championship of the world)
Bonin
Fragomeni

#1 Wladimir put 50/50 on the table and there has yet to be a contract signed....not that signing a contract means much to the person in question (as history has shown)

#2 A fight vs Harrison may boost British views of him but on the World scale it's a huge step down and with the record of heavyweights this guy has fought that's saying a lot

#3 Ruiz is the only one I give any credit for him beating everyone else is crap. Valuev is a freak show and really he lost to an ancient Evander Holyfield right before Chicken Little got to him. Barrett although serviceable during his "prime" he was NEVER World Class. Mormeck (past his prime) actually floored Chicken Little. Bonin is shit, and Fragomeni was not an easy fight at all for Chicken Little...but being world class as a cruiserweight doesn't mean anything at heavyweight.

And as far as money is concerned let's take a quick peak at attendance for their last couple of fights....Wladimir had 61,000 at the fight vs Chagaev (which also pulled in big TV ratings in Germany) and 50,000 at the fight vs Chambers. The only thing keeping Wladimir off of HBO is that he's not American. Lennox Lewis has shown that a British heavyweight champ can get more than a fair shake from HBO, but oddly HBO hasn't shown much of the current WBA title holder's fights....I'd be hard pressed to name 1 HBO fight where he's been featured let alone on the undercard.....so let's not pretend that the money is all in the corner of the WBA title holder....the money is with Wlad

[Rantcatrat]

The problem with Haye fighting Harrison now in my opinion less has to do with the particular match-up and more has to do with Haye making a name for himself talking crap to the Klitschko's, and then after having been given the chance, not once, not twice, but THREE times, chooses not to fight them. If he had fought Vlad and won and then chose to to fight Harrison, I wouldn't put down the choice. Sure, from a financial viewpoint, I can see how fighting Harrison is sensible, but it's not like fighting him after a Klitschko would make any less sense and he has unfinished business with the Klitschko's. Deciding to fight Harrison now looks like he dodging the Klitschko's.

[Rantcatrat]

There is no way in hell David Haye is scared of either Klitchsko. Its all about the money.

Harrison-Haye would make a bomb in this country and Haye would make a few million while waiting around for either Bitchsko to put a half worthy contract on the table.

I'm not defending Haye, Audley is garbage and was dominated by a journeyman Sprott in every round bar the last not so long ago. But Haye-Audley is where the money is at this point.

And how David Haye is "Scared" I do not know with the fighters he's last fought.

5/7 were ex world champions and 3 were current.

Ruiz
Valuev (Went to Germany to win HW championship of the world)
Barrett
Maccarinelli
Mormeck (Went to France to win CW championship of the world)
Bonin
Fragomeni

50/50 and no mandatory rematch is as good of a contract as possible especially when considering that the Klitschko's have been the reigning champions for years and Haye just joined that club. The contract actually is probably too nice.

[ono]

I do wonder how many of our British forum members have lost respect for this guy....has anyone just stopped being a fan of his on account of his actions?

Me. The fucker's been on every TV show going since he won his world title.

[Saddo]

OK cleaned this thread up abit... lets stick to boxing chat and lose all the negative crap please.

[boxingbantz]

I do wonder how many of our British forum members have lost respect for this guy....has anyone just stopped being a fan of his on account of his actions?

Me. The fucker's been on every TV show going since he won his world title.

I lost all respect for him when he appeared on that James Cordon Sport's Quiz thing on Sky 1.

What a tool.

[Hornfinger]

This is a silly fight for haye to take, he has nothing to gain from it but everything and I do mean absolutely everything to lose from it.

Audley does not deserve a title shot.

[skel1983]

This is a silly fight for haye to take, he has nothing to gain from it but everything and I do mean absolutely everything to lose from it.

Audley does not deserve a title shot.

Thought we had nothing to worry about few weeks ago when i posted this?? " Klits will be signed " you said lol.

Wlad is fighting the european bloke in september while Haye stays and fights the FRAUD!!!!!

[El Kabong]

Do you guys remember Povetkin used to try and pull the same crap that the WBA title holder did...Povetkin hasn't been talking too much lately either.

When it comes to fighting Wladimir Klitschko the opposition is loud in the queue but once they get to the end of the line they quiet down because they know what's coming......and that's an ass whuppin

[Mattyhitman]

Honest question, mostly for the UK guys. Would you pay for PPV or buy a ticket to see this fight (don't consider the undercard for the sake of argument). How do you feel your friends perceive this and would they pay for it?

i would go - would be a great occasion

Same here, This will be a huge fight for British fight fans, when was the the last time two brits fought for the HW title ? Lennox v Bruno
This is PPV heaven for the promoters, and one Haye should win with ease !