Haye/Harrison Press conference tomorrow

[Gandalf]

I think it will finally sink in when I see those two clowns in the same room that it really IS happening. I always hoped it was a smokescreen for someone else but, no, David Haye REALLY is cleaning up the division - by fighting Audley Harrison.

What a chicken.

Yeah, it's beyond lame isn't it. A fighter who fights twice a year tops and wants to be retired in a handful of fights going on to fight.....Audley Harrison? The public are mugs and he knows it.

How are the public mugs? People that buy this fight are paying to be entertained. How do you know they won't get that?

The are mugs because they are buying into a meaningless fight. Audley Harrison has done nothing to deserve a shot at the title. From what I have seen of Harrison he is not particularly entertaining and doesn't throw. Haye is going to be all over him and it will likely be over early. I like good competitive fights and this is clearly not one of them.

It's a rubbish matchup, Fenster. Fact.

Don't watch it then. Simple.

Just because it doesn't interest you it doesn't make fans that will watch it mugs. Whatever happens many fans will have an entertaining night - hardcore and casual.

You might as well say - anyone that doesn't share your interests are mugs.

I won't watch it. No way am I waking up at 6am to watch this. The only chance I will watch is a replay if Harrison lands the lucky shot.

No proper boxing fan is genuinely going to enjoy this charade. It's a farcical matchup. World boxing champ against ancient domestic opponent who hasn't beaten anybody. Pointless.

I think the people who want to see decent title fights are well within their rights to expect such a thing. A title shot should be earned and not handed out to anybody.

We all know that if there is money to be thrown at nothing then it can happen, but only mugs are paying to watch Audley Harrison at this stage.

[Hornfinger]

I think it will finally sink in when I see those two clowns in the same room that it really IS happening. I always hoped it was a smokescreen for someone else but, no, David Haye REALLY is cleaning up the division - by fighting Audley Harrison.

What a chicken.

Yeah, it's beyond lame isn't it. A fighter who fights twice a year tops and wants to be retired in a handful of fights going on to fight.....Audley Harrison? The public are mugs and he knows it.

How are the public mugs? People that buy this fight are paying to be entertained. How do you know they won't get that?

The are mugs because they are buying into a meaningless fight. Audley Harrison has done nothing to deserve a shot at the title. From what I have seen of Harrison he is not particularly entertaining and doesn't throw. Haye is going to be all over him and it will likely be over early. I like good competitive fights and this is clearly not one of them.

It's a rubbish matchup, Fenster. Fact.

Don't watch it then. Simple.

Just because it doesn't interest you it doesn't make fans that will watch it mugs. Whatever happens many fans will have an entertaining night - hardcore and casual.

You might as well say - anyone that doesn't share your interests are mugs.

I won't watch it. No way am I waking up at 6am to watch this. The only chance I will watch is a replay if Harrison lands the lucky shot.

No proper boxing fan is genuinely going to enjoy this charade. It's a farcical matchup. World boxing champ against ancient domestic opponent who hasn't beaten anybody. Pointless.

I think the people who want to see decent title fights are well within their rights to expect such a thing. A title shot should be earned and not handed out to anybody.

my god! what version of boxing have you been watching for the last 20 odd years, cuz that don't sound like the reality of boxing to me.

like everyone else on here you need to be lambasting alot more fighters for doing this not just using one as a scape goat.....

[Gandalf]

I think it will finally sink in when I see those two clowns in the same room that it really IS happening. I always hoped it was a smokescreen for someone else but, no, David Haye REALLY is cleaning up the division - by fighting Audley Harrison.

What a chicken.

Yeah, it's beyond lame isn't it. A fighter who fights twice a year tops and wants to be retired in a handful of fights going on to fight.....Audley Harrison? The public are mugs and he knows it.

How are the public mugs? People that buy this fight are paying to be entertained. How do you know they won't get that?

The are mugs because they are buying into a meaningless fight. Audley Harrison has done nothing to deserve a shot at the title. From what I have seen of Harrison he is not particularly entertaining and doesn't throw. Haye is going to be all over him and it will likely be over early. I like good competitive fights and this is clearly not one of them.

It's a rubbish matchup, Fenster. Fact.

Don't watch it then. Simple.

Just because it doesn't interest you it doesn't make fans that will watch it mugs. Whatever happens many fans will have an entertaining night - hardcore and casual.

You might as well say - anyone that doesn't share your interests are mugs.

I won't watch it. No way am I waking up at 6am to watch this. The only chance I will watch is a replay if Harrison lands the lucky shot.

No proper boxing fan is genuinely going to enjoy this charade. It's a farcical matchup. World boxing champ against ancient domestic opponent who hasn't beaten anybody. Pointless.

I think the people who want to see decent title fights are well within their rights to expect such a thing. A title shot should be earned and not handed out to anybody.

my god! what version of boxing have you been watching for the last 20 odd years, cuz that don't sound like the reality of boxing to me.

like everyone else on here you need to be lambasting alot more fighters for doing this not just using one as a scape goat.....

This fight is a significantly worse matchup than all the others you listed in the other thread. Harrison has done next to nothing as a pro.

[Fenster]

Funny press conference

Both guys know how to sell a fight. The casual fan will lap this shit-talk up

[skel1983]

I think it will finally sink in when I see those two clowns in the same room that it really IS happening. I always hoped it was a smokescreen for someone else but, no, David Haye REALLY is cleaning up the division - by fighting Audley Harrison.

What a chicken.

Yeah, it's beyond lame isn't it. A fighter who fights twice a year tops and wants to be retired in a handful of fights going on to fight.....Audley Harrison? The public are mugs and he knows it.

How are the public mugs? People that buy this fight are paying to be entertained. How do you know they won't get that?

The are mugs because they are buying into a meaningless fight. Audley Harrison has done nothing to deserve a shot at the title. From what I have seen of Harrison he is not particularly entertaining and doesn't throw. Haye is going to be all over him and it will likely be over early. I like good competitive fights and this is clearly not one of them.

It's a rubbish matchup, Fenster. Fact.

Don't watch it then. Simple.

Just because it doesn't interest you it doesn't make fans that will watch it mugs. Whatever happens many fans will have an entertaining night - hardcore and casual.

You might as well say - anyone that doesn't share your interests are mugs.

I won't watch it. No way am I waking up at 6am to watch this. The only chance I will watch is a replay if Harrison lands the lucky shot.

No proper boxing fan is genuinely going to enjoy this charade. It's a farcical matchup. World boxing champ against ancient domestic opponent who hasn't beaten anybody. Pointless.

I think the people who want to see decent title fights are well within their rights to expect such a thing. A title shot should be earned and not handed out to anybody.

my god! what version of boxing have you been watching for the last 20 odd years, cuz that don't sound like the reality of boxing to me.

like everyone else on here you need to be lambasting alot more fighters for doing this not just using one as a scape goat.....

You say you don't have double standards reagrding this fight saying it is the same situation as the other fighters i.e the Klits but in reality it is not at all.

Wlad is fighting Sam Peter a world rated fighter not the best but a fighter that has names on his record and is a world level fighter who is currently ranked in the top ten of 3 of the 4 organisations he has beaton not the best fighters in the world but solid top 10/20 fighters and had Wlad in trouble last time they met, now I am not saying this is a great match up it is shite Peter is average but that just shows how bad Haye's match up with Audley is.

Audley is a bum who is not even in my top 5 in this country, please tell me when did Peter and Briggs get beat off the likes of 8 fight part time cab drivers?

[Hornfinger]

I think it will finally sink in when I see those two clowns in the same room that it really IS happening. I always hoped it was a smokescreen for someone else but, no, David Haye REALLY is cleaning up the division - by fighting Audley Harrison.

What a chicken.

Yeah, it's beyond lame isn't it. A fighter who fights twice a year tops and wants to be retired in a handful of fights going on to fight.....Audley Harrison? The public are mugs and he knows it.

How are the public mugs? People that buy this fight are paying to be entertained. How do you know they won't get that?

The are mugs because they are buying into a meaningless fight. Audley Harrison has done nothing to deserve a shot at the title. From what I have seen of Harrison he is not particularly entertaining and doesn't throw. Haye is going to be all over him and it will likely be over early. I like good competitive fights and this is clearly not one of them.

It's a rubbish matchup, Fenster. Fact.

Don't watch it then. Simple.

Just because it doesn't interest you it doesn't make fans that will watch it mugs. Whatever happens many fans will have an entertaining night - hardcore and casual.

You might as well say - anyone that doesn't share your interests are mugs.

I won't watch it. No way am I waking up at 6am to watch this. The only chance I will watch is a replay if Harrison lands the lucky shot.

No proper boxing fan is genuinely going to enjoy this charade. It's a farcical matchup. World boxing champ against ancient domestic opponent who hasn't beaten anybody. Pointless.

I think the people who want to see decent title fights are well within their rights to expect such a thing. A title shot should be earned and not handed out to anybody.

my god! what version of boxing have you been watching for the last 20 odd years, cuz that don't sound like the reality of boxing to me.

like everyone else on here you need to be lambasting alot more fighters for doing this not just using one as a scape goat.....

You say you don't have double standards reagrding this fight saying it is the same situation as the other fighters i.e the Klits but in reality it is not at all.

Wlad is fighting Sam Peter a world rated fighter not the best but a fighter that has names on his record and is a world level fighter who is currently ranked in the top ten of 3 of the 4 organisations he has beaton not the best fighters in the world but solid top 10/20 fighters and had Wlad in trouble last time they met, now I am not saying this is a great match up it is shite Peter is average but that just shows how bad Haye's match up with Audley is.

Audley is a bum who is not even in my top 5 in this country, please tell me when did Peter and Briggs get beat off the likes of 8 fight part time cab drivers?

So you tell me how audley winning this fight and then defending against the likes of tyson fury and derek chisora is going to be good for the sport? No Audley doesn't deserve a shot and I hate the fact that he's getting one in a bid to try and steal the title, but it's going to get much much worse if he was to actually win this.

And I stand by my previous comment. It don't matter how much I or anyone else dislike harrison he'll still come into the ring in better shape than the vast majority of the so called top ten world rated heavys.

[El Kabong]

So you tell me how audley winning this fight and then defending against the likes of tyson fury and derek chisora is going to be good for the sport? No Audley doesn't deserve a shot and I hate the fact that he's getting one in a bid to try and steal the title, but it's going to get much much worse if he was to actually win this.

And I stand by my previous comment. It don't matter how much I or anyone else dislike harrison he'll still come into the ring in better shape than the vast majority of the so called top ten world rated heavys.

OK let's test that theory. Here's a list of heavyweights in general some are top 10, some top 20...who is Audley more in shape than?

Tomaz Adamek
Ruslan Chagaev
Alexander Povetkin
Tony Thompson
Sam Peter
Nicolay Valuev
Dennis Boytsov
Eddie Chambers
Alexander Dimitrenko
Cris Arreola
Odlanier Solis
Alexander Ustinov
Ray Austin
Juan Carlos Gomez
Derrick Rossy
Johnathan Banks
Kali Meehan
Robert Helenius
Fransisco Pianetta

I can only pick out a few, Arreola, Solis, and Chambers jump out at me as being "Fat" or "Pudgy"....but Eddie has to have that extra weight to actually be a heavyweight. Sam Peter under 240 I consider that "in shape"

[Drago]

So you tell me how audley winning this fight and then defending against the likes of tyson fury and derek chisora is going to be good for the sport? No Audley doesn't deserve a shot and I hate the fact that he's getting one in a bid to try and steal the title, but it's going to get much much worse if he was to actually win this.

And I stand by my previous comment. It don't matter how much I or anyone else dislike harrison he'll still come into the ring in better shape than the vast majority of the so called top ten world rated heavys.

OK let's test that theory. Here's a list of heavyweights in general some are top 10, some top 20...who is Audley more in shape than?

Tomaz Adamek
Ruslan Chagaev
Alexander Povetkin
Tony Thompson
Sam Peter
Nicolay Valuev
Dennis Boytsov
Eddie Chambers
Alexander Dimitrenko
Cris Arreola
Odlanier Solis
Alexander Ustinov
Ray Austin
Juan Carlos Gomez
Derrick Rossy
Johnathan Banks
Kali Meehan
Robert Helenius
Fransisco Pianetta

I can only pick out a few, Arreola, Solis, and Chambers jump out at me as being "Fat" or "Pudgy"....but Eddie has to have that extra weight to actually be a heavyweight. Sam Peter under 240 I consider that "in shape"

totally understand where u comin from, but haye harrison is gonna be a big fight in the uk, probably the biggest possible. haye is all over the tv here & the average man in the street prob think he is the best out there then there is harrison who is pretty much hated alot not his own fault because after signing a £10 million deal with bbc for his first 10 fights he was always going to be heavily critisized. so let us have this one fight my friend as its gonna be good for the uk & generate alot of money. i myself would prefer haye to fight wlad or vitali but not looking like that will happen for a while if ever.

[ono]

So you tell me how audley winning this fight and then defending against the likes of tyson fury and derek chisora is going to be good for the sport? No Audley doesn't deserve a shot and I hate the fact that he's getting one in a bid to try and steal the title, but it's going to get much much worse if he was to actually win this.

And I stand by my previous comment. It don't matter how much I or anyone else dislike harrison he'll still come into the ring in better shape than the vast majority of the so called top ten world rated heavys.

OK let's test that theory. Here's a list of heavyweights in general some are top 10, some top 20...who is Audley more in shape than?

Tomaz Adamek
Ruslan Chagaev
Alexander Povetkin
Tony Thompson
Sam Peter
Nicolay Valuev
Dennis Boytsov
Eddie Chambers
Alexander Dimitrenko
Cris Arreola
Odlanier Solis
Alexander Ustinov
Ray Austin
Juan Carlos Gomez
Derrick Rossy
Johnathan Banks
Kali Meehan
Robert Helenius
Fransisco Pianetta

I can only pick out a few, Arreola, Solis, and Chambers jump out at me as being "Fat" or "Pudgy"....but Eddie has to have that extra weight to actually be a heavyweight. Sam Peter under 240 I consider that "in shape"

Chagaev
Povetkin
Thompson
Peter
Valuev
Chambers
Dimitrenko
Solis
Ustinov
Austin
Gomez
Rossy
Banks
Meehan
Pianetta
Helenius

Only Adamek pushes the A-Train close. I can provide pictures

Too bad the A-Train is scared of punching.

[Hornfinger]

So you tell me how audley winning this fight and then defending against the likes of tyson fury and derek chisora is going to be good for the sport? No Audley doesn't deserve a shot and I hate the fact that he's getting one in a bid to try and steal the title, but it's going to get much much worse if he was to actually win this.

And I stand by my previous comment. It don't matter how much I or anyone else dislike harrison he'll still come into the ring in better shape than the vast majority of the so called top ten world rated heavys.

OK let's test that theory. Here's a list of heavyweights in general some are top 10, some top 20...who is Audley more in shape than?

Tomaz Adamek
Ruslan Chagaev
Alexander Povetkin
Tony Thompson
Sam Peter
Nicolay Valuev
Dennis Boytsov
Eddie Chambers
Alexander Dimitrenko
Cris Arreola
Odlanier Solis
Alexander Ustinov
Ray Austin
Juan Carlos Gomez
Derrick Rossy
Johnathan Banks
Kali Meehan
Robert Helenius
Fransisco Pianetta

I can only pick out a few, Arreola, Solis, and Chambers jump out at me as being "Fat" or "Pudgy"....but Eddie has to have that extra weight to actually be a heavyweight. Sam Peter under 240 I consider that "in shape"

Chagaev
Povetkin
Thompson
Peter
Valuev
Chambers
Dimitrenko
Solis
Ustinov
Austin
Gomez
Rossy
Banks
Meehan
Pianetta
Helenius

Only Adamek pushes the A-Train close. I can provide pictures

Too bad the A-Train is scared of punching.

Yup.

IMO peter ain't in shape. If he hasn't been ko'ed by the seventh he'll sure as hell be spent physically.

[boxingbantz]

I won't watch it. No way am I waking up at 6am to watch this. The only chance I will watch is a replay if Harrison lands the lucky shot.

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The fight is in the uk pal, can't see them fighting at 6am.

[Gandalf]

I won't watch it. No way am I waking up at 6am to watch this. The only chance I will watch is a replay if Harrison lands the lucky shot.

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The fight is in the uk pal, can't see them fighting at 6am.

Nah, I'm a Brit but don't live there. I is in da footchur by about 8 hours.

[boxingbantz]

I won't watch it. No way am I waking up at 6am to watch this. The only chance I will watch is a replay if Harrison lands the lucky shot.

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The fight is in the uk pal, can't see them fighting at 6am.

Nah, I'm a Brit but don't live there. I is in da footchur by about 8 hours.

My bad.

[generalbulldog]

From what I just read Haye is getting 10 million British pounds for this, convert that into the United States Dollar and that would be approximately 15.3 million.

Just think Haye is getting that much for fighting a bum compared to both Klit Brothers fighting top 10 HWs and getting about half that.

So in other words, it's just business. Hell, if I was Haye I would fight a bunch of Audley Harrisons and avoid the Klits for the next 4-5 years and make money in safe fights and then fight them when they're old and possibly shot and then calling it a career after 1 big payday.

[boxingbantz]

From what I just read Haye is getting 10 million British pounds for this, convert that into the United States Dollar and that would be approximately 15.3 million.

Just think Haye is getting that much for fighting a bum compared to both Klit Brothers fighting top 10 HWs and getting about half that.

So in other words, it's just business. Hell, if I was Haye I would fight a bunch of Audley Harrisons and avoid the Klits for the next 4-5 years and make money in safe fights and then fight them when they're old and possibly shot and then calling it a career after 1 big payday.

That is all very well but, if that's the case, you shouldn't have spent the past two years calling them out and then pull out of two fights. You will be liable to looking rather silly.