Haye/Harrison Press conference tomorrow

[Conrad]

I know I'm of the minority but I am actually looking forward to this and I will pay for it. Hell, I would've gone to it if it was in a different venue as I've already watched Haye Vs Ruiz at The MEN. O2 would've been cool.

I doubt for a second Haye is proud of fighting Harrison but put yourself in his shoes:

Fight Harrison for $15m and then a Klit for at least $15m again

Or just fight the Klit for approx $15m ??

Everyone takes the first option, that's business. Haye WILL fight a Klit, he knows he has to or he'll forever be known as a joke. Even Booth has said this on record so you know Haye is more than aware.

[El Kabong]

He talked shit for over 2 years and then fights Monte Barrett, everyone said "Give him a pass, let him get accustomed to the division and extra weight"...he kept mouthing off and fought Nicolay Valuev "Let him win a belt so he can negotiate better with the Klitschko's", he kept on mouthing off and fought John Ruiz "Well he has to fight his mandatory", and up until recently he's been quiet and now he's fighting Audley Harrison and people STILL want to give him a pass "Let him build his fan base up in England...THEN he'll fight the Klitschko's".....I'm begining to think the likes of Barrett, Valuev, Ruiz, and maybe Harrison assuming Chicken Little can pass that "test" are the best fighters he can hang with at heavyweight...he MAY fight Adamek, (but I've heard rumors that Adamek has 1 more fight and then Vitali, but nothing is set in stone) but even then you really start to question his skill, his dedication, and his ethics....is he in fact white washing his career to make a fight vs a Klitschko look a lot closer than it will actually be?

SIGNS POINT TO YES

I doubt he ever fights a Klitschko and if he does he'll be humiliated...or his fans will be, I bet Chicken Little knows what's coming to him if he dares set foot in the ring with Wladimir.

Oddly enough I think fights vs Povetkin and Boytsov would be quality....if he has ANY trouble with Harrison then he should steer well clear of Dimitrenko and Pianetta

[Drago]

is it just me or did anytone else think harrison won that press conference? he really got under hayes skin

[boxingbantz]

Haye and Harrison are both on Daybreak (ITV) this morning for anyone in the UK. Sat on the sofa trash talking each other - how very believeable.

[FTMatty]

Haye has just said the Kitschko's don't treat him like a champion in negotiations. He says he's not one of these guys who will sign up to fight them and sign anything to do so.

[generalbulldog]

Mark my words, 6 months from now when Haye is fighting Evander Holyfield, the people that are defending Haye in this thread will justify that fight by saying George Foreman won the HW (lineal) title at 45 and a matchup with Holyfield is good.

[FTMatty]

Mark my words, 6 months from now when Haye is fighting Evander Holyfield, the people that are defending Haye in this thread will justify that fight by saying George Foreman won the HW (lineal) title at 45 and a matchup with Holyfield is good.

I don't think many on here are defending Haye outright. But they understand the lure of $15m for fighting a man of Fraudleys class.