Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
No I'm not fond of him. Its a number of things he has done that have irked me. To be quite honest had he just kept his mouth shut I wouldn't think any less of him than I think of Povetkin (given the way he backed out of previous matches vs the Klitschko's) ....I wouldn't mind him vs Audley at all had he not constantly been saying bullshit like "I'm gonna knock all these bums out and clean up the division and be an exciting heavyweight champion"...looking at his opponents he may be "cleaning out the division" but he's started in the basement.

He does need to fight more often too, no reason he shouldn't have 2-4 fights a year (depending on injuries and other stuff). Whoever said he was in love with the lifestyle of a pro boxer has been 100% correct thus far.
I agree with Lyle here. Haye basically got his fame on talking crap to the Klits. He talked soo much trash and yet isn't fighting them. It would have been one thing if he had never said anything about the Klits.

I understand the previous poster's point that the Audley fight is important for the British heavyweight scene and that they have a rivalry which needs to be sorted out. I get that. It's a weak title defense, but I get it.

Me personally? I think this is about business for Haye. Haye knows Wlad and Vitali are by far and away the riskiest fights for him. No question about it. But, he also knows they are the biggest heavyweight names by far. So, he talks a ton of trash about them which convinces the public he is a new force at heavyweight, and then backs out of his fights with the Klits in favor of taking on lesser challengers and filling the coffers. He'll probably continue to milk the public until he absolutely has nowhere else to go but Wlad or Vitali. Who's Haye's mandatory? Is it Chagaev?