Haye v Klitschko: Is it happening or what?!

[The Fightfan]

David Haye finally signs on dotted line to fight Wladimir Klitschko - ESPN


Let's just hope Haye doesn't back out again.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Well thankfully, there is no where Haye or Wlad can escape to, unless of course Solis kicks the shit outta Vitali, In which case both Haye & Wlad will make a case that they have a different score to settle with Solis.

[erics44]

David Haye finally signs on dotted line to fight Wladimir Klitschko - ESPN


Let's just hope Haye doesn't back out again.

probly wont, sounds like he is getting a reasonable deal out of this one

[rjj tszyu]

This will definitely happen now. I heard the other day that both men are in line for a £20 million payday out of this fight. So in the longrun it has turned into an ideal situation for both men as they would not have made a fraction of that 2 years ago. Plus boxing and it's fans are getting to see probably the second most demanded fight available right now after Pac-Floyd. All we need now is for them to follow suit!!

[yvonne]

About time,i read the day after Haye signed the contract for the fight late at night on friday 4th of march.Looking forward to it,been a pain in the arse hearing that is on then its not over the last year and a half.I have'nt heard the terms of the contract,i mean is there a definate rematch claws in it??If soo id love to watch it live over here in the uk at Wembly stadium.

[rjj tszyu]

About time,i read the day after Haye signed the contract for the fight late at night on friday 4th of march.Looking forward to it,been a pain in the arse hearing that is on then its not over the last year and a half.I have'nt heard the terms of the contract,i mean is there a definate rematch claws in it??If soo id love to watch it live over here in the uk at Wembly stadium.

It's gonna be in Germany. I think they've agreed to have it where it will make most money and with Wembley not available on the dates put forward, the German stadiums are the next biggest option and Wlad fills them against bums so a long awaited HW unification bout with Haye should be a record breaker at the box office in Germany I would think. Don't know about rematch clauses but Vitali is set to step in should Wlad's "injury" once again rule him out of a fight. Haye has made it clear though that they cannot change the opponent with short notice as his camp will be setup to deal with Wlad and not Vitali so if the fighter is to be changed they must give plenty of notice which to me is fair enough!!

[generalbulldog]

So has Wlad signed yet? Or is he waiting for big brother to fill in and fight Haye instead?

[Cressa121]

About time,i read the day after Haye signed the contract for the fight late at night on friday 4th of march.Looking forward to it,been a pain in the arse hearing that is on then its not over the last year and a half.I have'nt heard the terms of the contract,i mean is there a definate rematch claws in it??If soo id love to watch it live over here in the uk at Wembly stadium.

It's gonna be in Germany. I think they've agreed to have it where it will make most money and with Wembley not available on the dates put forward, the German stadiums are the next biggest option and Wlad fills them against bums so a long awaited HW unification bout with Haye should be a record breaker at the box office in Germany I would think. Don't know about rematch clauses but Vitali is set to step in should Wlad's "injury" once again rule him out of a fight. Haye has made it clear though that they cannot change the opponent with short notice as his camp will be setup to deal with Wlad and not Vitali so if the fighter is to be changed they must give plenty of notice which to me is fair enough!!

I read the Klitschko camp say that its a one fight deal, no rematch clauses, but there is an understanding that if Haye wins he'll fight Vitali

[rjj tszyu]

So has Wlad signed yet? Or is he waiting for big brother to fill in and fight Haye instead?

Wlad has signed but if he pulls out Vitali will fill in!

[ono]

David Haye finally signs on dotted line to fight Wladimir Klitschko - ESPN


Let's just hope Haye doesn't back out again.

Well, Sky aren't likely to go bankrupt, so he'll be fine. Let's hope the Klitschko's have decided who wants the fight by then.

[ono]

About time,i read the day after Haye signed the contract for the fight late at night on friday 4th of march.Looking forward to it,been a pain in the arse hearing that is on then its not over the last year and a half.I have'nt heard the terms of the contract,i mean is there a definate rematch claws in it??If soo id love to watch it live over here in the uk at Wembly stadium.

It's gonna be in Germany. I think they've agreed to have it where it will make most money and with Wembley not available on the dates put forward, the German stadiums are the next biggest option and Wlad fills them against bums so a long awaited HW unification bout with Haye should be a record breaker at the box office in Germany I would think. Don't know about rematch clauses but Vitali is set to step in should Wlad's "injury" once again rule him out of a fight. Haye has made it clear though that they cannot change the opponent with short notice as his camp will be setup to deal with Wlad and not Vitali so if the fighter is to be changed they must give plenty of notice which to me is fair enough!!

I read the Klitschko camp say that its a one fight deal, no rematch clauses, but there is an understanding that if Haye wins he'll fight Vitali

So what happens if Wlad's 'injury' flares up once Haye's camp has started? Wlad's 'injury' is surely most likely to flare up during camp (which i imagine will run at the same time as Haye's). So in effect, it's all a bit pointless having that clause in the contract.

[smashup]

Haye should be out here in Cyprus in a few months running up the Troodos Mountains and doing his training.
I'm def gonna get tickets for this one.
His mindgames are spot on too....Wlad and Vitali do well when they're in control of their opponent, picking them off and boring the crowd silly.

Wlads gonna come out mad as fuck and get into a fight which has only one winner.

Haye will stop him 100%.

Mark my words

[BIG H]

Let's hope we have a rerun of these

[HattonTheHammer]

all this great for heavyweight boxing if haye wins is of course a load of old pony

haye plans to retire in october anyway, we`ll be right back to square one all over again

[Dorfmeister]

It is happening now cause they cannot hype and promote it further to a higher financial level. Haye has his limitations but he has grown to make Wladimir be aware of his punch power even at HW so it will probably be a boring Wladimir performance all the way down to the end stretch with consistency scored by the ucrainian and wild spurts of energy performed by the english guy. If Haye doesn't get caught in one of those late hammering attacks of Wladimir in the late part of the fight ( like against Chagaev), then it will most probably go to the cards with Wladimir taking the decision. hardly can Haye expose Wladimir's chin now cause Klitschko is very aware of Haye's power by now.