David Haye discusses next move with Vitali Klitschko over breakfast

[nuggetdotcom]

[QUOTE=ross;1287917]

Whether you like haye or not he is still one of the best three heavyweights in the world today.

Now get back in the ring and start making history..

You lot will never learn...

How many fights has he had scheduled over the last 2.5 years and how many has he won?

Don't be stupid, he smashed up the HW division when he arrived and only lost to bloody Klitschko by UD.

The only reason we even still consider Fury a viable threat today is because of the GIFT withdrawal from Haye. Fury has Haye to thank for his continued marketability.

Smashed up the division!!

Who has he beaten at heavy?

The only decent fighter he had beaten at heavy was Chisora. Thats it. The same fighter Fury has been criticised for rematching. Oh! Why did he have to resort to rematching Chisora? Who pulled out twice against Fury?

Haye had loads of top matches he could have fought at heavy like Adamek, Arreola, Chambers, Povetkin, Chagaev, Peter etc, etc.

Hes not even been THE heavyweight champion, something you would think you should do if you want to "smash" the division. The closest chance he had he lost every roumd and was warned for crawling on the floor

Also, Haye is lucky he didn't go through with the Tyson fight as he would be proper retired instead of ambiguously talking about retirement and being quiet until the dust had settled.[/QU



Sorry. but I thought Haye won the WBA title at heavyweight?

[Max Power]

The fact is, Hayes whole heavyweight career is just a mirage.

Holyfield looked more convincing against Valuev than Haye did. Catching him with one shot in the last round does not win a fight.

Chisora had 3 losses and his first was to Tyson the credit he gets here is because Chisora was the only fighter he fought that was younger than him (at heavy). Like I said and like everyone knows there were plenty of other fights out there to be made rather than ripping everyone off against Harrison, Ruiz and Barrett (who dropped Haye).

His fight against Wlad was over 3 years ago! He wont have improved. He looked like shit before Chisora gave him his chin on a plate. Contrast that to the man who beat him easily looking his sharpest in his last fight against supposedly the next best in the division. The kind of fighter Haye would have avoided.

I remember a few gullible people jumping on Hayes retirement bandwagon and me saying those same people will all be mugs and get taken in by him again and totally ignore the way he avoided and still does a Fury fight. Hes been asked a few times and gives no credible reply, saying crap like he doesnt deserve a pay day (why sign in the first place?) and not until he beats Wlad. When Fury beats Wlad Haye will sulk like fuck because Fury would have blown Hayes career out of the water

The fact is that Haye could not chance and then live with a loss to Fury as it makes his career look shit because the general consensus which is false is that Fury is crap. He saw what I see. That Tyson is huge, can move, has excellent stamina and can punch and is going to be a difficult animal to beat. It was a gamble that he was going to catch him before he started tiring or got caught himself. It was and still is, too much of a risk to his legacy.

Listen mate, David Haye, at 210 or so lbs, rocked up to the HW division and was out-talled and out-weighed massively! His opponents were good fighters too. And he WASTED them.

Funny, I never seen Holyfield start whacking around all the giant boxers like HE was the big guy!

Nobody has produced the kind of performances like David Haye has ever from Cruiser. He carried his punch like no other, and is in effect, among the fastest and most slickest HW's of all time!

That is a fact^^ undeniable even if you hate him.

Are you joking?

Who were these amazing heavyweights Haye beat?

The 46 year old Holyfield looked better against Valuev than Haye did!!

I seen both fights, objectively that isn't the case. Holyfield lost a decision in a fairly even fight that could have been a draw. Haye clearly beat Valuev.

Monte Barrett 6'3" 226lbs 34-6
Nikolai Valuev 7'0" 316lbs 50-1
John Ruiz 6'2" 231lbs 44-8
Audley Harrison 6'6" 254lbs 27-4
Dereck Chisora 6'2" 247lbs 15-3

All were knocked out except Valuev, the one with the best record, the champion and the greatest weight difference in any championship boxing match of all time.

All of them were solid opponents with non-bummy records and much bigger than Haye and with far more HW experience.

No other boxer has ever stepped up to the HW division and beaten/KOed this class and calibre of opposition except Holyfield!

[nuggetdotcom]

Nobody in their forties then @ross? Didn't think so.

With every point you make, you're essentially calling Fury shite:

You say Haye only fights older heavyweights - Fury's best win is against an older man and cruiserweight at that.

You say Haye was knocked down by Monte Barrett - He slipped on an advertisement card, but that's besides the point... An older cruiserweight floored fury.

You diminish Haye knocking out Chisora in 5 rounds - it took Fury twice as long as a cruiserweight to finish off his own left overs in luke warm fashion, despite enjoying a considerable height and reach advantage.

You criticise Haye for not fighting people younger than him - Haye has given up weight/height/reach in several bouts... Pretty much everything but age...
name a young, even average fighter that Fury has fought were he hasn't enjoyed a considerable height and reach advantage? When is he going to step up and fight somebody closer in size like Wach? We've yet to see him use his boxing ability when his size advantage has been removed or even diminished.

You can justifiably think little of Haye, but at least be consistent and unbiased and apply your own standards to Fury as well.

Wach is utter shite.

When the Chisora rematch was announced it was a chance for Chisora to prove it was because he wasn't in shape last time, that it was all down to his weight.

Haye had to throw caution to the wind to stop Chisora as he was blowing out his ass and getting bulled around. Tyson didn't break a sweat and had Chisora under control. He could have stopped him in the first, he had the legs going from the first left hook he threw. He stood off because they wanted and needed rounds. Thats how good Fury is. He can make easy work of Hayes best win

Oh do stop being so silly, or lay off the wallop

[nuggetdotcom]

How many you want? Just one? Tyson; but you'll have to add harder hitting more flexible and ambidextrous to your list as well.

Don't forget takes a better punch and beat 3 defending champions, the lineal champ, defended the unified belts 6 times as the undisputed champ (not done since).

Hayes heavyweight run while ok as he did win a belt does nothing in all time standings and if he is so great in such a poor division he should be up there but the fold hard reality is he has really achieved fuck all at heavy. How many fighters over the last 20 years can say they won a heavyweight title? Loads!!

Joe Bugner?

[ross]

Haye fans live in a dream world where Haye is an active current boxer who goes through with fights

Wake up!

[Max Power]

Haye fans live in a dream world where Haye is an active current boxer who goes through with fights

Wake up!

I don't specifically consider myself a Haye fan, more a fan of great boxing.

Haye is not currently an active boxer, until he fights again, nobody can claim that. The claim is that, given his shoulder holds up, if he came back odds are he could still produce.

Haye is now notorious for pulling out of fights, true. Injuries are the usual case as is evidenced. You could say Haye is injury prone. Considering Haye uses weights and is a high agile and athletic fighter, it should come as no surprise.

[AdamGB]

Haye fans live in a dream world where Haye is an active current boxer who goes through with fights

Wake up!

The irony of a Fury fanboy telling people to wake up...

[Andre]

Haye fans live in a dream world where Haye is an active current boxer who goes through with fights

Wake up!

I don't specifically consider myself a Haye fan, more a fan of great boxing.

If thats true, you need to watch more from the lesser weights and leave this plodding easy to watch grab and shuffle shit to the general public who can only in see in a certain speed.

Not many heavys just go at it hammer and tong like the top lesser weights do, you may get a round or so out of some ,but nothing like the good old days of out to kill and cat mouse boxing that did exist once in the weight.

Its nearly on par with watching golf , cant see the attraction myself.

[ross]

Haye fans live in a dream world where Haye is an active current boxer who goes through with fights

Wake up!

The irony of a Fury fanboy telling people to wake up...

If it wasn't for Haye, Tyson would have faced Pulev. I think he would have beaten him and then potentially have faced Wlad. If you think Pulev would have beaten Tyson you only have Haye to blame for agreeing to fight him.

[Ron Swanson]

Can you all stop pretending Haye was a heavyweight champion please?!

Valuev never should have had that belt, it wasn't his. Then he lost the belt and that corrupt organization GAVE it back to him. He did not DESERVE it again. Then he lost it to a washed up Evan Fields but the judges GAVE it back to Valuev undeserved again.

There are 3 reasons that trinket wasn't Valuevs to lose to Haye to begin with.

The history books may record him as a trinket holder but that man did not win any championship from any champion. Because Valuev was 3 times removed from being a champion.

[TitoFan]

The guy has fought six times in the last six years, getting a title shot in only his 2nd fight at HW. He will only consider fighting a Klitschko..... embarrassed himself in his only shot against Wlad after talking tons of shit...... and pulls out (of fights) more often than a prematurely ejaculating teenager.

Seriously......
Who gives a shit what he had for breakfast or what he has to say to Vitali??

Save it for the gossip column.

[Max Power]

Haye fans live in a dream world where Haye is an active current boxer who goes through with fights

Wake up!

I don't specifically consider myself a Haye fan, more a fan of great boxing.

If thats true, you need to watch more from the lesser weights and leave this plodding easy to watch grab and shuffle shit to the general public who can only in see in a certain speed.

Not many heavys just go at it hammer and tong like the top lesser weights do, you may get a round or so out of some ,but nothing like the good old days of out to kill and cat mouse boxing that did exist once in the weight.

Its nearly on par with watching golf , cant see the attraction myself.

Basically you have just admitted that Heavyweight boxing is a more cautious and more defence aware endeavour now and that previous HW division were punch bags mainly.

Harder punches, make for higher tension.

I do like lower weight boxing as well. But nothing quite holds the same suspense as HW boxing. You can almost FEEL the punches, and something dramatic can happen at any moment.

[Dark Lord Al]

Haye fans live in a dream world where Haye is an active current boxer who goes through with fights

Wake up!

The irony of a Fury fanboy telling people to wake up...

If it wasn't for Haye, Tyson would have faced Pulev. I think he would have beaten him and then potentially have faced Wlad. If you think Pulev would have beaten Tyson you only have Haye to blame for agreeing to fight him.

Ross you based a lot of you arguments on what " you think would have happened " , when in actual fact none of it has.
Yes Haye is a cunt but just because people don't agree with you on fury doesn't make them Haye fans.

[ross]

Nobody in their forties then @ross? Didn't think so.

With every point you make, you're essentially calling Fury shite:

You say Haye only fights older heavyweights - Fury's best win is against an older man and cruiserweight at that.

You say Haye was knocked down by Monte Barrett - He slipped on an advertisement card, but that's besides the point... An older cruiserweight floored fury.

You diminish Haye knocking out Chisora in 5 rounds - it took Fury twice as long as a cruiserweight to finish off his own left overs in luke warm fashion, despite enjoying a considerable height and reach advantage.

You criticise Haye for not fighting people younger than him - Haye has given up weight/height/reach in several bouts... Pretty much everything but age...
name a young, even average fighter that Fury has fought were he hasn't enjoyed a considerable height and reach advantage? When is he going to step up and fight somebody closer in size like Wach? We've yet to see him use his boxing ability when his size advantage has been removed or even diminished.

You can justifiably think little of Haye, but at least be consistent and unbiased and apply your own standards to Fury as well.

Wach is utter shite.

When the Chisora rematch was announced it was a chance for Chisora to prove it was because he wasn't in shape last time, that it was all down to his weight.

Haye had to throw caution to the wind to stop Chisora as he was blowing out his ass and getting bulled around. Tyson didn't break a sweat and had Chisora under control. He could have stopped him in the first, he had the legs going from the first left hook he threw. He stood off because they wanted and needed rounds. Thats how good Fury is. He can make easy work of Hayes best win

Winning the Heavyweight title was his best win at the weight Ross.

The facts are that Haye is Box Office and fighters like Fury simply are not and never will be because Fury doesn't entertain when he's in the ring intact he's boring to watch unless he's being interviewed.

Haye knocks people out on a regular basis which is what people love in the Heavyweight division.

It's all a Business Ross.... have you not worked that out yet?

This is why an inactive fighter like Haye has everyone talking about him on the back of a photograph of him having Breakfast with Vitali

He still brings enough money to any fight where he can simply leapfrog the entire division (good thing or bad thing for boxing?) and get straight back into the mix with any top Heavyweight.

Not true. You are underestimating Tyson.

Floyd Mayweather is the biggest draw in boxing now but didnt become a pay per view fighter until his 17th world championship fight!! He wasnt a draw. His first pay per view was against Gatti. The fight before that, he faced Bruseles and only 4000 people attended that fight.

Tyson is yet to fight for a world championship and has already had 2 pay per views build around him only to fall apart due to the opponent pulling out twice. That pay per view would not have happened without Tyson. Not that a pay per view is indicative of the quality of a fight when you look at the shit Hearn produces. Over 18,000 bought tickets to watch a show Tyson headlined. Thats a big difference to Floyds 4000 in his 17 world championship fight.

My point is, Tyson is only 26. Give him the right opponent that isnt so, so easy to outbox and he already has the exposure and potential to be massive.

In fact, I think Hayes first pay per view fight wasnt until Valuev?

Every heavyweight interviewed in America calls Tyson out. His name is growing before hes even got on the world stage. He has the potential to be absolutely huge!

[Andre]

Haye fans live in a dream world where Haye is an active current boxer who goes through with fights

Wake up!

I don't specifically consider myself a Haye fan, more a fan of great boxing.

If thats true, you need to watch more from the lesser weights and leave this plodding easy to watch grab and shuffle shit to the general public who can only in see in a certain speed.

Not many heavys just go at it hammer and tong like the top lesser weights do, you may get a round or so out of some ,but nothing like the good old days of out to kill and cat mouse boxing that did exist once in the weight.

Its nearly on par with watching golf , cant see the attraction myself.

Basically you have just admitted that Heavyweight boxing is a more cautious and more defence aware endeavour now and that previous HW division were punch bags mainly.

Harder punches, make for higher tension.

I do like lower weight boxing as well. But nothing quite holds the same suspense as HW boxing. You can almost FEEL the punches, and something dramatic can happen at any moment.

Its been a long time since it has.