Full David Haye Statement

Hope he enjoys his retirement, he was a quality cruiserweight. I'm glad to see the back of him.

 

I like that he states the heavyweight division will slide back into the doldrums without him. Indeed, Sir David. I for one will never forget your frills-a-plenty bouts with Monte Barrett, Nikolai Valuev, John Ruiz and Audley Harrison.

 

The thing with him is that he genuinely believes what he is saying. The mans ego is insane. What a pity he hasn't fought any of the many fights he could of had against prime top 30 opponents where he would of had more than 50% chance of winning in. There was plenty of close interesting fights he could of been involved in but has shun all of them. I still think he will come back though once Wlad drops a belt or Vitali retires.

 

I dont see why he still finds the need to talk **** about the Klitschkos opposition lol

 

he will be back in 2-3years when his bad toe fully heals, watch this space

 

To be fair, he did make the HW division a lot more talked about for a while, certainly in the UK, despite not pulling up any trees in the ring

 

You should see the abuse he is getting on his Facebook page

Found this gem on there

:blood What? where? to heavyweight? patsch

 

Usually the Boxers of the world are the guys who get shafted, so fair play to Haye and Booth for what they have done and achieved.

I thought he'd have got murdered at Heavyweight but he was obviously drained at Cruiserweight where he looked lethargic, chinny and without stamina at times.

**** opposition but he at least went the distance with Wlad and didnt take any punishment either at Heavy.

Him and Booth have proven to be smart, calculating guys and give it a year to 18 months and they might just smash one of the K's .......

 

What a shame that one of the greatest Cruiserweights in history will be almost certainly remembered for the Wlad Klitschko fight. It is even more ironic that, in that fight, he did far better than all of Wlad's most recent victims and, defensivly, fought well.

Thanks for the memories David and, if this really is the end, all the best for the future. It was fun with you around.

 

Pretty much by default though due to there being no other decent British heavyweight about. Britain loves a heavyweight - Haye was smart enough to capitalise on it. Good on him for making easy money. But to still be having a go at the Klitschko brothers' opposition given his own history at heavyweight is laughable.

I still won't be surprised if he ends up fighting Vitali next summer though.

 

That is a good one. I think it's actually pretty humble. He's proud of what he's achieved and he's disappointed he lost to Wladimir. I respect his decision.

Too many on here are acting like crybabies because, as Gaz once put it, he wasn't the Jedi warrior many expected.

 

It's only humble by Haye's standards though, as he exagerrates a few of his accomplishments. Not criticising him for that though, I appreciate they mean a lot to him and he worked hard to achieve them. But there's nowt humble about:

Like I posted earlier, I won't be shocked if he does end up fighting Vitali in the summer. But if he is retiring and there's no fight at any point to be hyped, no need to pretend he was some sort of heavyweight saviour at all.

 

Em... that's a pretty accurate statement. Haye flattened Mormeck years ago at a lower weight, and the Frenchman has looked **** ever since he stepped up to HW.

Arreola was a punk before he fought Vitali, lost like a punk, and is still a punk by all accounts.

What do you want Haye to say? "My career was a bit of a letdown really, you should all realise I'm a fraud. ****, I'm ashamed of myself!"

He has a good list of achievements. More than most boxers will finish with.

 

Criticising their level of opposition is one thing, but the "...will send the heavyweight division straight back to the doldrums" is the part that amuses me. After years of trash talk from Haye he did his own part in sending the division "straight back to the doldrums", so he's kidding himself if he genuinely believes that the world needs David Haye fighting in the heavyweight division.