Haye works with Ukrainian newspaper to help get a fight with Vitali

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  1. CHEF

    CHEF Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    what do you guys think?
    Retire or fight on

    forget "ducking" ..hate, pro haye whatever..... just at 42, everything he has done, politic career......

    fight on, or retire??
     
  2. shaunster101

    shaunster101 Yido Full Member

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    Haye needs to do what Briggs did to earn his title shot. Fail a drugs test and then beat 4 unranked guys with 25+ losses between them.
     
  3. CHEF

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    Yes, both stay in shape.... not perfect boxing shape... but weight is about the same just a little more fat and less muscle

    makes my job easier then if they gained 20-30 lbs between fights
     
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    I predicted Pac would retire when he won election, and to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure that mentally he hasn't. Vitali's country faces some big challenges and if he takes that seriously he should not even think about boxing again.
     
  5. CHEF

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    BUT GUYS... when Vitali decides to do something...HE WILL DO IT 100%

    so if he fights on against Haye....... Watch out Mr Haye... Vitali will be coming for you... That I can promise
     
  6. DrMo

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    Retire, very few guys leave the sport healthy & wealthy. He's on the decline & has a whole new career to focus on.

    I'd love to see the Haye fight but if I was in his shoes I'd call it a day.

    We can only hope :conf
     
  7. MrSpeaker89

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    If he thinks he could definitely win/knock him out - 100% yes. He'd make a lot of money + finally shut Haye up if he was to take his head off. And it might benefit his political career to go out of his boxing career on a high.

    If he has his own doubts now in say his lack of speed or injuries - then perhaps best to retire.

    If I was Vitali, I would ask Wlad - "how do you think I would do if I fought him? Be totally honest." And if Wlad said "stay away" I would, if he said "kill him" that's what I would do.
     
  8. CHEF

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    :good
    Plus... 42..... champion......enough money.......more injuries with every camp and fight....... Might be time to take a bow and say "Thank you!"
     
  9. Hermit

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    If it would shut Haye up and get him out of boxing I would like to see the fight. But it won't. Haye will make another stinker of it short of Vitali suffering another injury.
     
  10. shaunster101

    shaunster101 Yido Full Member

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    To be honest, as a boxing fan who just wants to see decent fights I'd like to see him fight on because I think Vitali in his current physical condition vs Haye is an interesting match up, and would provide a great summer event in a sold out football stadium with plenty of buzz. Plus it'd be a cracking laugh on this forum again, just like it was leading up to the Wlad fight.

    However, if he retires I think it's because he knows himself better than anyone, and if he doesn't feel that at 42 he has what it takes mentally or physically to push himself 100% in camp and in a fight there's no point. You don't do boxing at less than 100%. There's nothing wrong with that, and it's not like Haye can say he didn't have the chance to take this fight before.
     
  11. itsmeagain1

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    IMO he should take the haye fight and make it wembley. It will be by far his biggest payday and he literally cant lose. Even if he gets beaten in the fight he walks away with a huge sum and the respect he has imo not found fighting charr's.
     
  12. CHEF

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    exactly true... thats why I say... its not about haye... its first.."can I fight on"..or.."do i want to fight on"

    then the who what where
     
  13. itsmeagain1

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    By the way he is 41. Same birthday as me different year.
     
  14. Hermit

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    Or that he feels he has more important work to do? Yeah we get jaded by politicians but the ones that really care can make a difference.
     
  15. CHEF

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    Very well said my friend

    I think vitali would think the same way if it was Haye in front of him or someone else.... "can I give it all 100% or am I done"?