That is BS,haye shouldn't be ranked in the top 10 never mind 3rd. I hope he faces Pulev and i hope Pulev knocks that fraud out
Need to see Haye south of 215 and in with a live opponent so we can see what he has left in my opinion ....
Ridiculous decision by the IBF to rank him inside the top ten the guy fights two shopkeeper's after a long period of inactivity and now all of a sudden he's ranked 3 what a joke
This is a plus means that Joshua will be forced to fight a live opponent.. If Parker decides on a couple of more fights then Haye might get moved to mandatory. Problem is Haye will KO Joshua so Eddie will be trying to force the Parker fight
Doesn't matter. Prior to getting the big money cash out bout he craves (Fury/AJ/Wilder) Haye will absolutely not fight Pulev nor anyone else with half a pulse. He'll take the Bellew fight though because it's the best of both worlds - big money for little to no-risk (Audley mk2). Other than that Briggs is about the height of you can expect until one of the division's golden gooses lays an egg at his door.
The Parker mandatory is moved in late 2016. Not much point in Haye fighting anyone trickier than say a Christian Hammer if he's rising the rankings via two wins against sub par opposition. Still think he goes down the WBA Regular route to goad Joshua into a "unification".
Not sure why people think anyone decent would be worried about taking on Pulev. He's the most overhyped heavyweight of the last decade IMO. People talk about this monster but I've never see him do anything particularly impressive.
Boxing, the sport where as long as you win, you move up the rankings. You can literally beat 25 boxers who have never been near the top 10 but find yourself in the top 10. I'd say that if I asked 100 boxing fans who Haye's opponents were pre-announcement, they wouldn't know.
I m actually glad to hear it. Regardless of peoples views on haye is...hes still a quality fighter. I think its time to forgive haye for the klitchko performance and subsequent pulls outs. Which could easily have been a genuine injury. He comes to fight. Hes entertaining. Big power still got some speed. Had a couple of tune ups glad to see him getting the chance. We all know he shouldnt be top three with the two guys hes beat but if you look at what hes done before hes no worse than some of the names on that list. Hopefully a haye joshua fight will be made. Joshuas a unit...but watched some training videos of him...the only thing i ve not seen in them is him actually boxing. One thing about haye is hes a pretty intellegent boxer with big power. Be interested to see if he can stand up to joshua.
Could have at least waited until the Lets Go Champ fight to give him an outrageous ranking. A guy that gets paid £1m for a knock over job is obviously worth the IBF's time.
Great news. Haye vs Pulev would be a great fight. And Haye could force Matchroom into taking a fight because I don't think they would take on Haye in a voluntary in spite of their rhetoric on the matter. Who gives a **** about the rankings anyway? It's all a joke and the IBF is the biggest of them all. Jo Jo Dan and Busy Bizier ffs. Joke organisation. I just want to see great fights and this will help make some intriguing ones.