Screw Haye. The Ring Magazine Belt is very important. Haye can get back in line and actually earn his shot.
I Dont Want to See Wlad Risk Wasting Anymore time on Haye then he Already has, and it would be nice to have a Ring champ at HW
I am not even sure Haye could beat Chagaev. Let Haye earn his shot by fighting an eliminator. Sounds like his fans don't want him to do this because they know that Glass Jaw will get shattered. Haye had a free shot and he blew it. He has NOBODY to blame but himself.
Wlad-Chag is for the Ring belt - much more meaning in that fight. Chag is ranked no.3 or 4 in all the independent rankings. Boxing needs fights like this where the top guys in the division fight each other. Obviously Wlad and Vitali will never fight so a Wlad-Chagaev fight is the next best thing.
Haye didn't blow anything. He suffered a legitimate injury and is asking for 3 weeks recovery time and even then Waldo will be facing a Haye who is rusty and still somewhat injured. But Waldo is too scared to even face a 70% Haye because once he tastes the Hayemaker's power it's gonna be Waldo/Sanders Part II. :yep
If Wlad didn't want to wait 3 weeks for Haye and fought a 'bum' opponent on the 20th like Minto then you would have a point. However he wants to fight Ruslan Chagaev!! An undefeated southpaw who has a win over Valuev and when fit is the best HW in the world after the Klits.
Haye had his Glass Jaw shattered by Training Camp. Klitschko has wasted half a year on Haye. Haye can now earn his shot in an eliminator against a legit top 10 Heavyweight. I suggest Kevin Johnson or Chris Arreola. Both would beat Haye.
LOL so waldo decides to take the mayweather approach. let the top dogs of the division fight each other while klitschko takes on the likes of rahman and tony thompson. what a fraud of a champion.
Thompson was a mandatory fight. Everyone knows that but you I guess. And Haye is somehow a "top dog" of the Heavyweight Division because he has beat Bonin and Barrett? :roflatsch
Thompson was Manditory, and Rahmen was Becaus Povetkin Pulled out......he is possibly getting ready to fight the 3rd best HW in the world though and he isnt fighting the top dogs?
If it's only a 3 week delay, they should re-schedule the Haye fight. 3 weeks is nothing. However, I'd also be very happy to see Wlad vs Chagaev.
If Wlad has the chance to fight Chagaev on June 20th he should go for it plain and simple. Although it's not as exciting a fight as Haye would be, it's a great oportunity to get recognition, as the WBA and RING belts will be on the line, not to mention that Valuev would not be able to avoid him anymore. Wlad should forget about Haye for now, this fight situation is dragging on for too long already, a back injury is quite serious and will take at least a month to recover, not to say it might cause further postponements. Wlad should leave Haye for 2010 or for Vitali and go after Chagaev, his mandatory with Povetkin in september/october and then Valuev (if Vitali hasn't gotten him till there) or Arreola/Dimitrenko/Haye at the begining of 2010.