If David Haye wants to be considered half as good as Lennox Lewis..

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  1. Primadonna Kool

    Primadonna Kool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    All this **** about...him hanging up the gloves at 31..? :lol:

    How many times is David Haye gonna fight in a year..?

    Face David Tua..!

    Prove that Chris A....is not worthy of a World Title fight..!

    Knock out these bums like you said..?

    Clean out the division, take on all comers.

    David Haye has not got the atitude in my opinion, to be as great as Lennox Lewis.
     
  2. Dan684

    Dan684 Dave's Stepdad Full Member

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    To be honest i think David realises that whatever he does, he's never gonna be considered that much of a 'great' at Heavyweight. Its a division which throughout history has been littered with brilliant fighters. Haye simply doesn't have the opposition around to make himself a 'great'.

    Beating the likes of Tua, Ruiz, Arreola and the Klits will hardly elevate him into anyones mythical ATG status.

    He seems sensible and probably just wants to make a name for himself, become the lineal champ get out and use his status to do other/safer/easier things to add to what he hopes will already be a massive bank balance
     
  3. kosaros

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    Prove Arreola is not worthy of a title fight...by fighting him....
     
  4. JonOli

    JonOli Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If he beat both the Klits he would be looked upon very favourably.
     
  5. ryanm8655

    ryanm8655 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Haha...quite...the irony...
     
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    I'm with you mate, WHY fight Tua, whats he done lately? Is this Tua writing himself?
     
  8. Ilesey

    Ilesey ~ Full Member

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    Exactly. High risk low reward fight for Haye. If he wants to build and cement his legacy he needs to build up and then dethrone a Klitschko to unify.
     
  9. Top Dog

    Top Dog Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Totally correct, no win situation against Tua, dangerous puncher but not a big name, aint going to do anything for his legacy in the end, no brainer needs to go Klit hunting, as in the two brother not the ladies hairy bean:D
     
  10. P4PNo.1

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    If, and it's a big if, he beats both Klitschkos then he wouldn't need to beat anyone else.
     
  11. MCMLXXXII

    MCMLXXXII General Butt Naked Full Member

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    Agreed.

    But for me, the hype around Haye at the moment is laughable. He needs to step up to the plate and back up his big mouth with action.

    When he takes on and beats the best in the division, I'll climb on the bandwagon.
     
  12. brown bomber

    brown bomber 2010 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Just want him to beat the Klit brothers, not bothered about any other fights. The heavyweight division is full of Tocker Pudwills and Said Lawals... Lets UFC the heavyweights up a bit.
     
  13. TheUzi

    TheUzi MISSION INCOMPLETE Full Member

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    There wont be a division for him to 'clean up' because to the Klitschkos credit,they've beaten all challengers and are cleaning it for him.

    If his next two fights are Ruiz(which it is) and possibly a Valuev rematch,I would like to see him in a dangerous fight with the likes of Tua(if negotiations are not taking place for either Klit) as Barret/Valuev/Ruiz/Valuev is a disgusting choice of opponents for the apparent saviour of the division.
     
  14. mrbassie

    mrbassie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    TBH you're right, if you look at some of the nonsense of the GF at least-although I'm sure half of that is winding up the Kitschko loonies.
    I like Haye, I like the way he came up, pretty much the antithesis of the usual crap we see from Warren's fighters. So I tend to route for him but I think, on the other hand, that talk of him beating the Klitschko's is wishful thinking. I give him a chance of catching Wlad and dropping him but there's no way he'd beat Vitali. Actually, I think Wlad would catch Haye first too. I just don't think he has good fundamental boxing skills, he's fast and powerful but chinny, IMO he doesn't have the defensive skills to offset the advantages of such bigger men.
     
  15. Primadonna Kool

    Primadonna Kool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Don't you guys think David Haye has gone abit quiet after his last fight..?