Why would a fighter throw away the biggest PAY DAY of his career?

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  1. CHEF

    CHEF Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    OUCH... that hurt:|
     
  2. jomiyo

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    That's what the punk-ass Klits will say if by some miracle they grow enough balls to get in the ring with the top 10 ATG British warriour :yep

    They'll go :|waa-waa-waa:| all the way home! :hi:
     
  3. SimplyTheBest

    SimplyTheBest Heavyweight Destroyer Full Member

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    You mean there's one active? Who?

    The last I remember was Lewis, and Vitali retired him with 2 weeks preparation.
     
  4. Antsu

    Antsu Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Didnt Lewis beat him and retire in his own terms
     
  5. theboy_racer

    theboy_racer Boxing Junkie banned

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    :good
     
  6. SimplyTheBest

    SimplyTheBest Heavyweight Destroyer Full Member

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    Yeah if you calling promising a rematch face to face then waiting 6 months and announcing retirement when Vitali came back and utterly destroyed the guy Lennox hoped to face instead of Vitali on your own terms :nut
     
  7. IlPadrino

    IlPadrino Active Member Full Member

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    Lewis was 38 years old and fought and beat much better fighters than Vitali ever had the chance to fight. I'll concede that the present level of competition doesn't offer Vitali that opportunity, but a prime and motivated Lewis tears Vitali a new arsehole imo.
     
  8. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    to all the dumb ass haye fans who somehow forgot they he lies only when his mouth opens...
    if a guy owes you money...and is gonna pay oyu friday..friday comes he dont have it...said wait till monday..monday comes...hey man, i get paid this week...i got ya ,,,,friday...nothing on friday either...sooner or later you have to think maybe you got taken for a ride :think:think
     
  9. SimplyTheBest

    SimplyTheBest Heavyweight Destroyer Full Member

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    And thats relevant how?

    Truth is, Lewis turned down his biggest payday to rematch Vitali....and Haye threw away 3 shots at his biggest payday to face a Klitschko. Some warriors!
     
  10. IlPadrino

    IlPadrino Active Member Full Member

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    Not a lot of truth there at all. There's no evidence at all that Lewis turned down his 'biggest' ever pay day. Vitali was a nobody at the time (not forgetting he brings $0 ppv from his own fans), and Lewis wasn't paid peanuts against Bruno, Holyfield and Tyson, amongst others. You just need to accept Lewis had done enough in his career to have the choice whether he should face someone as dangerous as Vitali again at his age. How many examples of punch-drunk boxers that went on too long do I have to give before you get it? I'll readily admit that Vitali may have retired him at the age of 38, but Lewis' record afforded him the chance to go out on top. Why should he have to go through one more fight to appease a few thousand nuthuggers when his legacy and bank balance was already secured?

    As for Haye 'throwing away' his three shots at big paydays, his paymasters went bust (which isn't much of a payday really), he got an 'easier' shot at a title, and then Wlad ducked him to fight a nobody. The blame for him not fighting Vitali the first time rests with Haye. The other two were down to bad luck and Wlad risking his titles against Chisora.
     
  11. jacklondon

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    Yup.

    And:

    "Wlad ducked Haye"?

    Say what? These nitwits must live in some alternate universe where up is down and black is white and the Harrison fight was really real and the greatest heavyweights of all time, the Klitschko brothers, are quaking over some little loud mouthed bisexual mock champion who has never even beaten one single heavyweight contender (she didn't really beat Valuev you know).
     
  12. IlPadrino

    IlPadrino Active Member Full Member

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    Ah yes, we're back full circle to the 'Wlad is an iron-chinned monster' brigade. Haye's power>Wlad's chin. I'm not disputing Vitali
    probably beats Haye, but Wlad ducked him and he'll keep ducking him. I've no doubt that Wlad's power>Haye's chin but then Haye didn't make a call-out video saying 'any time, any place' then insist on Germany in July after he's risked his titles.

    And for the record, every Haye fan knows the Harrison fight was a mismatch, but casual fans were interested and it made good business. Haye hasn't got a long record of beating nobodies for millions of dollars so he has to make his money somewhere. No-one wants to see Wlad-Chisora though. Even Dereck's own mother is saying 'Wlad is fighting WHO?'.
     
  13. rayhogan

    rayhogan Dont worry Pac, you wont Full Member

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    Umm both networks was not available jack. According to Klits manager, he said Vitali won't fight Haye in may cause both networks can't get agreement for may and june. Yea sky sports likely was available but not rtl germany tv network. Only "both" available for july fight.
     
  14. BOXART

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    Wladimir Klitschko is not ducking Haye. David Haye is not ducking Wlad. The reason is they got 'too' much money in the bank already! To us they are throwing away their biggest payday - to them its just another payday gone today but payday back tomorrow. A real 'Easy Come-Easy Go' mindset huh?
     
  15. kelics

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