Haye wanted the money, not the belt.

Yeah, imagine watching that fight from a casual fan's perspective, they may never watch again. i told a friend (non boxing fan) to check it out cuz it could be one of the better hw fights in years, and if he tuned it he probably turned the channel in about 10 minutes tops

 

Nah he just went the same way as all of Vlads other recent opponants. Frustrated at all the other opponants just seeming to turn up for a paycheck and not trying he came with a real game plan on how to beat the Ukranian.

Only to find out hes very much underated him and spent the fight seeing very little oppertunity to do anything at all other than lunging in wildly.

The toe was no doubt a hinderence but not enough of a hinderence to of atleast shown he really did have Vlads number. And although his speed of hand and movement is quicker he didnt exactly make look Vlad like a slow motion robot like it was claimed he would.

 

He takes his $15 million, and decides to go home, blah!

 

You're wrong about me being a David Haye "follower". I thought he ****ed up big-time and I don't like how he went about promoting the fight, especially when he talked about how he would be like Tyson once in the ring, only to act like a bigger version of Andre Dirrell when it came down to it.

As for my knowledge of boxing, you may be right - my knowledge of the development of the sport side of it only goes back as far as Jack Broughton, so I probably don't know as much as many people here.

I still stand by my position about boxing with a pre-existing injury.

People get hurt during bouts. It's inevitable when the object of the sport is to strike your opponent until they are unwilling/unable to continue. But it's not like the sport hasn't changed to try and lessen the long-term impact on the participants - fewer rounds, medical checkups, even the introduction of gloves (by the aforementioned Jack Broughton) were all attempts to reduce the risk of serious injuries and/or deaths in the ring, and play up the cerebral/strategic aspects of the sport over the more macho elements.

To take it to absurd extremes - if it's really just a "hurt business" as people are so fond of saying, why do the rules ask you to "defend yourself at all times"? Why not just stand two blokes at arms length with concrete shoes on and get them to take turns hitting each other in the head?

Anyway, as I declared previously, the idea that people who are already injured should be allowed to participate in such a dangerous sport is moronic to me, and I stand by my position that a person who watches boxing primarily for the damage caused is a ghoul - the same type of person who would probably watch motor racing hoping to see a big spectacular crash rather than an exhibition of driving skill. In my (limited) experience, those kinds of people are either naive to the reality of experiencing serious injuries, or they're just sadists, or both (as is quite common).

 

Haye is laughing all the way to the bank.............