Dan rafael chat ( david haye )

• Guarantees of life: death, taxes, Ivan Calderon by decision and Haye running from the Klitschkos like he was Usain Bolt hearing a gun go off while in the starting blocks,,,

psycho (LaLaLand)



dan i know you report things the way they are: therefore you must be very pissed at David Haye as you take jabs at him all the time. ever bother interviewing him yourself?
Dan Rafael (12:35 PM)




I'm not P'd at him at all. I just find him to be less than honest. And if you read me regularly, you'd know that I had a lengthy interview with him late last year and wrote a lengthy feature on him off that interview just before he fought Ruiz. Google it or search my archive.

Derek (edmonton, alberta)



Angulo turns down 750k... Valuev turns down 2.5 mil....Povetkin turns down 2 mil... Williams turns down 1.5 mil... Pavlik turns down a 7 figure rematch with the champ... Mayweather turns his back on 40 mil.... Haye turns down a 50-50 split with the heavy weight champ... Collazo turns down a title shot for 6 figures......WHAT IS GOING ON???!!! 2010 is turning out to be a disaster for the sport.
Dan Rafael (12:55 PM)




STOP THE INSANITY!!!!!!

Erik (Atlanta, Ga.)



Riddle for the Dan what does Aflac, Angulo, Haye, and Mayweather have in common?????
Dan Rafael (12:58 PM)




Quack, quack, quack -- DUCKS!!!!

Steve (Hartford)



Haye v Adamek @ MSG in Dec. if Adamek wins next week?
Dan Rafael (1:53 PM)




I'd love to see it but won't hold my breath.

Gutterdandy (nyc)



Dan, David Haye was quoted this week again saying that, contrary to what you reported, the Klitschkos were asking for options and "control of his career" during the most recent negotiations. Has he run out of excuses?
Dan Rafael (2:28 PM)




I don't believe him.

chuzen (st. louis)



dan, who is the DUCKER OF THE YEAR? el perro, floyd, haye, pwill, etc?
Dan Rafael (3:27 PM)




Let's have a tournament!!! Super Four Ducker World Boxing Classic. You win if you duck the first round fight the longest.

chuzen (st. louis)



if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, its david haye

Jim ((CA))



Dan, your Top 5 P4P duckers?
Dan Rafael (3:44 PM)




1. David Haye; 2. Floyd Mayweather; 3. Alfredo Angulo; 4. Floyd Mayweather; 5. David Haye.

Bert (Minneapolis)


Best top 5 list ever!
Derek (edmonton, alberta)


lol, right on Dan
Dan Rafael (3:47 PM)



No. 6 is Mayweather also.

Joe (NJ)



It's safe to say Mayweather and Haye are holding onto their unbeaten record and alphabet Belt like they were a life preserver and the Titanic just went down.
Dan Rafael (3:54 PM)




That is not fair to say in Floyd's case because he does not hold any belts right now.

 

Your weekly random thoughts …



• One of the many things I love about Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic is that when I'm writing about it or talking about it, I don't have to think about Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather. But speaking of the Super Six, it seems awfully likely that the Andre Ward-Andre Dirrell super middleweight title bout scheduled for Sept. 25 is going to be postponed.



We're about six weeks out and there has not been a news conference, there is no site and tickets are not on sale, which you can't do without a site. That's not exactly a good way to promote a highly significant title fight between 2004 U.S. Olympic teammates and medal winners.



Keep in mind that the site for the Mikkel Kessler-Allan Green Group Stage 3 bout of the tournament -- Herning, Denmark -- which is also on Sept. 25, was announced a couple of weeks ago. Further, the site (Monte Carlo) for the final Group Stage 3 bout, Arthur Abraham-Carl Froch, which is on Oct. 2, was also announced a few weeks ago.



But with regard to Ward-Dirrell, there has been nothing but silence.



When I asked Dirrell promoter Gary Shaw about the situation the other day, he didn't want to get into it. When I asked again to please be honest about it, his response was, "I can't be honest. I'm a promoter." Maybe he was saying that in jest, maybe not. So when I pressed him further, Shaw told me to ask Dan Goossen, Ward's promoter.



So I did that. When I talked to Goossen on Thursday night and asked him to clarify the situation, he didn't provide a real answer, electing to duck it like David "The Ducker" Haye is ducking Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko.

 

if only haye would get in the ring...:deal

 

It was a fan who was saying he was undefeated not Dan..