David Haye Has Made The Final Shortlist For BBC's S.P.O.T.Y.

I guess at the time with it being a massive upset...... he was entitled to win it - as for Holyfield being scared of Tyson :dead

In hindsight I suppose it's a 'Evander Holyfield beat Mike Tyson.... so what' really..... even though it was an amazing performance - one could be forgiven for expecting that from Holyfield really.

 

For bringing boxing into disrepute earlier in the year I'd certainly hope that Haye doesn't win it.

 

By wanting to get paid for a fight?

 

He was injured.I have no reason not to believe him.The man is a prophet

 

Yep, injured. That'll be a dislocated wallet when Setanta went bust and his purse went up in smoke.

 

I was joking of course.Prophets don't/can't get injured.

 

Not pulling out of the fight. His t-shirt and poster.

 

Ah, that was bit crass but no big deal. He was just trying to get some publicity and jump the queue for a title shot (it worked!!).

 

Button deserves this title in my opinion, an amazing turn around from no team to World Champion in 10 months!!

Haye having 1 fight this year against Valuev albeit a excellent mature performance i wasnt sure he was capable of, does not make him a front runner in this competition, im suprised he made the final ten.

But good luck to him.

 

I will not vote but wish him the best of luck.

 

Haye's publicity stunt showed no respect or gratitude to the sport that he earns his very living from. Sadly, barely a month goes by when it seems there isn't another fatality in boxing, but how will the world look upon boxing when a ring death is compounded by the deceased boxer being depictated as a corpse with a severed head in the pre-fight hype to sell more tickets? And boxing expects to be respected and taken seriously? And shown on tv...by the BBC no less? And doesn't every boxer who loses his life in the ring deserve to be spared the infamy that would surely come from being portayed in this manner?

Sorry to be morbid, but I feel this is the reality of Haye's actions.

 

Lighten up, it was a PR stunt....

 

Sorry, the potential consequences can't be dismissed that easily. It was bad for boxing and boxing's more important than Haye's thirst for publicity.

 

ryan giggs shud win it