Rahman maybe next, but what about Sultan Ibragimov? Last I heard, GBP was his co-promoter.... That would be a good test against a "small" heavyweight and they could keep it in-house....
**** Rahman I thought he was going to be great, but he is only living of the Lewis fight. You are right about sultan he was co-promoted by them
This move has been in the works for months. GBP has been looking for a heavyweight star (Sultan is co-promoted with Warriors and is hardly a star). In addition, Mick Hennessey has a good relationship with GBP and has had other fighters co-promoted with Oscar in the past (one example is Junior Witter). That said, this is a big move for both parties. If Haye can just win a belt, you'll see GBP and AEG put on a media full court press to make him the next global superstar.
Nice. I heard a rumor that he is going to "take time to adjust to being a heavyweight", which unfortunately meant that he wasn't going to fight until the end of '08. Anyone know if this is true or not?
Wow, honestly. You gotta link? There was me thinking his huge announcement was a 6 fight deal with Setanta.