Great, just what boxing needs... Wladimir cats it.

Both to be frank are very ****ing disturbing. What the **** were the brothers thinking - they were 6 months old again or something ready to take a bath together!

Holyfield's nickname should have been Evander 'THE REAL IVF' Holyfield!

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=6007881

Interesting what Wladimir has to say, especially the bit were haye refuses to face Vitali.

I like Haye, He is fit, strong and fast, He will get KOd by either Klitshko though.

 

Interesting read Ben.....I still hope they get the fight on :good

 

Haye legacy risks being swept away


by Martin Samuel - Mail On Line - 13th Jan 2011


And so it begins. Ruslan Chagaev is already in training for his WBA heavyweight title fight with David Haye, we hear. Of course he is. This is, after all, the big one. And Chagaev is known as 'the White Tyson'. In Uzbekistan, admittedly, but let's not split hairs.

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There will soon be a fight to sell, so expect Chagaev to be reinvented as a contender of substance and validity. He is neither. In any other era, he would be a footnote and in this one he has already been proved inferior to Wladimir Klitschko.

Chagaev beat Nikolai Valuev, the man-mountain Haye defeated to capture the public imagination, but only on a majority decision. Haye versus Chagaev, therefore, is not the heavyweight contest the world is waiting for, but what is?

The legacy of Haye, who arrived as the new broom ready to sweep away the torpid gigantism of the east Europeans, may be that he has dulled interest in his sport in a manner that may take years to overcome. This is not entirely his fault.

He made a number of concessions to Wladimir Klitschko in the hope of a match, offering equal share of the purse, surrendering venue and the order in which the fighters enter the ring, all to no avail. Yet, wherever the blame lies, the damage to boxing is beyond doubt.

Had Haye been another anonymous champion, his underwhelming career path since beating Valuev would not have mattered. But he wasn't. He was front-page, headline news like no British fighter since Frank Bruno, and the letdown that has followed merely confirms the suspicions of many about the sport.

The fight with Audley Harrison, in particular, set affection for boxing back years because enthusiasts and casual supporters alike felt cheated to have paid for wind, hot air and what looked like conscientious objection.

In the aftermath of the win over Valuev, Haye talked a good fight, as he always does. 'You judge the strength of any boxing era by how good the heavyweights are,' he said, rightly.

'You have to put together a consistent body of work like Lennox Lewis did, so once we get those Klitschko guys out of the way, I hope there is someone coming through, young, fresh, mid-20s, with a bit of hype, who can test me.'

What happened to that fighter? What happened to the guy who was going to get the Klitschkos out of the way, like a man flicking a loose cotton thread from the sleeve of his new jacket? Haye claims they have avoided him and taken matches with inferior fighters - Vitali announced yesterday that his next opponent would be Odlanier Solis, from Cuba - but the Harrison debacle has left him with little sympathy.

After defeating Valuev, Haye spoke proudly of putting his sport on the map; of seeing his face on the front pages, rather than tucked away in the hinterland of the sports coverage. He may wish to consider its status now: reduced to what journalists call a NIB (short for news in brief). The biggest boxing story this week centres on whether Harrison will be allowed to keep his purse from Manchester.

'History will show Wladimir Klitschko fought Dereck Chisora, a novice, ahead of me,' said Haye. It may also show Haye fought Chagaev but could not get to either of the Klitschko brothers. The precise details of who is running from whom has long been forgotten in the game of claim and counter-claim.

To lose one Klitschko may be regarded as misfortune, to lose both looks like carelessness, and no matter how much hype surrounds the White Tyson, Haye risks his legacy becoming as inconsequential as his sport.

 

http://www.datruthboxing.com/blog.cfm/post/david-haye-this-is-getting-old/

 

http://www.secondsout.com/headlines/main-headline/booth-hits-back-at-arrogant-klitschkos
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That pic of the Klit bros....................I mean truly WTF are they trying to promote here.......and where the **** is Wlads hand?

 

The world would like to see Haye fight a Klit before he hangs them up - but there always seems to be a reason why not.

In the days when winning titles led to the wealth, fighters were climbing over each other to challenge for them. It's certainly a different story these days.

 

Some say Haye will soon fight RJJ.....this is a joke right?

 

I Hope so!!! atsch

 

Well the **** did fight Audley Harrison didn't he ? I wouldn't put it past Haye to be honest. There would be plenty of :rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl if he did sign to fight Roy.

 

Roy wants it.lets hope not.
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