Haye cares more about his Legacy than his bank balance.

The only person who has been there from day one is Scurlarantings - he was there at Haye s pro debut against Tony Booth.

Hayes myspace was one of the most posing fickle sites I had ever seen back in 2004.

He was acting like he was a super star.

He had Jodie Marsh walk to the ring - for the Carl Thompson fight - posing and acting the star . - and then he got exposed.

Credit to Haye for everything he achieved since - he done better than I thought he would.

But no I'm not a expert and neither do I want to be I dont see it as any kind of achievement in life to be a arm chair fan expert or to be well known on internet forums for being controvsial and going against the grain - it was just my feeling at the time - there has always been hype around Haye from the early pro days and I always felt - I believe it when I see it kind of thing.

When a couple of years ago around here - people were calling Haye incrediable for fighting the Kltischkos - despite the fact - he had not actually fought them yet.

 

Jodie Marsh I have to admit lately I have developed an irrational dislike for Haye and Booth - but fair dues you really dont like the guy

 

Well this is a thread I made over 2 years ago..............

When Haye was at the height of his popularity.................


[url]http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91095[/url]

 

Actually, it is all coming back to me now - you made a funny thread about haye quite recently - it was some rant if I am not mistaken.

 

Yeah I slagged off Haye in a rant.

GazOC didnt like the thread though - he problay was a bit stressed out with Oli being after him and everything..................

 

It was this one

[url]http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=285054[/url]

 

to be honest - I'm not proud of it.

I dont like slagging off Haye or being Hateful.

I like parts of David Haye - his healthy lifestyle - his style and good looks.

But I just feel he has become a bare face liar - and fighting Audely was sinking so low just to cash in.

 

I posted under several earliers names, and watch and was a fan of Haye when i saw him against Solis in 2001. Watched his debut and all his fights as a pro bar the one he had in playboy mansion.

Bar his tactical mistake against C. Thomspn he went for it against anyone, and took anyone who wanted it untill the summer of 2008 when he has handpicked his carrer and gotten more commercial and less like a pro fighter.

The reason he has beaten Barrett, valuev, Ruiz and Harrison is because he is very talented and has the best speed and power combo in the heavyweight division but in saying that he has regressed as a fighter. He throws less, and has not improved his skill set.

He performances are the following-

Barrett- Did well for 3 rounds then got sloppy (5th round ko)
Valuev - Performed poorly and literally did the same job that Evander Holyfield who was 46 at the time did against the same opponent.
Ruiz - Sloppy again and defence was shocking. (9th round ko)
Harrison - decent performance but barely threw anything against a fighter who is outside the top 25 in the world-

So far in 3 years as a heavyweight he has taken on two top ten heavyweights which by any standard is average, and he has not looked as good be especially considering his talents.