Haye fans going overboard ????

Are they though? I'm not seeing that.

 

I'm glad people are talking about it so much. It's about time we really get behind the people representing our country.

 

I missed all of this:hey. For the record, I am just one of the many people on here who has been a big Haye fan for some time and have now seen him realise his lifelong ambition. Britain now has a champion in the blue ribband division of boxing once again. Personally, I think that's something to be immensely proud of. We also have a guy willing to mix it with the top guys rather than pad his record. I'm under no illusions about a win over a guy like Valuev, but it's still a huge achievement for a cruiser to come up and win the title against such an awkward opponent in only his second fight as a full time HW, nevermind make a guy 7 stones heavier than himself wobble.

Also, I did pick Haye to win, yes, but I am still more than happy he pulled it off. I'm hardly going to say 'well, I predicted this so **** enjoying it'.

Stop going all radab on me and cheer up, you grumpy ****er!:good

 

glad he won. went crazy in the 12th round. it was an awful fight though. there is nothing exceptional about his performance. he boxed WELL BELOW his ability. the blueprint was set by holyfield, chagaev and many others. i wanted to see much more from haye. he didn't show it.

 

Does it matter who says what?

We have a British world heavyweight champion. Let's celebrate the fact.

 

I thought that Haye did more than enough to get the win last night...:good

He will smoke the boots off Ruiz and then move onto Wlad or Vitali...I think that Haye can KO Wlad and would have to go against Vitali in a similar way to Valuev, sometimes you got to win ugly...:yep

Haye brings a lot to the table now...I think that he can clean up if he maintains this discipline he showed last night. I thought that Adam Booth was very calm in the corner and kept the fight strategy on track...

I thought that Haye looked so calm and collected in between rounds too.

Lets hope that Haye can clean up, he is British, lets enjoy his Heavyweight success...:happy

 

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There was lots of Brits on this forum picking Valuev to win by tiring Haye out though

 

There were far more picking Haye to show Valuev up and knock him out.

 

did anyone mention the guy boxed with one hand for 10 rounds?

 

I like to see British fighters win championships by fighting though (especially ones who class themselves as fighters).

Take the way Bruno won his HW title for example... he was in a fight. The way Benn fought... this is the camp Haye is in.

Sure you can go down the root of the sweet science etc.. but Haye does not belong in that camp - it's not even how he sells himself. He never fought on the back foot, he threw nothing going backwards, he simply avoided fighting for much of the fight.

Haye is welcome to a pass though, as it was a bit of a freak of a fight, and I doubt he will fight that way again.

 

If he did, then full credit to him slip, but we all know that nearly every boxer comes out with such comments after a subdued performance. Take Rogan on Friday for example.. he hurt his arm, apparently.

 

he injured it in the second(?) round...?