Haye is losing credibility

First of all, I want the Haye-Waldo fight to happen as I think it could bring back some excitement to the division. I give Haye little chance to pull the big upset off as he is totally untested at heavyweight.

It is hard to keep any faith in Haye right now. He could have fought the likes of Toney or Rahman in his first bout but he elected to face a total bum in Barett. Then, very surprisingly he founds himself in negotiations with a much tougher opponent than Toney or Rahman in Waldo. Yet, now again the fight does not seem to come off.

It should be reminded that Waldo was to this date never a really difficult partner to negotiate with. It is also clear that Haye has to concede considerably more during the negotiations, yet he does not seem to be willing to do that. Remember, Waldo is the champ and Haye is not. Haye has not beaten anyone in the heavyweight divisions so he should be lucky to get a shot. Haye is not a HOF and has not a great resume outside the heavyweight division. He is no Holyfield and even Holyfield had to work his way up to a title shot.

They are negotiating since weeks now. Man, this not Tyson-Holyfield. If Haye does not want the fight then let's make Areola-Waldo. Meanwhile Areola is rumored to face a known on HBO on the undercard of Williams-Wright in April (HBO brought also Toney's name up).

 

I am realistic and not naive. According to the most recent report the talks were suspended. Like I said this ain't Tyson - Holyfield and it should not take months to get this fight done, this is just not normal. I am actually starting to doubt the willingness of the Haye camp to make the fight. I saw the same strategy for Haye's first fight.

 

He obviously has not the right to demand a bigger purse. He not the champ and has beaten no one in the heavyweight division. He should be just lucky to get thois fight because he did not earn it. In addition he is not known outside the UK.

 

No, actually HBO wants to make the Waldo-Areola fight if Waldo-Haye does not come off.

HBO offered to make the Areola - Toney fight as a TV opener on 11th April for Wright-Williams. For some reason Goossen does not really want to make that fight and he stated a poor excuse like "Arreola-Toney should not be a TV opener as there is a lot more money to make". Personally, I think that Goossen hopes to make the Areola - Waldo. IMO, he should make Toney - Areola as an eliminator, but he seem to doing the same thing as with Toney-Thompson. But I am still hoping, nothing has been decided yet.