What did Haye do to cause all the hate?

Yeah so much interest even ESPN Classic turned them down for showing the fight in the States. :roflatsch

 

:think

I may be in need of a new vocation.

 

They are not gonna show this? That sucks. Was looking forward to it.

 

Oh, you can get it in the States but you have to pay for it on PPV.

 

I got Space channel from Argentina, hopefully, they will show it there. Get a lot of fights from Europe there.:good

 

That's what I meant - Tyson's "youtube classics" were only later on after he'd gone off the rails.

Comparisons to actions of past fighters are to a degree irrelevant - they were "pre-internet". There would have been tons of nonsense about them at the time if the medium was around. This stuff fades over time & with history, as will this.

Marketing genius/press conference clown - an actual fight or two will help make the call.

 

David Haye had some momentum, even potential, to be a force in the heavyweight division. But somehow he let that opportunity squander. Perhaps he will redeem himself starting in November with a victory over Valuev.

 

Controversy creates interest, you people wouldn't give two shits about Haye enough to create these topics every day about a guy who is 22-1 without his controversial statements.

The guy can box, he creates interest, and we all want to watch him fight, end of story.

22-1 and has unified a division, and is the talk of the boxing world, he's done more work than most in this era.

 

Didn't say you created it, but more people know Haye than know Gomez in the world and that's a fact, here's why. Haye is a better and more exciting fighter than Gomez, period. Gomez didn't unify the division, he fought to defend and retain the WBC time and time again against mandatories, wow, how impressive. Meanwhile Haye won all respectable titles in less than 22 fights. Dont bother quoting records or anything, bottom line is Haye has accomplished more in 20 fights than Gomez ever has in the pro ranks.

 

Whether or not what you wrote here is correct,your point is fruitless because despite talking up himself as if he's the next great heavyweight,Haye has done less than zero to prove that.Unless of course you count the victory over Cliff Couser ko victim Monte Barrett as proof.I don't.In fact,Haye has basically loudmouthed and bragged himself into a title shot against the weakest titlist out there in Valuev,a fellow that seemingly got a gift against so seriously shot it ain't funny 46 year old Evander.

 

Even if he does win,do you really believe that a victory over VALUEV will redeem him?

 

Because he's a punk biatch with a big mouth.

 

We have people on here that will say Haye is the #1 Heavyweight if he beats Valuev and they will be serious. They will ignore that Valuev is not even the real WBA champion.

Either way I see Haye getting knocked out his Chin is just too fragile to hang in the for 12 rounds with a guy Valuev's size. Haye is not going to win a decision in Germany.

 

A lot of people overlook the Haye is an outstanding boxer with lethal power and a reckless attitude to fighting. He's got a big mouth, but for 22-1 he's been in some exciting tear-ups, and managed to more-or-less unify a division.

We have a heavyweight division full of slow, ponderous out-of-shape has-beens and dull eastern european guys who fight in that boring former communist-bloc amatuer style, not the Kiltschko's coz I respect them, but Lyakovich, Dimitrenko, Chagaev, Ibragimov, who aren't very exciting either. A guy like Haye could clean up in this division, outside of the Klitschko brothers at least.

He's got good handspeed and boxing ability, dont forget he was a seasoned amatuer winning a silver at the world championships to Oliander Solis, and when he wants to he can box pretty well. Against 40-something overweight heavyweight's he'll have a field day his speed advantage. Also, from his amateur experience, he's got a record of beating eastern european amateur champions from being a 14 year old amateur. His 50 second KO of Alexander Gurov shows this perfected. In the current Heavyweight climate he could really do some damage.

Also, a lot of people are accusing Haye of being a coward, but think on, this guy unifed a division in 20 fights. He turned down a multi-million pound deal with Frank Warren because he wanted to take the tough fights, and didn't want to end up like Joe Calzaghe or Enzo Mac fighting bums and taxi drivers. He called out Wlad Klitschko as soon as he moved up, and has said non-stop that he wants the Klitschko.

I think he's going to dispatch Valuev, who is far far too slow to prevent Haye from unloading on him at will, with devastating ease, and it will force Klitschko into signing for a "unification" fight.

 

Yeah it is irritating b/c in reality the opposite would most likely happen.