What is Haye's profile like now in the US?

True to some extent. But no matter what, a young kid with an interest in boxing would stop and head for the football field if he had the talent there also. There are only a handful of professional heavyweights that make decent money. There are over a thousand athletes between football, basketball and baseball that make huge money here in the USA.

I just cant see a young kid turning down a career in these sports because he has an interst in boxing. Sure, a guy like Mayweather who does not have a body for a major league career in the 3 sports would stick to boxing, but not the big guys...

 

Hayes will fall asleep within a ring if he gets into the ring with Vlad, but he must earn a shot first. Which I doubt he will be able to do.

 

There are millions of HW size men in the world and very few have the ability to be a HW champ, it's not as simple as being big and having some athletic talent. Success in one sport does not automatically equate to success in another. It's like saying if someone took Wladimir Klitschko and trained him to play American Football from the age of twelve he would be a pro bowler every year, he probably would be cut in preseason if he made it that far. And that guy in your photo could've trained boxing since twelve but chances are Wlad still ko's him.

 

Sure... but out of the 1,000s of 200lbs+ professional athletes here in the USA, there are some hidden heavyweight boxing champs that we will never know about.

Being an athlete, what else did Klit have to interest him in other than boxing?

 

Im a new fan of his! Im looking forward to seeing his next fight

 

Haye who?

 

I just saw the fight. Its late Sunday night. If I am not sure about fight I wait till next day when I can catch it for free (50.00 is a lot of me to a broke ass like myself). Anyway, I was completely impressed. It was the first time I had seen him fight but heard about a cruiserweight going up to heavy. I have never been a fan of the heavies since the Tyson/Holyfield/Lewis days and so tuned it out completely. I will definately watch his entry into the division. Not only does he have speed and style but power to back it up. I'm sold on the guy.

 

People know Mayweather now. At least 2 is better than 1.

 

True, I've only seen him fight three times, the average fan may have seen him fight once. That once being this past weekend.

 

Sad because these are all 1990's fighters.
The problem is its too expensive to watch. No one would pay the money to watch it if they are not already fans. Damn, with that money you can go to a concert and see a band live, you can pay a bill, you can buy your wife something nice, get a couple of pair of jeans for your boy. If you follow avidly there is at least one must-see fight a month. It adds up. Its not about too many divisions and titles like people say but much simpler. It is a sport for people with money now and alot of americans don't have it. Add to this most american boxers are people of color. The white audience in USA isn't as into it as UFC. The colored audience can't afford it. I thank god for Youtube or I wouldn't watch the **** at all, to tell you the truth. I will pay for an event but it has to be a big one.

 

Boxing needs to go back to being a people's sport which is what made it great to begin with. Haye can only do so much by becoming a superstar at heavyweight. The decline of boxing began in the nineties with the rise of pay per view, not the loss of heavyweight champs. Going back to being accessible is what will save boxing for sure. The talent will always be there whether american, british, mexican, pr, lithuanian, etc..

 

IMO this fight was not big enough in american eyes to justify it being held at 2.30 am on a sunday morning in the uk.

20,000 spectators had to get home from an awkward spot in london, in the small hours of the morning, and uk tv viewers had to stay awake long after the normal man has gone to bed.

this fight was crying out for a 9.30pm uk start on itv.

millions would have watched and americans could have watched it on delay with 95% of americans tuning in none the wiser to the result.

better for all party`s IMO