Worse fixed fight - Haye vs. Harrison or Green vs. Briggs?

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  1. shaunster101

    shaunster101 Yido Full Member

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    That doesn't make it a fixed fight though does it, it just means that Sky and Hayemaker promotions have taken advantage of gullible fight fans and the ignorant general public by putting on and promoting such an obvious mismatch.

    Can you see the difference between the two. I suggest that anyone who claims to be a fan of boxing who did not anticipate what happened on Saturday night needs to go and find a new sport to follow, because this one clearly isn't for you.
     
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  2. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In his post-fight interview, Haye said: "I put a lot of money on the third round and a lot of my friends and family did. I didn't want to let them down by doing him too early. Ask around - I told everyone I'd knock him out in three rounds. That's exactly what I did. No way was he going into that fourth round."
    "I put a lot of money on the third round"

    "I put a lot of money on the third round"

    "I put a lot of money on the third round"

    What the f*ck are we talking about?
     
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  3. shaunster101

    shaunster101 Yido Full Member

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    He has since denied it.

    Anyway, I'll ask again.

    What Harrison fights have you seen that made you think that anything other that what actually happened was going to happen on Saturday night?

    I'd like to know what fights these were, because there's nothing that Audley has done IN THE RING in his career that could lead anyone to believe that he was going to anything other than exactly what he did.
     
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  4. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If you confess a crime it can be used against you even if you deny it later.

    "I put a lot of money on the third round" - and after it becoming a scandal and admittng he didn't know about the rule(!) - "Ohhh oh I didn't mean that" How can you not mean you bet on yourself if you flat out said on TV you did?

    End of this discussion until you come to your senses.

    "I put a lot of money on the third round"
     
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  5. jdr

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    green ,

    ali used to name the rounds he would stop his opponents whats the big deal
     
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  6. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    There's a huge difference between predicting and betting on your own fight which is strictly prohibited today to the point of criminal charges. The BBBoC (which has money coming in from Haye's promotional company) is ready to drop the case as David Haye "categorically denied" it.

    But how come they believe that line but not "I put a lot of money on the third round and a lot of my friends and family did." He categorically admitted he put money on himself.
     
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  7. Escopeta

    Escopeta Boxing Addict Full Member

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    it´s just a bs excuse Haye made for his poor performance. He´s the Excusemaker, he always got one. Back injury, cut in sparring, injured hand, fixed bets etc..
    But he´s just a safety first style boxer and has to be because of his weak chin. He wanted to make sure it´s really ordinary Audrey in front of him and not a guy who actually throws back.
     
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  8. Ivo

    Ivo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :good Never mind 15 pounds.
     
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  9. Slacker

    Slacker Big & Slow Full Member

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    Haye vs. Valuev, Valuev vs. Holyfield were the worst fixes I've ever seen.

    Both involved Don King, so I'm not surprised.
     
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  10. haglerwon

    haglerwon Official GTMSBT Marquez Full Member

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    I think the trouble with this poll is that a large number of people voting on it haven't got the first ****ing clue what exactly this 'Green-vs-Briggs' thing was.

    There's no comparison. Haye-Harrison was a one-sided beatdown where the vastly better fighter carried his cherry-picked opponent to the third round to get an enormous payday for almost zero work. Green-Briggs was a fight were the loser took a dive at the first remotely-plausible opportunity (and he even misjudged that -- it wasn't in the realms of the remotely-plausible).
     
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