By Alexey Potapov....
WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev has given an exclusive interview to *********.com in which he speaks about his upcoming fight against former WBC/WBA/WBO cruiserweight champion David Haye on November 7th in Germany. It had been previously announced that Haye would fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko on September 12, but the British hope then decided to challenge for Valuev’s title instead.
Hello, Niko! I am glad to see you again!
Hi, Alex! *********.com best regards!
Niko, news about your fight with Haye has left many shocked. How quickly did you make a decision to take this fight?
Negotiations were conducted very quickly. It didn’t take long for me to think about and agree to this fight. I am sure that I’m better than him.
You knew that Haye would pull out of the fight with Vitali Klitschko?
Yes, I knew about it, but Vitali has not followed through on his promises. Several months ago Vitali and I spoke by phone and agreed to have a fight between us. Then Vitali stopped speaking to me. I communicated this to my promoter and they informed me that Klitschko doesn’t wish to fight me. What should I do after that? Wait? But by the time of this fight I’ll have not fought for nearly a year. A strong contender is necessary for me. I have chosen Haye. Unlike Team Klitschko, we have quickly come to an agreement with him.
Now having selected Vitali’s planned opponent, do you think this could cost you a fight against the Klitschkos?
If the Klitschko brothers wish to claim all the titles, they should fight me.
Haye hasn’t always proved to be a gentleman. You know about his t-shirt depicting the chopped-off heads of the Klitschko brothers. Are you ready for such treatment?
I think that will only make it worse for Haye! He will not distract me from my psychological balance. I have immunity to such things. And if he does manage to provoke me, he will be held responsible in the ring!
Why have you have chosen Haye? He’s not the official challenger on your title.
It’s my voluntary defense and I can fight with whomever I want.
The WBA’s mandatory challenger John Ruiz is protesting the fight and demanding through his lawyers that the WBA not authorize a fight between you and Haye.
Who is John Ruiz? To me it’s scandalous that he lives all his life in court in front of a judge. I’ve already beat him two times. I’m much stronger than him. He is not interesting to me as a challenger!
What about the fact that Haye has had only one fight in the division since officially moving to heavyweight?
He was the world champion at cruiserweight. He is very fast and dangerous, but I know that I’ll win. I’ll look at his fights, I’ll study him. I know he likes to talk for long amounts of time, but I will make the fight short.
Haye has stated that he refused the fight against Klitschko because of a bad contract. What conditions did Haye demand?
I don’t know. Ask my promoter. But I think it wasn’t the money. I know that Klitschko offered bad conditions for Haye. I even looked at the contract. These conditions were awful! The Klitschko brothers think only of their own benefit when make contracts for their opponents.
When you will begin preparation for fight?
For two weeks I’ve been preparing for the fight. Now I’m preparing in Russia, then I’ll have my main camp in Germany.
Are you afraid that Haye will pull out of the fight as he did with the Klitschko brothers?
No. After dealing with Ruslan Chagaev, now I’m not afraid of anything.
Nuurzhaelan red K'd me for this thread, haha, what a pussy, apparently you can't even have an opinion on things anymore with the Klithuggers. I wonder why he hasn't actually posted a reply though..... Hmmmmm. Just a sneaky red K that he thinks nobody will find out about.....
I remember an interview with Wlad after the Chagaev fight. He was asked about a possible fight with Valuev.
Wlad answered, like "Valuev was defeated by Chagaev. I soundly defeated Chagaev, who is the true WBA champion. Valuev was asked to fight me, but turned the fight down, when Haye pulled out. Valuev had his chance to fight me. I'm not interested in a fight with him right now."
I'm not sure about the conditions of the contracts of the Klitschkos. But if a boxer defeated a Klitschko in the 90s, he had to face the brother. I think it's still the same in the contracts.
What is so bad about this? IF SOMEBODY PROVES HE CAN DEFEAT ONE KLITSCHKO, HE IMMEDITELY DESERVES A (TITLE) SHOT AT THE OTHER BROTHER! IT IS NOT BAD, IT IS GOOD FOR THE DIVISION!
And who says Vitali ducked Valuev? Oh Valuev himself.
Valuev didn't say Vitali 'ducked' him, he just said he pulled out of negotiations for a fight. Vitali hasn't denied it.
And who says Haye didn't duck Vitali? Oh, Haye himself.
Who else would know?!
I suspect a completely different thing behind the whole story: Don King wants to get rid of Valuev. Valuev draws too little money and charismatic Haye (and Valuev conqueror) would be exactly right. Maybe Haye has some deals with Don King running.
Now that, I can believe.
I believe him... Haye better keep his mouth shut :lol1:
I don't think Haye'll be dooing much disrespecting for this fight, its just the sisters who deserve it.
seems pretty simple to me...Haye is attempting to get the WBA belt to have something to bargain with against either Klits rather than just get shafted. If he has that belt, he'll get a better deal, guaranteed
Like I said on the night of the breaking news...
Haye-Valuev
Wlad-Chambers
Vitali-Arreola
How is that not a great end to the HW season of 2009? Those matches look to be the most fun I've seen for a long while, and mostly all well-deserving (barring Haye, but that's a non-issue since we'd only get a far worse and less-deserving match in Valuev-Ruiz instead).
Am I missing something? Where is this so called evidence of the Klitchko's being a) evil money grabbing whores b) sucking at boxing c) being afraid of the most god awful boxer to ever lace up a set of gloves d) being afraid of a roided up pom with NO heavyweight wins worth $hit? I just read a fairly run-of-the-mill interview complete with one boxer's unsubstantiated accusations that air every single week here. You guys would form one totally shit jury in court. Evidence my ass you amatuer hour f.uckwits. If thats evidence then I walked on the moon and I'm Neil Armstrong you dumb ass yank wankers. There, I wrote it and you assholes read it, it must be true.....right?
Its not 100% proof, but, its funny how now 2 boxers have mentioned the ridiculous demands of the sisters in pre fight contracts, and the fact that Vitalia just disappeared and stopped taking Valuev's calls is hilarious.
Now Carnivore/~Tunney normally comes back with some knowledge thwarting rumours about the Klits, (thats right - THWARTING) lol. The fact he hasn't this time must say there is some truth to this embarrassing position the sisters are in. Oh and Klitschko2009 normally comes back with the standard ''Haye hype job, bitch... Blah blah blah.
The STRONG, HARD HITTING EASTERN European will DECIMATE this BRITISH GLASS JAWED, DISRESPECTFUL hypejob.
This new robot is ****ing up, it thinks Valuev is British.
By Alexey Potapov....
WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev has given an exclusive interview to *********.com in which he speaks about his upcoming fight against former WBC/WBA/WBO cruiserweight champion David Haye on November 7th in Germany. It had been previously announced that Haye would fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko on September 12, but the British hope then decided to challenge for Valuev’s title instead.
Hello, Niko! I am glad to see you again!
Hi, Alex! *********.com best regards!
Niko, news about your fight with Haye has left many shocked. How quickly did you make a decision to take this fight?
Negotiations were conducted very quickly. It didn’t take long for me to think about and agree to this fight. I am sure that I’m better than him.
You knew that Haye would pull out of the fight with Vitali Klitschko?
Yes, I knew about it, but Vitali has not followed through on his promises. Several months ago Vitali and I spoke by phone and agreed to have a fight between us. Then Vitali stopped speaking to me. I communicated this to my promoter and they informed me that Klitschko doesn’t wish to fight me. What should I do after that? Wait? But by the time of this fight I’ll have not fought for nearly a year. A strong contender is necessary for me. I have chosen Haye. Unlike Team Klitschko, we have quickly come to an agreement with him.
Now having selected Vitali’s planned opponent, do you think this could cost you a fight against the Klitschkos?
If the Klitschko brothers wish to claim all the titles, they should fight me.
Haye hasn’t always proved to be a gentleman. You know about his t-shirt depicting the chopped-off heads of the Klitschko brothers. Are you ready for such treatment?
I think that will only make it worse for Haye! He will not distract me from my psychological balance. I have immunity to such things. And if he does manage to provoke me, he will be held responsible in the ring!
Why have you have chosen Haye? He’s not the official challenger on your title.
It’s my voluntary defense and I can fight with whomever I want.
The WBA’s mandatory challenger John Ruiz is protesting the fight and demanding through his lawyers that the WBA not authorize a fight between you and Haye.
Who is John Ruiz? To me it’s scandalous that he lives all his life in court in front of a judge. I’ve already beat him two times. I’m much stronger than him. He is not interesting to me as a challenger!
What about the fact that Haye has had only one fight in the division since officially moving to heavyweight?
He was the world champion at cruiserweight. He is very fast and dangerous, but I know that I’ll win. I’ll look at his fights, I’ll study him. I know he likes to talk for long amounts of time, but I will make the fight short.
Haye has stated that he refused the fight against Klitschko because of a bad contract. What conditions did Haye demand?
I don’t know. Ask my promoter. But I think it wasn’t the money. I know that Klitschko offered bad conditions for Haye. I even looked at the contract. These conditions were awful! The Klitschko brothers think only of their own benefit when make contracts for their opponents.
When you will begin preparation for fight?
For two weeks I’ve been preparing for the fight. Now I’m preparing in Russia, then I’ll have my main camp in Germany.
Are you afraid that Haye will pull out of the fight as he did with the Klitschko brothers?
No. After dealing with Ruslan Chagaev, now I’m not afraid of anything.
Am I missing something? Where is this so called evidence of the Klitchko's being a) evil money grabbing whores b) sucking at boxing c) being afraid of the most god awful boxer to ever lace up a set of gloves d) being afraid of a roided up pom with NO heavyweight wins worth $hit? I just read a fairly run-of-the-mill interview complete with one boxer's unsubstantiated accusations that air every single week here. You guys would form one totally shit jury in court. Evidence my ass you amatuer hour f.uckwits. If thats evidence then I walked on the moon and I'm Neil Armstrong you dumb ass yank wankers. There, I wrote it and you assholes read it, it must be true.....right?
You're a moron.
What facts?
Valuev is a Don King puppet. Nobody should take anything that freak says seriously.
i agree. ppl should listen to your unbiased fact based opinions instead.
You're a moron.
What facts?
Valuev is a Don King puppet. Nobody should take anything that freak says seriously.
Why is it anyone that says anything you don't like about the bitchkos they are a liar, how do you know that the bitchkos aren't liars?
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