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People at work are talking about it but personally, I don't think there is enough hype by Sky at all. They show the ad on a regular basis but the newspapers aren't showcasing this like a Hatton, Lewis, Calzaghe, Hamed or Eubank fight. It's disappointing really but I hope it all changes next week. The general hope that everyone has is that they hope that Haye decapitates Wlad but it's probably 50/50 that people think he's capable of doing it. Interestingly enough, on the Wimbledon commentary this week, John McEnroe has mentioned on a numerous times about Wlad-Haye when discussing the giant killing chances in the early rounds for tennis players. He's clearly pumped up for it. sky used to be hardcore with adverts for fights a remember tyson holyfield 1,2 the adverts where goin for ages and they were always diffrent a taped everyone of the holyfield tyson ones they were cools has fuk

Not been much at all really. Are they even doing a behind the ropes show for this fight?

Like people have said, there's been a lot of other things happening recently... closer to the fight the hype will huge I find that you don't tend to hear casual fans talking about big fights until a few days before.

The Valuev and Harrison fights definitely had more buzz around them at this stage. However, Wimbledon and the golf have taken the spotlight away from Haye and Klitschko for a little while. Expect the buzz to build from Monday onwards.

I dunno there are posters in every pub I've been into. Even the Irish ones which tend to just show horse-racing and the gaelic sports. Although unless David Haye and Wlad Klit race into the ring on horses I doubt they'll be interested. Anyone watching it in 3D?

Everybody I know is talking about it. Sky wants to sell it like it's Ali-Frazier.

Well, everyone I know seems to be pretty pumped, but at this time of year there are lots of other things that have to be covered by the mainstream media. Hatton's big fights were in spring & winter when there was much less going on. British sporting events don't really get much bigger than wimbledon, and there has just been a huge weekend for us in golf with Mcilroy destroying the field to win the US open and an England test series has also been taking place, so there's been lots going on. Sky are sure to go sick with their coverage next week though, they'll be amping this fight like a motherf*cker. Don't expect this fight to dominate the back pages, though. There's just too many other things going on. Even the day of, and day after the fight it will be competing against the wimbledon finals for media coverage. If Murray makes the final that is potentially a much bigger story for Britain than anything that is likely to happen in Hamburg. A British Wimbledon winner would be huge. Even in europe, this fight coincides with the start of the tour de France , which is a very big deal in many parts of europe. I think you've hit the nail on the head with this post, as Im in N.Ireland Rory winning the golf is pretty much all everyone has been talking about since he was in the lead after the first day. That would explain the lack of excitement/interest where i am. I never thought about that. And now quite a few people are talking about Murray's chances. i think ur trolling. either that or ur a complete dumbass. posters all over london, pubs, clubs, sky are advertising the fight on all their channels. i was watching sky3 today and saw an advert in between airline. everyone is talking about it. but nice try to troll ******. Not trolling, sorry to disappoint u, i havent heard many people mention this fight. They know about it, but arent talking about it. Im not talking about sky's promotion, im talking about the public interest of the promotion. I know sky have adverts on all over the place, i mentioned it in the OP. Everyone i know knows i like boxing, and the amount of times they've asked me about this fight i can count on one hand.

Well, everyone I know seems to be pretty pumped, but at this time of year there are lots of other things that have to be covered by the mainstream media. Hatton's big fights were in spring & winter when there was much less going on. British sporting events don't really get much bigger than wimbledon, and there has just been a huge weekend for us in golf with Mcilroy destroying the field to win the US open and an England test series has also been taking place, so there's been lots going on. Sky are sure to go sick with their coverage next week though, they'll be amping this fight like a motherf*cker. Don't expect this fight to dominate the back pages, though. There's just too many other things going on. Even the day of, and day after the fight it will be competing against the wimbledon finals for media coverage. If Murray makes the final that is potentially a much bigger story for Britain than anything that is likely to happen in Hamburg. A British Wimbledon winner would be huge. Even in europe, this fight coincides with the start of the tour de France , which is a very big deal in many parts of europe.

There was a pretty big backlash after the Harrison fight, Haye did get a lot (not as much as he should have though imo) **** after that. That could be a factor. Yeah I think that might by a factor. Friends of mine with little interest in boxing were talking about the Fraudley fight, I've not heard much regarding the Klit fight. I'd not be surprised if they didn't want to watch boxing again after that farce. Haye v Fraud was also the first fight Sky broadcast in 3D, so I think they had a more aggresive ad campaign to hype that. I think the hype machine is starting to crank into gear now anyway.

i think ur trolling. either that or ur a complete dumbass. posters all over london, pubs, clubs, sky are advertising the fight on all their channels. i was watching sky3 today and saw an advert in between airline. everyone is talking about it. but nice try to troll ******.

I'm saving my comments next week. Next week, my demon mode will raise as I cheer for Klitschko to knockout Haye. YEA!

Hell no! Even my mother is talking about the Haye-Klitschko fight!

Sky are just beginning to push the fight, the advert is on almost every 30mins, but the papers haven't been doing the samething yet, nothing would top the Mayweather-Hatton fight for me over here, it was all over in the papers, Mayweather's face/story was everywhere etc but am sure this fight would be bigger towards the end of next week.

By end of next week people will be buzzing. The Harrison fight did annoy people though, myself included.

I think the Valuev and Harrisson fights really took some of the sheen off Haye. It'll pick up, though. I'll probably have upwards of 10 mates watching this with me, and only a couple really qualify as boxing fans. He has been promoting himself, he was on the Alan Carr show the other week. I didn't watch it, though, because Carr annoys the shit out of me.

Put yourself in the shoes of the average joe that doesn't have any invested interest or knowledge concerning the the sport.You've already listened to Haye talking himself up,promise a spectacular performance,and then you've seen him go out and put on horrible showings.Honestly,would you want to go through that again? People see through Haye's bull**** and know that he isn't the fighter that he portrays himself to be. Haye's fight with Harrison and Valuev attracted interest for all the wrong reasons.Wlad's not a British heavyweight participating in a domestic showdown and he's not a complete freak like Valuev. There was a pretty big backlash after the Harrison fight, Haye did get a lot (not as much as he should have though imo) **** after that. That could be a factor.

It'll be amped up to the max next week with the final pressers and weigh in Im thinking there'll be a big push towards the end, but i was outta the country the week leading up to the Valeuv fight and i remember before i left everyone was talking about whether Haye could beat "the giant" and no-one giving him much of a chance (not realising that Valeuv is/was pure ****e. They were just looking at the size difference) And for Harrison I think sky had put a bit more effert into it. U couldnt avoid not seeing a big promo for it every half an hour. Sky are sticking adds up for this one in pretty much every break on the sports channels, but the promotion seems to be lacking something that the Harrison fight had. I cant put my finger on it though! Maybe its Haye not being a loud mouthed prick all the time. I dunno

Put yourself in the shoes of the average joe that doesn't have any invested interest or knowledge concerning the the sport.You've already listened to Haye talking himself up,promise a spectacular performance,and then you've seen him go out and put on horrible showings.Honestly,would you want to go through that again? People see through Haye's bull**** and know that he isn't the fighter that he portrays himself to be. Haye's fight with Harrison and Valuev attracted interest for all the wrong reasons.Wlad's not a British heavyweight participating in a domestic showdown and he's not a complete freak like Valuev.

It'll be amped up to the max next week with the final pressers and weigh in

People at work are talking about it but personally, I don't think there is enough hype by Sky at all. They show the ad on a regular basis but the newspapers aren't showcasing this like a Hatton, Lewis, Calzaghe, Hamed or Eubank fight. It's disappointing really but I hope it all changes next week. The general hope that everyone has is that they hope that Haye decapitates Wlad but it's probably 50/50 that people think he's capable of doing it. Interestingly enough, on the Wimbledon commentary this week, John McEnroe has mentioned on a numerous times about Wlad-Haye when discussing the giant killing chances in the early rounds for tennis players. He's clearly pumped up for it.