Haye Agreed To Klitschko Deal, Then Vanished

[JM1]

He's just a hypejob that was the undisputed cruiserweight champion.

How disgusting.

co-sign that mate

[Frank Martin]

Should have name him David Gay

[MissDeeCole]

I wouldnt even put any money on him fighting Valuev.

[JM1]

Should have name him David Gay

that idea will be remembered in boxingscene dont worry

[El_Cholo]

I'm a Haye fan and must say I'm disappointed at this.

[chilly9876]

We all wanted him to fight the Klits but lets look at the facts and be reasonable here:

1st scheduled fight against Wlad:
Haye is only given U.K revenue, Setanta-the channel that was gonna braodcast the fight is about to go bust, meaning Haye would have fought Wlad for free..which no Boxer is ever gonna do.

Fight against Vitali:
Firstly its the klit gang who've been saying its a done deal all this time, not really heard much from Haye.
Secondly if the Klits have options on him for two further fights that would mean the following:

current Date july 23rd 2009
Fight Date: October 22nd 2009??
(most top heavys seem to fight every 9 months)
2nd Fight: approx july 22nd 2010
3rd Fight: approx april 22nd 2011

This would mean he would tie himself up for two years on **** pay terms just so he can have a shot at the klits, not only that after those two years even if he beats them both he then has to go on and prob fight the other big guys out there to solidify his legacy.

On the other hand we could be logical and realise that the klits need Haye nearly as much as he needs them, haye realises this. And so if he fights valuev and gets the title and then beats whoever is the top contender after the Klits, haye will become proven and all of a sudden the tables will turn on the Klits. People will realise the Klits need to offer haye better terms and HAVE to make a fight with him.

This way he'll have better terms and make alot more money.

The truth is that haye really did and does want to fight the klits but first setanta went bust and now he's realised that there's a better way of going about this.

In all reality alot of the blame lies with the Klits, its not like they're exactly trying to coax Haye into fighting them, they're giving him **** terms and putting him off on purpose.

[KESSLER]

****ing David Haye talking all that **** about the Klitschko's, then ducks them.

[ELPacman]

Haye's a *****. He rans his mouth of Wlad for soooo long only to break himself in training. Now he bitches outta Vitali fight. Avoids both Klits, and now faces the giant monster. I don't mean monster in his skills either. This guy sucks...moving right along...

[joe strong]

why are all you people so ****** & blind? He wouldn't have pulled out of the vitali fight if don king wasn't in his ear with a 10 times better offer.haye is getting paid alot & has a chance to make alot more $ if he wins.we all know he has a better chance vs valuev & the bitchkos say they want to unify.your previous little bitchkos got schooled on how to be a REAL boxing promoter.don king is to blame not haye.he's 77 & been doing this since the 60's & you are all so ****** if you don't realize what happened here.your bitchko sisters thought they were in control of the division,well I got a news update for you: don king has control as long as he owns a belt & he just proved it.if haye wins the klits want haye they either anti-up 50% or they will have to deal with a 3 headed division for a long time.those ****** bitchko sisters are furious & it looks good on them.they dissed valuev & king like they were nothing & when king & haye count their $$$$ for this fight I'm sure they realize who is the superior promoter & it's not them.even if valuev wins they won't get to retire haye because valuev will get credit & more than likely will get a chance to unify & get very very rich off the klits.in the overall picture DON KING just pulled the biggest heist in boxing in years & there isn't a thing the bitckos or you sadsack nutrhuggers can do about it....the funny thing is I never liked haye but it's too hard not to like him now.he's no dumby,all he wants is finacial security.he said this many times which you all know & now win or lose he gets it rather he fights the klits or not.there is no gaurentees he beats valuev but we all know he better show something more than his last fight or haye will be dangling the WBA belt on tv after his win & probably wearing his severed head shirt with that big smile on his face.I now smell unification coming in the next year...I love it because now the bitchkos know not to disregard & insult don king ever again.I'm sure the bitchkos are swearing in 5 languages now thinking how an uneducated 77 year old criminal just took them to school.now they look ****** & not haye or king.you nuthuggers are just whiners & I LOVE every minute of this.bring on the hatemail & red karma it only makes me feel better knowing I can get under all your skin!LOL!

[CasperUK]

When will people realise that boxing is a business first and foremost?

The reason why the Haye-Vitali bout fell through is probably because of the same reason why Haye-Wladimir was to difficult to make in the first place; Klitschko's wanting too much controlling stakes in all aspects of the game; purse, venue, contractual, rematch clauses etc.

Don King probably made a better offer to Haye as well. Don't forget that Haye is the star attraction and it is because of HIM alone that any bout with the Klitschko brothers is so widely hyped...and yet, the Klitschko's want everything their own way with barely an inch to negotiate.

It simply didn't make good business sense for the fight to happen.

On the other hand, fighting and potentially Valuev increases Haye's bargaining power and he will have more to bring to the table; a championship belt on the table, Don King out of the way (why either Klitschko brothers didn't want to fight Valuev), more money, more stakes on the table and so on.

It's a shrewd BUSINESS move by David Haye.

The fans can cry all they want about this, how Haye is a *****, how he is weak, too scared, sell out etc etc etc but in boxing you look after number one.