David Haye: "I Will Not Be a Slave Fighter"

[Animalistic]

Well said!!! He's gonna clean up this division!!!

The only thing Haye will end cleaning is toilets if one of the Kilts brothers ever get their hands on him

[IMDAZED]

uuummm, since they started K2 promotions?!?!

its not obvious haye got a better deal. he may have got a better deal or he may have gotten chicken and took the easier fight...

I had no idea they handled the promotions - silly me. I thought they had a Schaffer-like guy.

In any case, Haye seems to think he got the better deal. The idea that Don King is some devil while other promoters aren't is just ludicrous.

[KittenFlaps]

No one really knows what the terms of the contact that Vitali offered to Haye? but i reckon it can't have been far off the same contract that Wlad offered Haye, with Vitali getting the biggest slice of everything and Haye getting a slice of the UK revenue which is probably justifiable but Haye has stood back and thought that if he beats that big Russian bloke whose name i can't spell right now?, then that would give him more leverage in terms of negotiating any possible future fights with the Klit brothers.

Yes, Haye has made himself look like a bit of a **** but this makes more sense for him in the long run.

I don't hold it against Haye. It's his business plan, not mine. I'm just saying he would have made more money than any of us do in a year, and assuming he beat both Klits, he would be making gigantic paychecks. Now he is just going to make Valuev money.

Who knows, maybe he can beat Valuev and become a presence in the division, demand more money later, create some new energy in the division. First things first he has to actually fight someone.

[Tobi.G]

I thought Haye is real but hes just a talker, the biggest talker in boxing! Shame on Haye! I liked Haye but now i realise he has just a big mouth! The savior of heavyweight boxing?? Hahahhihihahahhuhuhu!!

[MissDeeCole]

David Haye and Floyd Mayweather--one in the same.

[edgarg]

Haye was only going to get the UK broadcaster money nothing else, if he fought the bitchkos. It's pretty much a certainty that he will get more from the Valuev fight.

If Haye's contract with W. K. specified that his sole recompense would be Setanta, the fact that Setanta went bankrupt would automatically cause grounds for re-negotiation for a fair share of the purse. The Klitschkos are known and noted for their fairness, background and behaviour almost unique in boxing circles.

[josenoway]

So f'ing classless - David Haye is a piece of **** who couldn't cash the checks his mouth was writing, so now he's playing the race card. In 2009 - yeah, David, that's a really classy thing to do, associate your f'ing paycheck with one of the darkest periods in mankind's history. This is just as ****** as when Floyd used the term.

[Nuurzhaelan]

So f'ing classless - David Haye is a piece of **** who couldn't cash the checks his mouth was writing, so now he's playing the race card. In 2009 - yeah, David, that's a really classy thing to do, associate your f'ing paycheck with one of the darkest periods in mankind's history. This is just as ****** as when Floyd used the term.

Another thing. Where does haye get the temerity to play the 'race card' when he was the one who instigated this verbal and contractual war? Now he's shamelessly trying to pin it all on the Klitschkos because they treated him contemptuously in the negotiations? What the FRICK did this douche expect? Unbelievable.

[boxing_great]

David Haye’s Hayemaker group have sent out an explanation as to why Haye will take on Nikolai Valuev instead of Vitali Klitschko. Haye versus Valuev will take place on the 7th of November, with Germany the likely destination. Valuev’s WBA heavyweight title will be on the line. [details]

The boxing headlines tomorrow read as follows:

Haye backs out for the 3rd time from Valuev Fight.
Chases John 'Quiet Man' Ruiz.

[bluemax]

SEND HAYE BACK TO THE LOSERWEIGHT DIVISION WHERE HE BELONGS!! When he stops runnig from real competition and can prove he can beat fighters who are known past the neighborhood where he fights them in or at least are under 40. Wait a minute last time he fought an old guy he got knocked out. maybe he should just quit boxing and open a custom tee-shirt store