Comments Thread For: Haye Wants Vitali, Wladimir-Povetkin as Deadline Nears

[17gogetit]

As long as Haye fights Vitali what's the problem?

It wouldn't be a problem if he actually fights Vitali (soon). But his past behavior gives me no confidence that he's actually going to do it. I'll tune in when and if Haye actually fights a Klitschko, but until then I'm done paying attention to his bull****.

[Pirao]

As long as Haye fights Vitali what's the problem?

The problems is Haye is not fighting Vitali.

[tomjo]

I've got to say it. It does seem like Haye doesn't really want to fight either of them.

[Ravens Fan]

I don't see Haye beating Vitali even if Vit is at 50%. Simply because Haye wings his power punches, especially when he throws body punches. They are way wide and I can see him easily being impaled with even a 39 year straight punch from Vitali. Also, Vitali is to tall for Haye to beat him with rabbit punches as he did Ruiz. And if Haye struggled to hit Valuev I can see it also happening with Vitali who may be five inches shorter but a world apart as far as skill is concerned. Oh yea, and Ruiz found it rather easy to tag Haye so Vitali should have no problem hitting and hurting him. And I also honestly believe I just wasted five minutes of my life by typing this because Haye will most likely not fight either of the brothers and I honestly see an Adamek fight in his future. And I for one am not so sure that is a bad thing. Because, it will be an exciting fight and if the Polish warrior can pull it off we all know that unlike David "Noisemaker" Haye, Adamek will be willing to fight anyone.

[Clint650]

it's mind games

The klitschko's made Haye beg for like a year, now they need him he's making them beg

i agree with you, but i'd expect Haye to take this opportunity. Beating Wlad right now would be like beating both brothers since i think Wlad is the better fighter at the moment. sucks that Povetkin is in the way, and is a mandatory. theres money to be made to set him up for Wlad, and still have a showdown with Haye later, but they should also know a big fight is what the heavyweight division needs right now.

[Davros?]

It wouldn't be a problem if he actually fights Vitali (soon). But his past behavior gives me no confidence that he's actually going to do it. I'll tune in when and if Haye actually fights a Klitschko, but until then I'm done paying attention to his bull****.

I agree if he does fight Vitali than its not so bad but will he???

[klitschkobrofan]

it's mind games

The klitschko's made Haye beg for like a year, now they need him he's making them beg

1st of all when Haye called out Wladimir, it wasn't both Klitschko's, he had no status in the heavyweight division. So to say that the Klitschko's were playing mind games with Haye for like a year is ridiculous. Haye did not have a high enough ranking or status at heavyweight for Wladimir to give him the time of day. There were no mind games. Wladimir saw him as someone who needed to prove himself at heavyweight. Even when Haye still had little credentials at heavyweight last June Wladimir agreed to fight him but Haye backed out. He wasn't playing mind games then.

Both Klitschko's tried to fight him and he backed out on both times. I'd say if anyone is playing mind games it's Haye the whole time. Now, he is in a position to give fans a unification bout and a fight many heavyweight fans want to see and you think that it's ok for Haye to play mind games? It's a real appropriate time for it huh? I think the more likely scenario is Haye got what he wanted. A ticket to a title shot using the Klitschko's who he never really wanted to fight all along. Now that everyone is waiting for him to man up and give the dream fight - he shows no desire and gives no real response himself.

Don't you find it odd that he had the balls to confront Wladimir before but now his manager is doing all the talking when this is the time he should defend himself for Wladimir calling him out. He is afraid of Klitschko's -- especially Wladimir, but is ******** on Vitali since he could get really old overnight. That's what's really going on.

[Joeyzagz]

^^^Youd be hard pressed to find a 4 fight streak slower than this. And before Vitali retired he was sparked by a 40 year old geezer and a 50 year old golfer.

OK did Soir just say Corrie Sanders beat Vitali? What the **** is this guy smoking?

Vitali getting sparked by a golfer



If it is fair game for K-sisters to brag about how John Ruiz connected with Haye, then I see no reason not to bring up the 38 year old golfer actually knocking Vitali to the canvas. Some call it a push, but Vitali was on ***** street first, so any light nudge wouldve produced the same result.

The larger point I was making is that Vitali has not faced a guy with above average speed since before Corrie Sanders, which is about 7 years. Vitali gets the slow power guys(Arreola,Peter,Puritty) and Wlad gets the light handed fast guys(chambers,Chagaev,Byrd). Haye doesnt really fit into their categories so they want to dispose of him before he gets too powerful for Wlad and too fast for Vitali.

[maverock]

Haye is pissing on us boxing fans with his avoidance tactics. If this idiot spent more time in the boxing ring rather than trash talking and giving ****** talk show interviews we'd all be better off. But he's not.

[The Hammer]

So when Wladimir was calling out Haye and trying to get the fight made, Haye said he preferred to fight Vitali.

Now that Vitali is calling him out, Haye (through Booth) is saying he prefers to fight Wladimir.