Comments Thread For: Haye vs Harrison Negotiations Moving Forward, Says Hearn

[WladIsTheChamp]

I have two opinions on this subject.


A) Haye should not be rushing in to fight any Klitschko just yet. He needs to get acclimated to the new weight, and he needs to fight more top 10 guys before he gets in there with the best. Arreola, Peter, Adamek would be great fights for him IMO. He needs to fight some good punchers, and guys generally much bigger than him to get used to the size difference he will face with the Klits.

So I'm ok with him not fighting the Klits right away, I think it's in his best interest to work on his game as a heavyweight. Not really interested in a Audley fight, though...


B) With that said, he shot himself in the foot with all the trash talk against the Klits. I don't think he's ready, and I think he doesn't even think he's ready. He shouldn't of been running his mouth so much, and then end up doing nothing about it.

Like I said before, it's in his best interest to NOT fight them right away to get used to the new weight and the division... but he shouldn't of been running his mouth for the last two years, only to not do anything.

With all that said, I'm not in the negotiations, and I have never read one of the contracts offered to Haye... none of us know the full truth on what the terms were. Either you believe Klitschko's side, or you believe Haye's side... and realistically both sides could be skewing the full truth of the terms.

Either way, Haye needs more time in the division before I would even be excited about a Haye - Klitschko matchup.

I wasn't impressed with the Ruiz win. Yes he knocked him down multiple times. But, people seem to forget how Haye ACTUALLY looked in the fight just because he stopped Ruiz.

I thought Haye looked extremely sloppy, and extremely fatigued in certain parts of the fight. I couldn't help but to think if he ends up being that lazy against Wlad or Vitali, he is going to get slaughtered.


So to summarize, I'd like to see Haye take at least 3 more fights, while showing improvements before I feel he would be a threat to either Klitschko... Peter, Arreola, and especially Adamek would be great... and again, he shouldn't of ran his mouth so much IMO.

That's all I got.

Wlad will be way past his prime by that time, which you can actually claim he is past his physical prime (not skillwise) right now. We all know Vitaly is way past his prime, it's amazing how his body is still functioning at that level after all those surgeries.

There is no question as to who is lying and who is telling the truth, Gaye is the liar. If the contracts were so bad, he wouldn't have signed back in 2009 and then faked an injury to get out of the fight after he heard that Wlad was knocking people unconcsious in training camp. Look, Wlad went public with the 50/50 of the entire pot, no options offer, Gaye's team has yet to contravene that.

But there is one thing I definitely agree with you on, if Gaye wasn't ready, he shouldn't have ran his mouth and signed to fight when he knew that he wasn't going to.

[Mr. Philadel]

Promoter Barry Hearn tells Sky Sports News that negotiations are moving forward to make an all British showdown between his fighter Audley Harrison and WBC heavyweight champion David Haye. Hearn's son Eddie is involved in the talks, that Hearn says are going well. The fight doersn't mean much in the United States. For British fans the fight is huge. [Click Here To Read More]

Haye is a joke and if this fight gets made he'll become a even bigger joke.....dude is a disgrace

[D-MiZe]

Can anyone else think of any other fights that were a bigger farce then Harrison-Haye?

[Straightener]

Can anyone else think of any other fights that were a bigger farce then Harrison-Haye?

maybe pacman vs margacheato

[D-MiZe]

maybe pacman vs margacheato

Nope, nowhere near.

Even though Marg is a cheating ****, he was at least at world level.

[King Ju-Ju]

Haye made himself look like a punk with the Klitschko fiasco, but he did win the title against the Russian giant (whom Vlitali is targetting after Briggs), and defended against Ruiz who is a tough, and ugly out for anyone. Let him make his money against Audley, but if he doesn't step up next time he'll deserve all the **** balls that come his way.

im going about it the same way. he better man up after this fight.

[Straightener]

Nope, nowhere near.

Even though Marg is a cheating ****, he was at least at world level.

your not wrong. it is a total farse just a money maker for the hayemaker. people wont buy this **** but at least haye will get some practice knocking down bigger men

[Random1]

Well, sort of like Haye-Ruiz at least one guy will have to shut up and go away if this happens.

[Gorilla Dogs]

what a complete joke. harrision isnt even good man. haye is a joke

[Dave Rado]

Nope, nowhere near.

Even though Marg is a cheating ****, he was at least at world level.

Not only that, Pac wasn't running from a fight with the guy who he had been trash talking for the last two years; and he hasn't just turned down an offer from that guy for exactly the contract terms he had been asking for.

But Marg has been at world level for many years and there's no proof that he cheated prior to the Mosley fight, so I agree that on that basis alone, the comparison with Haye's frightened poodle imitation is ridiculous. Marg is ranked #3 at his weight by boxrec, whereas Audley is ranked #45. That says it all.