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As Lennox Lewis reclined on his dressing room couch ahead of the crunch WBC, WBA, IBF and IBO unification fight with Evander Holyfield in 1999 his entourage started to amp up the atmosphere by vocally stimulating their man. “It was written, before you was born it was written, Lion,” they chanted, adding to the loose sense of Rastafari mysticism that surrounded Lewis throughout his 44 fight career. Lewis, who was 34-1 at the time, was in need of a cheering section. Unconvincing wins over Ray Mercer, Henry Akinwande and Zeljko Mavrovic, added to that devastating second-round TKO loss to Oliver McCall in 1994, had seen Lewis derided for his cautious approach and delusions of heavyweight grandeur. [Click Here To Read More]
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Great Article, shows what a Scam UK boxing is. Their fighters get so hyped by the media that they believe the garbage they spew and think that they deserve everything in the world and are the greatest when they havent fought anyone or fought and got exposed. Any other country they would be told to STFU and fight except in the UK! Its a joke calling this the biggest HW fight since the lennix fight.
Amir Khan and David Haye are both frauds who get their toes licked by everyone in the UK so they start to believe that they are owed everything and it should be their way when one has no chin and the other one is too scared to fight someone ranked in the top 25. -
Why can't Haye demand he is treated fairly against Wlad, just like Maidana is doing with Khan?
Seems like an anti-British brigade to me.Comment
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Are YOU BLIND? He was offered 50/50% split and he refused it saying he wants Germany TV MONEY.
UK Fighters are so spoiled they think they deserve everything without having a resume to back it up, look at who Wlad is and Haye is and tell me with a straight face he deserves 50/50. and he got the 50/50 but still rejected it because HES SCARED!
He doesnt even deserve a 50/50% split but still got one, Wlad/Vitali are 1000x bigger name in the world than David Haye since they are known all around the world and he is hardly known in the UK.
So I guess a champion like wlad should get 40% while david gets 60% and germany money?
He is a clown and you UK fans are so delusional, no wonder your the laughing stock in the world of Boxing. and soon the laughing stock of the world with your "anything is offensive and racist in the UK attitude" where everyone is butthurt over any remark. What happened to the great country that once dominated the world? Now its being run over by immigrants because they know UK doesnt have a backbone to say anything.Comment
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Owned yourself there mate. How can it be a 50-50 split if Wlad wants all the German TV money? Haye wanted a 50-50 split across the entire board, which was more than fair.
Wlad even rejected the offer of him keeping all the German money, and Haye keeping all the UK money, but surprise, surprise he said no. Why? Because he knows that Haye is a huge star in the UK and attracts a huge PPV audience, something Wlad can oinly dream of with his boring, robotic style.Comment
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HAHAHAHA!
Theres a diffirence between TV money and the Main Purse!
50/50 across the board is "more than fair?" for who? So not only he wants half the purse but half of the bonus money as well? HE HAS NO RESUME AND DUCKED EVERYONE AND A FRAUD HE DOESNT DESERVE 60/40 BUT STILL GOT 50/50! WANKER! Hahaha! Dirty UK Slime turning into little pakistan, go learn farsi and hindu! soon it will turn into the same s*hole that you invaded and now they are all coming back home to daddy!
David is nowhere near the draw that Wlad is, everyone knows that besides you butthurt UK fans who think he deserves the world. He doesnt even deserve a 55/45% split much less 50/50. Why didnt he protest for a purse bid? BECAUSE HES SCARED.
Anyone who really wants to fight Wlad will find a way to do it. David is just a duck and you UK fans buy it up like Khan's bs stories.
Haha at him refusing a 50/50 deal! Clown has no HW resume yet feels entitles for germany money which nobody knows his name. Are you kidding me? I wish they invent a device that I can punch you in the face for being so ******.
But I guess its something in the UK water where it makes you have the iq of a gypsy.Comment
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Wlad is a boring, robotic fighter who makes insomniacs reach for their pillows. He is the direct cause of HBO's abandonment of the HW division. Face it, Dr Boring is a boring, dull, depressing fighter, who can't even spell exciting. The only people who seem to like him are Germans who mistake his fights for a night at the opera. Because the crowd doesn't get loud at Wlad fights, they can sit in peace and drink fine champagne.
Haye is the real deal. He brings brash power, speed, and skill into the equation. He sold 800,000 PPV's vs Valuev, and he will sell 1,000,000 PPV's vs Harrison. Wlad couldn't dream of doing those numbers. Haye is the attraction my friend and deserves a 50-50 across the board split.
Wlad needs to stop making insane purse demands, and have the courage to face the Hayemaker.Comment
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You still on that pathetic hype train, even after he turned down a 50/50 purse deal with no rematch clauses to fight Wlad Klitschko, in order to fight a man ranked 42 in the world by boxrec? I used to think you were an intelligent and objective poster, but lately you seem to be blindly supporting any fighter who happens to be British.
And after the Valuev and Ruiz performances, his skill is extremely suspect, at least in terms of whether he has a cat in hell's chance of getting past either Klitschko's jab. Against the slow and ponderous Valuev he had one of the lowest work-rates in Heavyweight title history, and barely managed to get a majority decision; while Ruiz was able to land his jab almost at will. Both Klitschkos have far better jabs than either Ruiz or Valuev, and are far more powerful and skilled than those two. Haye has power and speed and is brash. But he has provided no evidence whatsoever that he has enough skill to have a chance against either Klitschko.Last edited by Dave Rado; 09-10-2010, 01:29 PM.Comment
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No, Haye admits he was offered half the German money. You should read his statement properly. He said his complaint is that Wlad should have ditched his contract with RTL in order to increase the size of the pot, because, he claims, there were other broadcasters willing to pay more than RTL. As I say, read his statement. He was offered 50/50 across the board.Last edited by Dave Rado; 09-10-2010, 01:23 PM.Comment
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Great article, really good read. I would normally side with Haye but I think it's the ridiculous amount of confidence Harrison's displayed in every presser that has made me want him to win that little bit more. Would love to see him win a title!
Imagine if he unified the division and Haye didn't!! Hahahaha (I know that will never happen before I get slated for that).Comment
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