Comments Thread For: Wladimir Klitschko: "Haye Fight Will Happen on July 2!"

[King_Lukas]

thats the past man, we will never know if the injury was legit or not. if wlad can pull out of a fight through injury, who is to say haye wasnt?

or

maybe haye realised he got a shot at valuev and could make more money by waiting later to fight the klits which is true

or

maybe haye thought he wasnt ready then after rethinking it and decided to do 2-3 more camps before fighting wlad like now

whatever it is what we know now is that this isnt hayes fault about july 2nd

So "its the past man" means we should forget all history?

or

Haye again shows he is more of a money grabber than legacy creator

or

exactly...except Haye probably thought..."**** this guys technical drilling makes it impossible for my unadaptable brawly style to win...its only been tried against shot bums"

lastly

you still have not explained to me why your name is LFC19titles when they have only won 18...I will keep bugging you over this because you are a Liverpool fan..and I thiink you are all ****s.

[jeremy85]

Royal Wedding? Brits have their priorities all screwed up.

[King Of Ring]

As has been the case for the past 3 years. It's always something; fake back injury, slave contracts, "I am too busy on vacation", money split, now the date. It's always something with those two. The pressure is on Haye to make the fight, not on the Klitschkos. The Klitschkos didn't make their name off Haye, it was Haye that made his name off them with his promises to KO both of them. When he first came onto the HW scene he had to give 2 for 1 tickets and still had to put up curtains to hide all the empty seats.

[BoxingTech718]

I think Wlad should scrap the Chisora fight and just fight Haye in April. There is always a chance Wlad could lose or more likely get hurt vs Chisora then have to postpone vs Haye.

[Ravens Fan]

I am going to put some historical perspective on this situation. Between April 1, 1972 and March 31, 1973 Ali fought eight times. To include fighters such as George Chuvalo, Jerry Quarry, Floyd Patterson, Bob Foster and his first fight with Ken Norton. Eight times and you need to remember that this was Ali's second run at the title. Now fast forward to now and as far as Wlad is concerned. He is not prone to cuts he stays in shape and I personally feel that he has, unlike most other fighters, a healthy respect for the history of the sport. So, I see no problem with him having what amounts to little more then a glorified sparring session with Chisora and then two months latter beating Haye to a pulp. And if Wlad did somehow get hurt they can fight on the last day of September and Haye can then retire on October 1st as the loser that he is.

[hweightblogger]

I am going to put some historical perspective on this situation. Between April 1, 1972 and March 31, 1973 Ali fought eight times. To include fighters such as George Chuvalo, Jerry Quarry, Floyd Patterson, Bob Foster and his first fight with Ken Norton.

I completely agree except for 1 thing:
Ali lost to Ken Norton thus I would call it a 7-win-highway-streak.

• By the way Ali's shortest distance between 2 mentionworthy opponents (= not bummy) is 22 days (Jerry Quarry - Alvin Lewis).
• Mike Tyson: 59 days (Holmes, Tubbs)
• Joe Louis: 61 days (Bonavena - Machen)
• Lennox Lewis: 77 days (Grant - Botha)

Wlad's 63 days are nothing mindblowing.

David Haye himself fought at a 63 day distance.

I also find it strange that people complain how SELDOM modern fighters fight and then complain that Wlad fights TOO SOON.

[Pullcounter]

this is getting ******.

[have_not]

Wlad is doing this so haye doesnt try to the same **** he did last time they had a scheduled fight in april, back out and leave him inactive. if haye pulls out this time wlad has at least one fight in 2011. And chisora hurt wlad, common how you seen wlad fight the last years..

[ChampBox@PR]

An unimpressed Booth told Sky Sports News: "There were lots of people that know Wladimir really didn't want this fight yet. It's a shame. It's embarrassing for boxing that the unification fight isn't going to happen now because David's bent over backwards. We've conceded to every single ridiculous demand they made."

Booth added: "From the start they said 50-50. David said fine, even though potentially we're putting in the pot three or four times more than they're putting into the pot because of pay-per-view Sky box office. David still said 'let's get the fight done 50-50'.

"They said the fight had to be on their German broadcaster even though our German broadcaster was prepared to pay more. We said fine. They said 'we're not coming to England for the fight'. David said 'fine, I'll go to Germany'. They said Wladimir has to be in the red corner, Wladimir has to come in second, Wladimir's name has to be first on the poster and all these other ridiculous, egotistical things, and David said 'fine, have it, just get him in the ring with me'.

"The last thing was, here is the date we now have, we said yes, Sky have approved that date and they turn round and say 'we're now doing Chisora'. Wladimir should feel ashamed of himself."

This right here, I hope people can see the K-bros BS

[Pirao]

Wlad is doing this so haye doesnt try to the same **** he did last time they had a scheduled fight in april, back out and leave him inactive. if haye pulls out this time wlad has at least one fight in 2011. And chisora hurt wlad, common how you seen wlad fight the last years..

Exactly! Wlad knows Haye is not trustworthy (he has already proved it pulling out of fights before), so he goes on with his career in case Haye is trying to waste his time again.