Comments Thread For: David Haye: I Will Still Retire Later This Year

[toysale]

The way I see it, Haye had two ambitions. One being leaving boxing by the age of 31 as he would be "one of the very few fighters who goes out on top". The other ambition he said he had would be to unify the heavyweight division and 'respark' the division with excitement.

In my opinion, if Haye wants to be recognised as a good heavyweight from this era, then he has to drop this retirement crap and actually fight the legitimate top fighters in the division. He did a good job at cruiserweight but has done very little at heavyweight in comparison.

The "very few fighters who go out on top" are likely to have already achieved what they had set out to do and wouldn't have gone out when they did without accomplishing their set targets, or at least trying their hardest to achieve that goal before bowing out regardless of whether they were on top of their game or not (you may disagree but this is my perspective of all this).

It's still a fight I want to see and I would root for Haye all the way but bowing out on top of your game does nothing for your resume when the two best fighters of this era aren't on your record.

[Check]

I don't think there is a single person with a brain that respects David Haye. I have never seen the boxing community so together when it comes to David Haye. We all dislike him and we all think he's the biggest ***** in the history of the sport. David Haye is one of the biggest disgraces in the history of all sports.

[tomatocantender]

LMAO at quoting Haye saying, "shock worn." The term is shopworn and it's been around Boxing for over 100 yrs. Little stumbles like this lets me know that we're dealing with journalists rather than beat writers whom have true "sweet science" acumen.

[slindee3]

Considering the background for this past and all the events that took place, Haye is not forgiven for anything but Wlad gets a pass, and that's only fair. Wlad wasn't the one running up to Haye on an escalator begging for a fight, he didn't promise to decapitate Haye, he didn't back out of a fight with Haye with two weeks to go with unsubstantiated injury, he didn't back out of made negotiations with Vitaly, Wlad also didn't stay quite for 7 months after Haye called him out, and he Wlad actually signed to fight for July 2nd and Haye didn't.

It's a moot point me trying to dialogue with you about the Klits. In your eyes, the Klits can do no wrong. But even though you are not willing to put the past behind, it appears in the link below that Wlad was. Keep in mind that the video is after the negotiations fell apart. According to the video, who's the ***** now?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe-Z7QN_t6M

[MrFynest]

Haye quit being an attention whore. Like we're supposed to believe you're retiring in Oct. and if u do "retire" you'll pull a Mayweather and return. You claim to want to retire on "top". You're not a Lenox Lewis who cleaned out the division before stepping down. You have zero legaci, just an alphabelt belt.

[ChopperRead]

The way I see it, Haye had two ambitions. One being leaving boxing by the age of 31 as he would be "one of the very few fighters who goes out on top". The other ambition he said he had would be to unify the heavyweight division and 'respark' the division with excitement.

In my opinion, if Haye wants to be recognised as a good heavyweight from this era, then he has to drop this retirement crap and actually fight the legitimate top fighters in the division. He did a good job at cruiserweight but has done very little at heavyweight in comparison.

The "very few fighters who go out on top" are likely to have already achieved what they had set out to do and wouldn't have gone out when they did without accomplishing their set targets, or at least trying their hardest to achieve that goal before bowing out regardless of whether they were on top of their game or not (you may disagree but this is my perspective of all this).

It's still a fight I want to see and I would root for Haye all the way but bowing out on top of your game does nothing for your resume when the two best fighters of this era aren't on your record.

He fought ONE top-ranked fighter so far -- Valuev -- and won a very questionable majority decision in that.

His other fights at HW aren't worth mentioning, really.

He'll probably retire -- and then "unretire" later when he runs out of cash, and when Vitali, who he fears the most, has retired.

[ChopperRead]

Haye quit being an attention whore. Like we're supposed to believe you're retiring in Oct. and if u do "retire" you'll pull a Mayweather and return. You claim to want to retire on "top". You're not a Lenox Lewis who cleaned out the division before stepping down. You have zero legaci, just an alphabelt belt.

That's like asking him to quit breathing.

[LeadUppercut]

Sorry David, but a true champion finishes what he set out to do in the first place. The whole reason he said he was moving up to Heavyweight was to clean it out, and that the Klitchkos were a "disgrace" to the division.

1 million points for anyone who can find me the post fight interview (Haye/Enzo Mc) where he was announcing his move to heavyweight for those reasons. It was ringside with (I believe) Max Kellerman. It gives me a GOOD laugh....

Yep, I remember that interview.

I can't find stuff on the internet damned if I know how everyone else does. These links pretty much summarise the situation though

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=12916

http://www.********boxing.com/boxing...nelli-Haye.php

And this is funny.....

http://www.boxinghighlights.info/klitschko-haye-confrontation/

[LeadUppercut]

I'd green K you if I could.

Haye keeps shouting, "I'M RETIRING, REALLY I AM," at the top of his lungs, as if he wants everyone to say, "NO, DAVID, PLEASE DON'T GO!"

He's retiring because he can't hack it with the big boys and is too proud to go back to cruiser.

He retires having made no real mark on the heavyweight division, except to be one of the most annoying fighters to have ever appeared on the scene.

Hold on.....

Haye said that he would retire by 30 before he moved to heavyweight.....

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=12916

A ridiculous scenario, but it was there before he won the WBA title.

[LeadUppercut]

imho, it's just a ruse. haye will return eventually

IMHO, you will never see Haye step foot inside the squared circle again.

He has been stating that he will retire before the end of 2011 for over two years now, and he mentions it all the time in interviews.