The Sun newspaper claims Haye-Wlad is "back on track"

[Boxing Scene]

He also says: ""We are back on. We are trying to make it happen."

The title and first sentence were a little misleading, and the whole article is full of misleading spin, but if Haye wasn't very confident that a deal would be reached soon, he wouldn't have given this interview. He isn't saying the fight is on, as the Sun claims, he's actually saying that the negotiations are back on and that he thinks a deal is close.

Booth is a lousy negotiator and may yet screw things up, but I'm pretty sure from the Sun interview, Haye's tweets, the fact that Sky have pulled the plug on him for May, Boente's public optimism that a deal will be done, and the many anonymous sources in both camps who have said that a deal is close, that a deal really is close this time.

I don't doubt that Haye said that but it is nothing like what they're claiming in the article.

[IronDanHamza]

Back in 2003 The Sun told me that Ronaldo went to Scotland to visit his old friend Colin Cameron, and that he personally told him he is interested in leaving Real Madrid to join Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Just a few weeks ago I was reading The Sun and it had a picture of Glen Johnson and it had a caption underneath it saying 'Derek Chisora'

The Sun has zero credibility.

[Boxing Scene]

The Sun has zero credibility.

This.

The sun might as well be the national enquirer.

I'll stick with Booth's claim that the fight isn't even close to being done.

[Dave Rado]

Here's something that proves the fight isn't ON like they claimed earlier in the article.

Booth is working on thrashing out the finer points of the contract but virtually everything was settled during the last round of talks before Klitschko pulled the plug.

Please also refer to this news we received earlier:
Klitschko-Haye: Booth Says 'It's Still a Bit Premature'


Having a claimed signed contract before doesn't make this current fight signed, but we'll continue to watch this unfold. My guess would be this article is trash unless we here officially through a press release.

See my other post - The Sun meant that negotiations are back on track, not that the fight is definitely happening. I agree their wording was very misleading, but Haye clearly believes that a deal is close, even if Booth is playing it down (and Booth is capable of screwing up the simplest negotiations).

Haye wouldn't go public like this if he didn't think it was close to being signed - it would just make him look even more ****** than he looks already.

[Boxing Scene]

Haye wouldn't go public like this if he didn't think it was close to being signed - it would just make him look even more ****** than he looks already.

The Sun HAS posted ouright lies before. They could care less about being sued.

[The Hammer]

According to that article, Haye says they will be fighting on July 21.

But July 21 is a Thursday.

You can never believe a word Haye says.

[Dave Rado]

The Sun HAS posted ouright lies before. They could care less about being sued.

They wouldn't want to be sued by Haye - they're his cheerleader. I agree that what their reporter wrote was mostly misleading spin, but Haye himself won't have been misquoted, and he wouldn't have given the interview at all if he didn't think a deal was close.

[IronDanHamza]

Does anyone remember when The Sun reported the death of COLUMBIAN Edwin Valero?

[Dave Rado]

According to that article, Haye says they will be fighting on a July 21.

But July 21 is a Thursday.

You can never believe a word Haye says.

I think that date was probably a typo. All other sources are still talking about July 2.

Yes he's a congenital liar, but it still wouldn't make sense for him to give this interview unless he thought a deal was close.

[Dave Rado]

Does anyone remember when The Sun reported the death of COLUMBIAN Edwin Valero?

That wasn't a lie, and nor were they misquoting anyone - it was just a ****** error. Even the quality papers make errors of that sort occasionally.

They do lie quite brazenly sometimes, but they are extremely unlikely to intentionally misquote Haye. They want him to keep giving them interviews.