My 5 minutes with Wlad and David
I was at the first UK press conference in when these two were scheduled to fight each other in June 2009.
During the pre-conference interviews, I had managed to negotiate some time with each fighter to make a promo for the network I was working for at the time.
The idea was that I would film each fighter seperately saying some lines infront of a portable blue screen, then make the promo later.
Wlad was up first. But before I had my alloted 15 minutes with him, he had an interview with one of Britain's main boxing analysts. So, I thought it might be a good opportunity to get a few extra shots of the big fella.
I hung around the interview set like a bad smell. Apparently Wlad was running a bit late. I sat down on one of the chairs surrounding the interview area. Suddenly, Wlad was entered the room, He made his way towards me. He had come in earlier than expected and I was caught off guard trying to scramble together the camera and get some shots of him entering the room and meeting the media personalities present. I wondered why I couldn't see him in my view finder. Very calmy, Dr Wladimir Klitschko pointed at me and said (quite loundly) "your lens cap is on". Funny moment and I felt like a ****. Later, I had 5 minutes with Wlad. I got him to say some lines and we had a bit of a laugh about the lens cap. He was cool, a bit stand offish - but I think he just didn't like the British press at that time because they gave him quite a hard time.
After that, I had 5 minutes with David Haye. He was pretty cool. Easy to talk to and genuinely funny. At one point I was in the room alone with him and there was this awkward silence. There was a pool table in the room and I asked him if he wanted a game, but he politely declined.
Both guys are natural performers and you can tell they love the camera. Its a clash of egos as much of fists, which is what makes this extra special.
I've been looking forward to this fight ever since that press conference in 2009. Ithought it might never happen, but finally, it appears as though it will. Please check out the video I made for this fight. Its on YTube, Its called 'Klitschko Haye Rap Battle'.
Hopefully the fight lives up to all the hype!
I was at the first UK press conference in when these two were scheduled to fight each other in June 2009.
During the pre-conference interviews, I had managed to negotiate some time with each fighter to make a promo for the network I was working for at the time.
The idea was that I would film each fighter seperately saying some lines infront of a portable blue screen, then make the promo later.
Wlad was up first. But before I had my alloted 15 minutes with him, he had an interview with one of Britain's main boxing analysts. So, I thought it might be a good opportunity to get a few extra shots of the big fella.
I hung around the interview set like a bad smell. Apparently Wlad was running a bit late. I sat down on one of the chairs surrounding the interview area. Suddenly, Wlad was entered the room, He made his way towards me. He had come in earlier than expected and I was caught off guard trying to scramble together the camera and get some shots of him entering the room and meeting the media personalities present. I wondered why I couldn't see him in my view finder. Very calmy, Dr Wladimir Klitschko pointed at me and said (quite loundly) "your lens cap is on". Funny moment and I felt like a ****. Later, I had 5 minutes with Wlad. I got him to say some lines and we had a bit of a laugh about the lens cap. He was cool, a bit stand offish - but I think he just didn't like the British press at that time because they gave him quite a hard time.
After that, I had 5 minutes with David Haye. He was pretty cool. Easy to talk to and genuinely funny. At one point I was in the room alone with him and there was this awkward silence. There was a pool table in the room and I asked him if he wanted a game, but he politely declined.
Both guys are natural performers and you can tell they love the camera. Its a clash of egos as much of fists, which is what makes this extra special.
I've been looking forward to this fight ever since that press conference in 2009. Ithought it might never happen, but finally, it appears as though it will. Please check out the video I made for this fight. Its on YTube, Its called 'Klitschko Haye Rap Battle'.
Hopefully the fight lives up to all the hype!
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