Comments Thread For: Haye-Chisora: UK Boxing, a Shot to The Arm or The Head?

[gmc_rfc_06]

People are excited about a heavyweight fight for the first time since Haye last fought, in turn those are about the only two heavyweight fights that people have been excited about since Lennox retired.

It's a good thing.

[Neckodeemus]

The seemingly past it Haye? (he's 31)

Demented?

Just a couple of comments

"Two demented heavyweights" is the full comment, not just a reference to Haye. And it happens to be true.

Comments are funny things. For example: '(he's 31)' I take it you mean that a fighter who is 31 cannot be past it even if his timing has started to look awful and he's slowing down? So I guess Wilfred Benetiz, Davey Moore and Francisco Bojado couldn't possibly have been on the slide or even finished at that age because I take your post to mean that fighters retain their peak until 31 then go downhill. Or it could be relative and something you gauge by looking at their recent fights, rather than just their age. Yes, they started early, but Haye had a long amateur career also.

So what's the agenda?

[GodInFleshSuit]

People are excited about a heavyweight fight for the first time since Haye last fought, in turn those are about the only two heavyweight fights that people have been excited about since Lennox retired.

It's a good thing.

With the exception of Adamek & Arreola I agree

[ding-ding]

well balanced article that, covering all the angles... great point made about Hearns reservations regarding the event. Frank Maloney is poking similar jibes at this event but which promoter wouldn't have done this if they were in a position to do so?? I'd say none of them could resist the money spinning opportunity.

What people seem to forget is in his losses to Helenius and Vitali (albeit an aged one) Del-Boy put on some great performances. The shape he came in against Fury was disgraceful and I wrote him off on that alone but he has won me over in a) getting in to an all time best shape & b) clearly beating Helenius and giving Vitali a closer run for his money than the scorecards suggested in Munich

It may well summarise the state of the HW division that this is the sort of event that excites people now, but thats becoming an age old argument. For me this is one of the best HW match ups out there at the moment (British bias obviously comes into play here)

Haye vs Chisora or Klitschko vs Thompson poses an argument of legitimacy vs attractiveness, but disregarding all moral factors I know which of the two fights excite me more

[yoz]

This is a ****** article!!! haye was wild against ruiz???? most people would say that was an exciting fight especially against john ruiz!! how can david haye possibly win over anyone if he gets critised about producing an exciting fight with ruiz. **** sake what else can he do.

people blame david haye for sky box office failing yes david haye did not perform to how much he was talking but he still i thought produce a good fight did you see wlad take any over the top chances noooo, haye seemsn the scape goat yes he hyped the fight and talked a lot of **** but mayweather has done that against numerous fights especially against de la hoya and he got credit for beating a part time fighter!!

the main point that i have issue with is the audley harrison fight, i think everyone quite clearly could see that haye did not want that fight but certain people at sky sports or in hayes team convinced him of this, you could see from the press conference immediatily that david haye had a chip on his shoulder about having to fight audley!!

now his it david hayes fault that harrison froze and never tried to win, we already knew that harrison did not haave the real heart and cojones to really put it down when he had too, yes haye should of maybe went for the kill earlier but how can a 3rd TKO be a bad performance, FFS mormeck went 5 rounds with precious wlad what the hell has mormeck done at heavyweight to earn a shot (least harrison had just won the european heavyweight title in a come from behind moment and a great KO)

Ibragimov > Harrison

[bojangles1987]

I don't know what the big fuss is about. This is probably the most exciting boxing fight to be made in quite some time.

Damn straight. Bunch of wannabe moral police with sand in their vaginas.