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Feel sorry for fury, so much time wasted. Hopefully he can move on and get himself a meaningful fight. At the same time I don't think Fury had much chance of winning this fight so maybe it is a blessing in disguise. Plus we no how NSB can be, how long till we have 'Fury scared Haye into retirement' threads.
In Saying that I also feel sorry for Haye if his retirement is injury induced, it's sad to see a fighter not be able to end his career on his own terms. I think Haye will struggle to adjust to being retired once he sits back and takes full stock of his career. What could have been a hall of fame career instead ended up a career of what ifs and buts. A career best win against Jean Marc Mormeck for the WBC, WBA and ring titles was followed by a quick blow out of domestic rival and WBO titlist Enzo Maccrinelli. Instead of cleaning out the division by fighting Steve Cunningham or krystszov Wlodarcyzk who were passing the IBF title between themselves he jumped to heavyweight and promised big things. After struggling to a victory in his first fight at the weight, winning the WBA title, he again looked impressive making two gimme defences. All the time promising to knock out lineal king Wladimir Klitschko, he talked himself into a big money unification, the chance for greatness was there. When he eventually got in the ring he failed to perform and retired afterwards. It was after this performance he couldn't stay retired and returned to stop Dereck Chisora, once again promising big things afterwards. Large portions of inactivity, and a history of promising things that he couldn't back up in the ring will be remembered as much as the emphatic KOs that make up 85% of his record. I believe that David Haye is image conscious and I truly believe he wanted to be remembered along the lines of Evander Holyfield, but chose the easiest routes to success as a pro. I think this will haunt him once truly retired, although I hope it doesn't.
In Saying that I also feel sorry for Haye if his retirement is injury induced, it's sad to see a fighter not be able to end his career on his own terms. I think Haye will struggle to adjust to being retired once he sits back and takes full stock of his career. What could have been a hall of fame career instead ended up a career of what ifs and buts. A career best win against Jean Marc Mormeck for the WBC, WBA and ring titles was followed by a quick blow out of domestic rival and WBO titlist Enzo Maccrinelli. Instead of cleaning out the division by fighting Steve Cunningham or krystszov Wlodarcyzk who were passing the IBF title between themselves he jumped to heavyweight and promised big things. After struggling to a victory in his first fight at the weight, winning the WBA title, he again looked impressive making two gimme defences. All the time promising to knock out lineal king Wladimir Klitschko, he talked himself into a big money unification, the chance for greatness was there. When he eventually got in the ring he failed to perform and retired afterwards. It was after this performance he couldn't stay retired and returned to stop Dereck Chisora, once again promising big things afterwards. Large portions of inactivity, and a history of promising things that he couldn't back up in the ring will be remembered as much as the emphatic KOs that make up 85% of his record. I believe that David Haye is image conscious and I truly believe he wanted to be remembered along the lines of Evander Holyfield, but chose the easiest routes to success as a pro. I think this will haunt him once truly retired, although I hope it doesn't.
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