Is David Haye's retirement good or bad for the HW division?

[Bodyshot3]

David's "retirements" are often translatable into "prolonged rest whilst I consider my options" and I don't believe this is the last time he fights.

He does not want Fury right now, knows that the K brothers are so angry with him that they won't agree to his demands, so hence the semi-retirement.

But give David 18 months and a much-changed heavyweight scene and he'll be available to fight again and start ****ing the drum and revving up his PR machine.

Depending on your point of view it is either deeply cynical and tedious; or it is just a fighter managing his own career and playing the game with a ruthless approach and treating it purely and simply as a business.

[beez721]

So, as we all know by now, David Haye had extensive surgery on his shoulder over the last couple of days and has been advised to retire after 23 years in the sport, amateur and pro.

For those of you who don't know, this guy has been plagued by injuries since his amateur days - something that kept him out of several international tournaments prior to him turning pro.

After he moved up to heavyweight, more or less everyone felt it was a breath of freshair to have an english speaking heavyweight with a knockout punch and a brass lip turning up, especially after he finished Bonin in a round and followed it up with a good performance vs Monte Barrett.

For all the promise and excitement, his heavyweight run has been a disappointment. From the promise of knocking out the Klitschko brothers, to the embarrassing fight against Audley Harrison - The guy failed to deliver.

We now have a new batch of exciting heavies, something we haven't had in a few years, in the fury's, pulev, joshua, wilder etc.

But is David Haye's retirement good or bad for the division? Are you glad to see the back of him? Would you have liked to see him fight on regularly?

What are your thoughts?

I really dont think its bad or good. he fought so infrequently anyway. the good part is at least we dont have to be let down anymore. it was always nerve racking not knowing if he was going to pull out or not. kinda the same way with vitali. those guys are just so damn injury prone. its a shame for them and us fans

[PACnPBFsuck]

Personally I don't care, but it hurts the up and coming guys cause he could've given them a nice payday in the UK.

[Foreign Soil]

It doesn't make a difference, as talented as Haye is, he rarely took on contenders.

[dan_cov]

David ''excuse maker'' Haye the so called ''saviour of the Heavyweight division'' has done more damage than the Klitschkos ever have.

He ducked Chagaev & several others like the plague.
Scheduled and pulled out of at least half a dozen fights.
Put on nothing but stinking performances with the exception of one & that was only because of Delboy forcing the fight.

Good riddance!

[gustaav]

fury would have got ****ed up! cos of that it was good to see haye in the HW division. he brought entertainment and class too. he was better than alot of the other challengers but ppl hated on him just cos he's Black British!

[Sugar Adam Ali]

haye will be missed,,, he brought excitement and was either love or hate him type fighter


haye vs fury
haye vs adamek
haye vs aerreola
haye vs stiverne
haye vs wilder

were all fights i had hoped to see,,,

[beez721]

fury would have got ****ed up! cos of that it was good to see haye in the HW division. he brought entertainment and class too. he was better than alot of the other challengers but ppl hated on him just cos he's Black British!

he brought entertainment at time but class? hell no

[gustaav]

i understand purists *****ing that he didnt take on chagaev etc, but the fact is boxing NEEDS stars and an ex abercrombie model that ****ed kylie brings a bit of pizzazz back to the table!

#TEAMHAYEMAKER #YNWA

[FrankieBruno]

Hes not retiring

He'll be recovered within 6 months ready to fight Vitali or Fury

Way tooo much money to be made and he is still young