Does anyone feel dumb?

:: toetally agree.

 

Its such a pity. David had one foot in the door. He should have socked Wlad a few more times.

 

Ha.

I really hope haye just fucks off now.

He needs to go back to miami and work on the actual skills he showed us.

He'd win strictly come dancing hands down.

 

Back to the actual events of the fight tho.

I give Haye some credit. He took a couple big hits.

If he had actually used his jab more on the back foot when wlad was coming forward, he could have upset wlad's rhythm slightly and tried to follow up behind it.

 

Now we're Going to See what David Haye's REALLY about...If he Angles for a RE &/or an Undeserved Fight w/Vitali, it'll Lend Credence to Haye just Being a Good SALESMAN who Can Fight a Little Bit...

If Haye REALLY Retires in October, as he's Said, he'll B Remembered as NATHAN More than a Comical FOOTnote in the Boxing History of the Klitschko's...But if Dude is Serious about Leaving a LEGACY in Boxing, he'll Go to the Back of the Line OR Demand a Fight w/an Arreola or Some Other TOP Heavyweight Contender...

SHOW Us that U're MORE than just Hype, Haye....REED WANTED to Like the Cat, but he Simply CAN'T B Trusted @ this Point...Haye LOUDLY Criticized Wlad for Being BORING Against a Littany of "Guys just Looking to Get a Paycheque", yet that's EXACTLY how Haye Performed in the Latter Rounds...Haye PROMISED that his Fight w/Wlad WOULDN'T B Boring, yet it WAS & we CAN'T Really Blame Wlad for it...The Onus was on Haye to SEIZE the Moment & the Fight in the 2nd Half....

Bottom Line, Haye Put Forth MORE Effort in the Pre-Fight SHIT TALK & Post-Fight TOE Theories, than he Did in the 12 Rounds that have Now NEGATIVELY Shaped his Career....




REED:mj:

 

I actually want to see Haye in the ring next against an upcoming british fighter.

 

We'll see but i think he goes the way of Hamed.

 

Haye can't retire. First off, he's probably lied about everything to begin with, and that would include his retirement. Secondly, he is a philanderer. I am not making a moral call, merely a financial one. He was wearing his wedding band clearly after the fight, even at ringside, and had bought his wife a very expensive new motor. To stay married will cost him, to get divorced will cost him even more. Thirdly, smart word coming out of England is that he will just about clear £10m for the fight, a lot but not too much either.

He won't quit.........he will have to stay in and it could yet be that he goes and does all the things he was supposed to do the first time around. Like earn a title shot, and fight guys who are fresh, not re-treads like Ruiz or Barrett.

 

Hamed had a stable family life. He also made waaaaaaaaaaaaay more money than Haye ever did. He also achieved more than Haye, whether we like it or not. One massive fight in Germany, a half-big fight in Germany and a few boozy sessions in the 02 arena in London vs guys who work part-time as guinea pigs at the Scripps Institute does not make for a particularly massive career.

Fuck, Hamed's landing in New York for Kelley was alone bigger than everything Haye had done, pre-Wlad. Throw in the Barrera fight, multiple appearances in the States, as well as dominant performances in Dublin, Cardiff and Manchester and Hamed is well out in front. Haye don't have what Hamed has. Hamed had fallen out of love with training and fitness long before he lost to Barrera. Haye is in his prime and will need cash to support his family and his, er, lifestyle.

 

....and then flushed back into the sh*t hole where it crawled out of as interested fans laugh at what the sport has become after that farce of a fight and wash their hands of it once again. The fight was horrendous!

 

How did you believe the hype to begin with. Have you actually watched either Wlad or Haye fight before.

 

It is definitely dying. Notice the average age of members on here is mid 30s?

 

Same here in Canada. The fight didn't even make a blip, hype-wise. Haye and the Klitschkos just aren't "superstars". At least not outside of Europe.

 

What is that supposed to mean?? Its like saying that tea doesn't sell anywhere except in Europe. There are 750 million people in Europe. 310m in America. Cricket is dead. Nobody watches cricket. Except in India.

 

Boxing must be dead then.

MTF :goingmad:

 

Obviously. issed::NotThink:

 

That's Not True...ESPN's Sportscenter Made Mention of the Fight During the Week Of....



REED:kidcool:

 

So boxing isn't dead then? Hurrah!

MTF :cheer:

 

Boxing's Been "Dying" Since Jack Dempsey Retired...There's just NOfuckingWAY the Sport Can Carry On in Jack Dempsey's Absence, Right???....


REED:dancingBaby:

 

An astute observation Mister REED. Let's all pack up and leave the corpse to the crows...:NotThink:

Joking aside, I said this earlier but it bears repeating: in the pub I run, last Saturday night was the busiest night I've had there in the three months I've had so far. The entire bar was packed to the rafters. Not even football/soccer had as many people out and watching live sport as this fight had and NE England is considered a football/soccer 'hotbed'.

Boxing may be declining in popularity in the US, but UK folk still can't get enough of the 'buzz' of a big fight.

MTF

 

Do U Anticipate a Large Turnout for Khan vs. Judah, Mr. Feebles??....



REED:mj:

 

Unfortunately not due to the fight being in the US (start around 4am UK time) whilst the Haye-Klit fight was in Deutschland at a very UK fan friendly, 10pm start.

Even had the fight been at a better time, the turnout will be lower (albeit still high as I've been asked if I am broadcasting the Khan fight) due to a combination of Khan's general unpopularity in the UK and the general kudos surrounding the 'Heavy Weight Championship of the World" which still attracts many casual fans.

MTF

 

The big fights have ALWAYS done well in the UK and Ireland.

In Ireland, a Bona-Fide, Registered, Patented, Trademarked and Fully Copyrighted SCRUB in Bernard Dunne was routinely doing 7,500 crowds for his IBO/Euro/WBA title fights.

Even before he had a BELT, Dunne was doing the low-thousands in the National Stadium {a boxing arena on the South Side of Dublin}

People like fights, like buzz, like buildup. Ironically, in the saccharine, saturated world of Saturday Soccer.....nothing goes down better than a slow-burning, building-up-to-a-fight feeling.

Long may it continue.

 

I'm talking about the hype of the fight. Dudes saying there was massive hype about Haye/Wlad in the UK and I'm saying there was none of that over here in Canada.