Haye signs with Golden Boy

[kemm1]

Good move I wish more British fighters would sign with proper promoters instead of **** face Frank Warren.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3413850

[felly]

Warren was today trying to talk up a fight between Haye and Skelton.


EDIT: here is the article

Warren Offers David Haye Big Payday To Fight Skelton



Promoter Frank Warren has offered David Haye a whopping £600,000 payday to fight Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Matt Skelton in the Autumn. Haye, the WBO/WBC/WBA Cruiserweight Champion, now intends to campaign in the heavyweight division and is looking at Hasim Rahman as his next opponent. Skelton took WBA World Champion Ruslan Chagaev the distance in January and is ranked above Rahman in the independent rankings..

But Warren believes that Haye should first prove himself to be the best in Britain by taking on Skelton, the number one ranked heavyweight in the country, before he looks overseas.

He said: "This is a massive payday for Haye and a great opportunity to see if he is the real deal in the heavyweight division that he tells us he is. Skelton is the best in Britain and pushed Chagaev all the way in their world title fight. If Haye is serious about the heavyweight division he should fight Skelton first."

Haye has already been knocked out by a 40-year-old in Carl Thompson and Skelton, who hits the big 4-0 shortly, is really up for the job.

Skelton said: "I want the fight big time. It's a massive clash between Britain's biggest men. Haye wants to prove himself as a heavyweight so he should face the best and that's me. I know that I've got the power to knock him out."

[spud_gun]

Warren was today trying to talk up a fight between Haye and Skelton.

And after Skelton would have had him fighting Danny Williams and then Harrision,

Watch Haye climb to the very top of the HW scene in a very short time.

Fair play to both David Haye and Adam Booth.

[Joe King]

Warren was today trying to talk up a fight between Haye and Skelton.

Thats a huuuuuuuuuuuuuge step down.

I see him wanting to fight Klitschko and Peters at the start of next year.

[ScouseUK]

lol haye vs skelton,lol i think of the last skelton willams fight and think OMFG,frank you are loseing it,khan will go soon

[-V-]

Skelton

Oh my god is he actually a champion of some sort? I watched that guy fight last year and he was embarrasing. As was his opponent. Probably the worst boxing match i have ever seen in my life. British Heavyweight Boxing is a total farce. Im convinced that i would kill some of those pussys

[Chris]

That wouldnt be a bad test for a first fight at heavyweight to be honest, Skelton is a slogger, a pain in the arse and has a good chin. I dont think Haye would finish this early (but if he could he'd get a lot of praise) so it'd be a decent little test he'd have to come through.

That said, I dont want to see it under any circumstance as Skeltons style makes fights ****e + 600k is ****ing crap anyway, Warren knows Haye will turn that down.

[spud_gun]

That wouldnt be a bad test for a first fight at heavyweight to be honest, Skelton is a slogger, a pain in the arse and has a good chin. I dont think Haye would finish this early (but if he could he'd get a lot of praise) so it'd be a decent little test he'd have to come through.

That said, I dont want to see it under any circumstance as Skeltons style makes fights ****e + 600k is ****ing crap anyway, Warren knows Haye will turn that down.

Haye's looking to fight an American 'house hold name' someone like Rahman who's got some sort of name recognition on the other side of the pond.

[kemm1]

I agree with all of you guy. Haye shouldn't waste his time with the likes of Skelton, Williams, Audley and Sprott he should totally ignore them and move on to bigger and better things.

[Chris]

Haha. Always good to see someone putting Fwank in his place.


Cruiserweight-slash-heavyweight sensation David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye has reacted with both bewilderment and amusement to promoter Frank Warren’s £600,000 offer for the Bermondsey puncher to face Matt Skelton. On the day that Haye, trainer/manager Adam Booth and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer put promoters on notice with the birth of Hayemaker Promotions, Haye received news that the less-than-alluring prospect of Bedford’s Skelton was waiting in the wings..

“The timing of the offer was priceless,” said Haye, the WBC/WBA and WBO world cruiserweight champion. “As Hayemaker Promotions are announcing their ethos and plans to break trends in boxing - to put on exciting, competitive and meaningful contests – Frank Warren’s Sports Network offer me a fight with a washed-up 40-year-old coming off a defeat with nowhere else to go. I’m sure I’m not the only one who saw the irony in that.

“That aside, the offer was a derisory one anyway,” continued Haye. “We thank him for the offer, but I now know what I’m worth and can guarantee I’ll make at least double Warren’s figure in my next fight. Not only that, my next heavyweight fight will actually mean something and progress my career towards a world title shot. With all respect, Skelton brings nothing to the table. Warren needs to re-evaluate both his figures and the heavyweight rankings.”

Also announced at Tuesday’s O2 Arena press conference was an exciting, multi-million pound deal struck between Hayemaker Promotions and the new home of televised boxing, Setanta Sports. The deal – which will cover 10 Hayemaker Promotions shows, including Haye’s next four heavyweight bouts – was enough to lure Haye away from pay-per-view opportunities elsewhere. It is also another reason why fight fans won’t be seeing Haye and Skelton square off anytime soon.

“Frank Warren should have realised that, given the fact Skelton is not ranked in the top 10 by any of the main governing bodies, Setanta Sports would not even allow him to box me in the first place,” explained ‘The Hayemaker’. “I have an agreement with Setanta Sports which will only see me box top 10-ranked heavyweights from now on. Skelton’s nowhere near the top 10 of any governing body.”

Ranking issue aside, the 27-year-old Haye believes a fight with Skelton would, ultimately, become a no-win proposition anyway.

“Frankly, even if Skelton was ranked, I wouldn’t choose to fight him. It’s not the sort of fight we’re looking to put on at Hayemaker Promotions. Firstly, Skelton’s coming off a defeat. Secondly, as determined as he is, Skelton’s the most boring heavyweight in the world. Thirdly, his most dangerous punch combination is the double-grab, right hug. Fourthly, why would I want to jeopardise Skelton’s huge showdown with Samuel Peter on July 12 for the WBC title? That’s a massive fight for him and Great Britain. I wouldn’t want to get in the way of that.”

Given that Haye would be heavily favoured to defeat Skelton should the pair ever meet, the Londoner is left dumbfounded as to why Sports Network would want to make the fight a reality.

“How much more charity are Sports Network willing to offer me?” asked Haye. “They’ll be replacing Oxfam at this rate. They already gift-wrapped their prodigal son Enzo Maccarinelli for me to obliterate in a couple of rounds and now they want to wheel out the company’s grandad on his Stannah stair-lift for a beating. Thanks for the offer - but I’m not in this sport to hand out pensions.”

Haye, 21-1 (20 KOs), added: “Frank Warren’s obsessed with me. He reminds me of the young girls that used to follow me around in nightclubs – only with beadier eyes, redder cheeks and deeper pockets. He should stop throwing me handouts and either donate the money to a more worthwhile charity or get his own house in order. Hayemaker Promotions will do just fine without him. We thank Frank for sacrificing Maccarinelli, but we’d feel immense guilt if we took any more free money from Sports Network. I have a hard enough time sleeping at night as it is.

“I’d rather retire from boxing than work with Sports Network again.”

Haye’s next outing will take place at North Greenwich’s impressive 20,000-capacity O2 Arena towards the end of the year. “It will be an exciting fight against a dangerous, top 10-ranked heavyweight,” Haye promised. “Taking that into account, if you’ve seen Matt Skelton fight, you’ll know it won’t be him.”

[Shaggy]

Haha. Always good to see someone putting Fwank in his place.


Cruiserweight-slash-heavyweight sensation David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye has reacted with both bewilderment and amusement to promoter Frank Warren’s £600,000 offer for the Bermondsey puncher to face Matt Skelton. On the day that Haye, trainer/manager Adam Booth and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer put promoters on notice with the birth of Hayemaker Promotions, Haye received news that the less-than-alluring prospect of Bedford’s Skelton was waiting in the wings..

“The timing of the offer was priceless,” said Haye, the WBC/WBA and WBO world cruiserweight champion. “As Hayemaker Promotions are announcing their ethos and plans to break trends in boxing - to put on exciting, competitive and meaningful contests – Frank Warren’s Sports Network offer me a fight with a washed-up 40-year-old coming off a defeat with nowhere else to go. I’m sure I’m not the only one who saw the irony in that.

“That aside, the offer was a derisory one anyway,” continued Haye. “We thank him for the offer, but I now know what I’m worth and can guarantee I’ll make at least double Warren’s figure in my next fight. Not only that, my next heavyweight fight will actually mean something and progress my career towards a world title shot. With all respect, Skelton brings nothing to the table. Warren needs to re-evaluate both his figures and the heavyweight rankings.”

Also announced at Tuesday’s O2 Arena press conference was an exciting, multi-million pound deal struck between Hayemaker Promotions and the new home of televised boxing, Setanta Sports. The deal – which will cover 10 Hayemaker Promotions shows, including Haye’s next four heavyweight bouts – was enough to lure Haye away from pay-per-view opportunities elsewhere. It is also another reason why fight fans won’t be seeing Haye and Skelton square off anytime soon.

“Frank Warren should have realised that, given the fact Skelton is not ranked in the top 10 by any of the main governing bodies, Setanta Sports would not even allow him to box me in the first place,” explained ‘The Hayemaker’. “I have an agreement with Setanta Sports which will only see me box top 10-ranked heavyweights from now on. Skelton’s nowhere near the top 10 of any governing body.”

Ranking issue aside, the 27-year-old Haye believes a fight with Skelton would, ultimately, become a no-win proposition anyway.

“Frankly, even if Skelton was ranked, I wouldn’t choose to fight him. It’s not the sort of fight we’re looking to put on at Hayemaker Promotions. Firstly, Skelton’s coming off a defeat. Secondly, as determined as he is, Skelton’s the most boring heavyweight in the world. Thirdly, his most dangerous punch combination is the double-grab, right hug. Fourthly, why would I want to jeopardise Skelton’s huge showdown with Samuel Peter on July 12 for the WBC title? That’s a massive fight for him and Great Britain. I wouldn’t want to get in the way of that.”

Given that Haye would be heavily favoured to defeat Skelton should the pair ever meet, the Londoner is left dumbfounded as to why Sports Network would want to make the fight a reality.

“How much more charity are Sports Network willing to offer me?” asked Haye. “They’ll be replacing Oxfam at this rate. They already gift-wrapped their prodigal son Enzo Maccarinelli for me to obliterate in a couple of rounds and now they want to wheel out the company’s grandad on his Stannah stair-lift for a beating. Thanks for the offer - but I’m not in this sport to hand out pensions.”

Haye, 21-1 (20 KOs), added: “Frank Warren’s obsessed with me. He reminds me of the young girls that used to follow me around in nightclubs – only with beadier eyes, redder cheeks and deeper pockets. He should stop throwing me handouts and either donate the money to a more worthwhile charity or get his own house in order. Hayemaker Promotions will do just fine without him. We thank Frank for sacrificing Maccarinelli, but we’d feel immense guilt if we took any more free money from Sports Network. I have a hard enough time sleeping at night as it is.

“I’d rather retire from boxing than work with Sports Network again.”

Haye’s next outing will take place at North Greenwich’s impressive 20,000-capacity O2 Arena towards the end of the year. “It will be an exciting fight against a dangerous, top 10-ranked heavyweight,” Haye promised. “Taking that into account, if you’ve seen Matt Skelton fight, you’ll know it won’t be him.”

Superb stuff from Haye. The more I hear him speak the more I likes him.

[Joe King]

Thats why we liketh the Hayemaker

[kemm1]

Quality comments for Mr Haye.

I really hate Frank Warren.

[Parm]

I agree with all of you guy. Haye shouldn't waste his time with the likes of Skelton, Williams, Audley and Sprott he should totally ignore them and move on to bigger and better things.

totally agree, hasnt Hatton signed with him as well? Think Hae and Hatton will have a good future in the states with Golden Boy