Boxing

[spud_gun]

14/12/13 is the date being mentioned for a rescheduled Haye vs Fury

It'll still be on Sky PPV

[Gibbo]

Its been rescheduled to 8th Feb.

[Alex]

Haye has only had 4 fights since Valuev in late 2009. He's become a joke of a boxer now.

[PTP]

As much as I dislike fury I do feel for him a bit here.

It would have been his biggest fight so far and a win would have given a bit of platform to go onwards

As much as cunt that he comes across it must be very difficult to take, to be putting all your effort into training for this huge moment in your career and to have it taken away from you so close.

Not suggesting haye has **** out or anything, he may have done, or may have just been really unlucky and he could be equally gutted

[Chazza]

Haye has only had 4 fights since Valuev in late 2009. He's become a joke of a boxer now.

He did retire in 2011 though.

[Alex]

What boxer has retired at 30 and stayed that way. He came out of retirement to face Chisora FFS

I know what you mean. But I can't get past the fact he has beaten essentially bums. Then lost to Klitchko.

[Chazza]

Isn't that essentially the heavyweight division?

The Klitchko's and a load of bums.

[Chazza]

Tyson Fury @Tyson_Fury
Come on gaymaker sorry haymaker fakemaker excuss maker blast it. Never was good at spelling.

[Alex]

Isn't that essentially the heavyweight division?

The Klitchko's and a load of bums.

Pretty much. But it frustrates how much attention his fights get. When some others like Froch have had to fight for years to get up to his level.

Meh, the bloke is a top self promoter. So I guess that's a skill.

[PTP]

Pretty much. But it frustrates how much attention his fights get. When some others like Froch have had to fight for years to get up to his level.

Meh, the bloke is a top self promoter. So I guess that's a skill.

I'd say you are doing him a bit of disservice there....it's not like he just turned pro, then went straight in the heavy division, spouting his mouth to create a stir and then spawned a world title

I do give haye some credit, I've mentioned it I here before that I watched him years ago back as a cruiser weight and he did an interview

He was a bit different to what he is now and he had basically dominated the cruiser weight level and was unified world champ and no one really knew who he was

He recognised if he want to become a household name/make a lot more cash, that he had to do something different cause he could have just stayed at cruiser weight, dominated and got bored.

He was saying that he's looked long and hard at the heavyweight division and felt he could step up and make a name for himself as there was no one around that anyone was interested in the division, it was dying on his arse..he stepped up, he 'knicked' a world title, and he made a name for self

He worked hard, hes paid his dues..He's now a household name, multimillionaire and former heavy weight champion of the world. So far play to him for that.

However he had a go at the klitchsko the gulf in class showed, and imo he should have just retired from there and left it, head held high

He has become a bit of circus but I think part of it is just to generate interest, and lets be fair he's been involved in some way in all the heavyweight interest over the last few years, be it directly in his fights or in directly with others wanting to win fights to be given the chance at fighting him

Take away Haye and I doubt I'd have watched a heavyweight fight in years

[Chazza]

David Haye vs Tyson Fury rescheduled for February following sparring injury

24 Sep 2013 22:30

Former world champion Haye had to pull out of Saturday's original heavyweight bout because he suffered a bad cut in training

David Haye and Tyson Fury have rescheduled their heavyweight clash for February 8.

The two camps have been locked in talks since Haye was forced to pull out of Saturday’s original date at Manchester’s Phones 4u Arena after suffering a cut in sparring.

Former WBA heavyweight king Haye said: “News of the date in February is music to my ears.

“I was absolutely devastated this weekend, and felt as though I’d let a lot of people down. But now, with this new date, I couldn’t be happier.

“My fans will still get the chance to see what they all wanted to see this weekend - they’ll get to see Tyson Fury sparked out in a spectacular fashion.”

Fury was unimpressed with Haye for withdrawing at just a week’s notice and has branded the ex-WBA heavyweight king the “excuse maker”, claiming he is scared to fight him.

Haye rejected his taunts and defended his decision to spar eight days before the fight.

“Sparring eight days before a fight is nothing new or unusual,” he said. “I’ve done this before fights in the past and never had an issue.”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/david-haye-vs-tyson-fury-2298125?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[Vermilion]

The thread went downhill as fast as.....well....

Just to keep in on topic.

[Chazza]

I wonder when he will make a return?

[Vermilion]

Has he even got up yet ?

Nah, it's a real shame, i like him, wanted him to win soooo much, but feel a bit let down with his second defeat by the old aged american, took all his excues away from his first loss to him.

Hope he makes a successful comeback, but think he looks a bit ordinary against anyone with an ounce of boxing abilty.

[PTP]

Price - jeez, what a joke

got behind, scouser, big liverpool fan and YNWA playing etc

maybe blinded a bit by that, but i thought he might make some sort of impact in a **** division...

at best...a career that should have gone something like.....

beat thompson comfortably.

then fight chisora - win

then be in a position to fight fury - imo winner should then have had a pop at Haye, and if they beat haye, then get a chance at klitschko where they'd prob lose

but it would have been a decent career path for him over the next couple years or so before retiring, would have given him a decent reputation and plenty of money

Now tho - stunned...where does he go from here...

I can't see Fury being interested unless Haye backs out again - Best chance Price has is getting a fight against Chisora