Haye v Wladimir Klitschko its oC

Last nights fight only served to show how poor the Heavyweight division is at the moment.

I've just seen the ring entrances (The fight is FREE on SBO) that lasted about the same time as a 10 round fight. What the hell was all that about, it was totally pointless & an absolute shambles & a great representation of what was to come.

I've lost touch with boxing over the last two or three years to MMA so can anyone tell me where the next big box office fight is coming from, I mean on the world stage not Amir Khan over here???

(03-07-2011 13:01 )Regenerated Wrote:  I was under the impression that there were approximately 50,000 people in the arena, and only 10,000 of those were British. That suggests that the rest of the crowd were German?

I don't know if those figures are correct, but it was certainly the British who made the most noise. Anyway I see Haye's talking about a rematch now. Klitschko says he wouldn't mind, as he has no other opponent lined up and because of the general lack of good opposition he doesn't know where his next fight's going to come from.

(03-07-2011 14:40 )manic street pugilist Wrote:  Haye's talking about a rematch now. Klitschko says he wouldn't mind, as he has no other opponent lined up and because of the general lack of good opposition he doesn't know where his next fight's going to come from.

And because the fight would be good box office and provide a good purse...

(03-07-2011 13:44 )lancealot790 Wrote:  Last nights fight only served to show how poor the Heavyweight division is at the moment.

bang on mate, all of boxing is in need of a star

Quite a good outcome for Haye I thought. He went the distance with Klitschko and no matter people can say that. It's just a pity he built up expectations with all the talk beforehand, otherwise the fight could have been seen as a decent outcome for him. What was all the diving for though? I haven't seen that in boxing before. Was it an attempt to con the referee into thinking that Klitschko was fouling him?

I thought that although Haye was beaten I think he knew he fought osmeone who was better than him. If he's stayed at cruiserweight he would have totally cleaned up and retired lot earlier. I don't think he should fight him again. Would Tyson Fury ever get in the ring with Klitschko?
I doubt it. Good British heavyweight boxers are a bit thin on the ground so to speak.

And as for his broken toe excuse? Why the hell didn't he pull out of the fight, the minute it happened?

Vlad's gone cool on the rematch idea. Although he appeared to offer Haye a rematch at first he's now distanced himself from the idea. I'm not sure it would be worthwhile for Haye anyway, not because he'd probably lose again, but because he doesn't have a title now, so he's not in a position to demand a 50-50 split of any deal.

Just saw Haye on BBC. he now admits that he shouldn't have mentioned the 'toe'!!

btw how many people on here did go to the pub to see the fight? I had to laught hearing on the radio that one guy spent £££'s on na new tv for the fight and he still couldn't get it!! apparently, even pubs couldn't get the fight either!!