Big Boxing Thread

[Alverton]

So glad I didnt pay for it. Wlad could've toyed with him all day long imo.

[Woodsey]

Sigh, quite enjoyed it though.

[vegaslover]

Well after getting a link that didn't lag constantly i'm glad I didn't pay for that.
Really, really showed how shite the heavyweight division is.
Haye got found out as not being a real heavy, though not anything we didn't already know. Was almost comical watching most Haye punches being absolute haymaker attempts with him completely off balance. Klitschoko just not good enough to pick him off every time he was open.
And WTF was Haye doing diving to the floor and then looking at Ref at every opportunity for a points deduction?

[Dubai]

What a ***** Haye is

[77dave]

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[The Baron]

Toe or no toe Vlad is smashing Haye every time.

[The Baron]

Lol got to love the Haye limp on the way out of the ring.

[AndrewT]

I took more punishment from the jostling in the crowded shit pub I was in than either of those two took.

[millidonk]

Walk on timing was a joke, security was a joke, Haye was a joke. Wlad is boring as sin to watch but he executed his game plan to perfection and his jab game is unreal. Has done himself a massive amount of favours in the build up to this fight. Certainly won me over.

Price is gonna be the next big thing for British heavy weights IMO.

Roll on UFC. Hope we have a banger like last week.

[MANTIS01]

If you land less than 5 punches per round you wont win any fight. Haye was more concerned with his faculties remaining in tact than winning right from the start. His advantages of speed and reaction were only deployed in a defensive capacity and he offered nothing offensively. Even when his only chance to win was by getting into the danger zone he resisted doing so. No heart and no fight in the guy. I can't believe it really cos in the last few days Lederer has robbed all my Tilt dollars and now Haye has robbed my PPV money. Both of whom will prob be sunning themselves in Barbados next week on innocent dime. The hurt little toe excuse and the arriving late to the ring made me think a couple of handbags would have been more useful than gloves in this depressing encounter. It was pissing down as well.

[Josedinho]

Quite enjoyed the fight to be honest. Wlad was very good. Proved he's got a chin and could take the speed. Didn't let any of the antics pre-fight change his game plan.
No complaints with Haye. Think the way to win is to fly out and go shit or bust in the first 4 rounds and either knock him out or get knocked out. No fighter is ever going to prepare that way though so not a lot more he could do against Wlad's style.
I think Haye gave him the respect afterwards but the excuse was for the media and public. Leaves it open for one more fight where he can build it up saying "you didn't see the best of me". Can't see a final fight being a good money spinner if he comes out and honestly says he wasn't good enough.

[smashedagain]

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[mondatoo]

I should've said this before the fight and not after but the only fight in boxing that will excite me is if Manny and PBF get it on, I'm not really a boxing fan but if that happens, I wanna be there, this fight was a huge letdown and I don't think that was a huge suprise to most. GG HAYE.

[DaveShoelace]

Walk on timing was a joke, security was a joke, Haye was a joke. Wlad is boring as sin to watch but he executed his game plan to perfection and his jab game is unreal. Has done himself a massive amount of favours in the build up to this fight. Certainly won me over.

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Toe or no toe (apparantly he was wearing those sandals at the press conference & he stopped sparring 8 weeks ago, not 3 weeks ago, like he claimed) Haye looks like a total classless bitch. Telling that Booth doesnt seem to be blaming the toe and is urging Haye to retire.

The ref wasnt as bad as people are making out, and I think it looked extremely sour grapes Booth brought it up. Haye was spoiling, forcing himself into sitiations that forced clinches, and complained at every turn and even before anything happened, whatever that resulted in the ref doing was pretty justified.

I wanted Vlad to win deep down because he came across so well and was really funny, but I couldnt bring myself to not cheer on the Brit on the night. Regretably with this result, its the end of what was left of heavyweight boxing.

And lol at the ring entrances, looked like they have a million pounds to some school children to organise it. They made Lewis look like a prize tit when he had to wait around like that.

[MANTIS01]

When proper fighter Joe Calzaghe fought Jeff Lacy he landed well over a thousand punches on his man during the bout. Haye landed just 57 punches throughout the whole fight and most of those were glancing off balance blows. The toe had nothing to do with Haye's reluctance to step inside and put himself in the danger zone, that was all about lacking heart. Gary Lineker still bangged in the goals with a gammy big toe and it's kinda more of a handicap for footballers. The disappoiniting thing is I thought Klitschko looked well beatable on the night if Haye had managed to find some courage. I would have liked to have known about the bad toe that prevents punches being thrown before I shelled out full dollar to watch a fight really. The idea of a rematch is horrible. Perhaps the winner of that bout could fight Audley Harrison and this endless circus in the heavyweights could continue.