Haye worried about X-Factor clash

Eurosport - Wed, 04 Nov 11:39:00 2009

David Haye appears to be more worried about X-Factor twins John and Edward than seven-foot giant Nikolai Valuev ahead of his WBA heavyweight clash with the 'Beast from the East' on Saturday night in Nuremburg.

Nikolai Valuev and David Haye - 0

German TV wanted to move the start of the fight forward an hour to 9.30pm but Haye's camp have said they will refuse to fight if it clashes with ITV's broadcast of X-Factor.

Haye is hoping a bumper pay-per-view audience from Sky customers will help pad out his purse for the fight and any clash with ITV's hugely popular X-Factor show could keep viewers away in their droves.

"Someone showed me something sent out by German broadcasters, which said that David's fight starts around 9.30 UK time. That's not the case," said Haye's manager and trainer Adam Booth.

"We have a contract and one of the things in the contract says that David's ring walk starts any time between 10 and 10.30 British time. So we expect him to walk out just after 10pm.

"What can they do? If they try and get us out early, we'll just say no. If they want to turn the cameras off, let them turn them off. They're not going to cancel the big event for the sake of 10 minutes.

"We have a contract. We have honoured that contract and we expect them to do the same."

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  1. Kellyhilsley:

    "sean d you are a racist, brain­ damaged fool."

    sean d:

    "kelly i am­ halfcaste me self¬!!"

    PRICELESS!!

    You two should­ form a comedy duo and go on 'Britain's Got­ Talent'. Seriously, I think Amanda Holden would put­ you guys through to the next round.

    From david, on Sat 7 Nov 10:13AM
  2. i don't know what will be hurting most, Haye's­ ego or English pride after Valuev KO's both in one­ fell­ swoop!
    Пойд&­ ;#1080;те­ Росси­ я!­ Пойди­ те Valuev !

    From Karl, on Fri 6 Nov 7:06PM
  3. Haye will win easy. Valuev is built like King Kong, and­ has about the same level of boxing skill.

    I can't­ be bothered paying to watch this rubbish, will just­ watch it free at a later date. I mean, who really cares­ who wins anyway? The winner will only be one of four­ men calling themselves 'Heavyweight Champ'. Why­ are people talking as if it's for the one and only­ 'Heavyweight Title'? Every rooky with 10 fights­ unbeaten gets a title shot these days, so called title­ fights are a non event.

    Nah, get Frank Warren to wake­ me up when the title is unified again.

    X- Factor,­ another non event. These programs are escapism for­ people who don't want to think about the real­ issues. The recession, The war in Afghanistan, The­ Lisbon treaty? Who cares, we just want to know how John­ and Edward are doing, or who's been voted out of­ the BB house............oh, please!

    That said, I do­ admire the way these shows manage to make such big­ stars of people with so little talent. Now that's­ what I call PR.

    From david, on Fri 6 Nov 10:02AM
  4. David will win in round eight!

    From Roy, on Thu 5 Nov 7:26PM
  5. kelly hilsey ...you are a commie lesbo?

    From sean d, on Thu 5 Nov 5:41PM
  6. kelly i am halfcaste me self¬!!

    From sean d, on Thu 5 Nov 5:21PM
  7. There is no doubt whatsoever that David Haye carries a­ hammer in both hands, However:-

    He must remember that­ he is the smaller man and fight accordingly. Remember­ Herbie Hide v Riddick Bowe. Hide outclassed Bowe for 4­ rounds and then got a bit "cocky", moved in­ for the ko and got caught and ko'd­ himself!!!!
    There is no doubt in my mind that Haye has­ the beating of Valuev but this message is for Haye! ­ "David dont get overconfident and be careful. If­ your sensible about the thing then I have no doubt in­ my mind whatsoever that you will be champ come Sunday­ morning. Good Luck John H Larne

    From johnjo21, on Thu 5 Nov 10:09AM
  8. Boxing a dying sport, because of all the health and­ safety latte drinking yogurt knitting lib dems out­ there.

    From kellyhilsley, on Wed 4 Nov 9:09PM
  9. sean d you are a racist, brain damaged fool.

    From kellyhilsley, on Wed 4 Nov 9:04PM
  10. Thanks for that Richard .. usually watch them on Justin­ Tv if i dont wanna pay the PPV. Never heard of that one­ and Jtv has been getting poooooor lately

    From Lee B, on Wed 4 Nov 8:42PM
  11. you can watch this fight at laggerassassins website i­ have watched alot of ppv on this site enjoy.

    From RICHARD, on Wed 4 Nov 8:32PM
  12. Think you got it right Russell [70] but will take him­ more than 4 to go for broke .. my money on 8 or 9 ..­ odds should be ok as everyone thinks Haye will go for­ it from the 1st , but that aint gonna happen for me.­
    X .. glad to see you are still getting everything­ wrong! But think you ARE right about PPV viewers crying­ in their beers .. all of them will be German and­ Russian .. reckon it will be an ugly fight but good­ nevertheless , but to pay for ?!! Haye aint quite box­ office yet for me .. but come Sunday morning , i reckon­ he will be. Lets all get behind him anyway .. its not­ everyday an Englishman fights for the heavyweight­ title. Go get him champ.

    From Lee B, on Wed 4 Nov 7:11PM
  13. Haye will win! It wont be in the fist second or third­ but he will win.

    From JAMES, on Wed 4 Nov 6:41PM
  14. 73, iraqgoals will most probably have it

    From cozypowell74752002, on Wed 4 Nov 6:20PM
  15. Hi,
    i have read today,that you will be the enemie­ number 1 under the germans public.Believe me not all­ think so,i hope you will beat this russian his soul out­ his body and put his head next to them from this­ Klitschko's.Where can i get such shirt you­ wear,showing in the newspaper today? Good luck on­ Saturday and there are Germans who stay behind­ you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From pilgrim.jens, on Wed 4 Nov 6:12PM
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    come on Valuev, show that Porch M0nkey how to box.

    From borisncfc100, on Wed 4 Nov 6:10PM
  17. haye will win in 4 rounds is there anywhere i can watch­ the fight without paying for it

    From carlpyatt777, on Wed 4 Nov 5:39PM
  18. darrendimond, what's a load mouth? ...anything­ like a loud mouth??? Haye is the man!

    From yipyipyerp, on Wed 4 Nov 5:36PM
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    Come on Valuev give that load mouth @#$% Haye a good­ beating....

    From darrendimond, on Wed 4 Nov 5:24PM
  20. Valuev has in my opinion lost his last two fights­ anyway...hayes speed and power is more than holyfield­ had left as he's way past his best...haye wins in­ less than three rounds....simple!

    From russell, on Wed 4 Nov 5:16PM
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