NUREMBERG, Germany (AFP) - British challenger David Haye won the WBA heavyweight title here on Saturday with a shock majority decision over Russian giant Nikolai Valuev.
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COMMENT 8....if you consider skelton,williams,sprott and deary me AUDLEY HARRISON as genuine talented fighters with a chance to clear up the division then yr obviusly a pr,.ick,what do you expect from fighters like that???An amazing spectacle,and considering "THE HAYEMAKER"is meant to be in his own words the most exciting heavyweight outthere then its a sad state of affairs that he has to run away from a talentless buffoon.I mentioned the fighters i did because thats the type of fighters the division needs warriors not pretty boys who are more concerned about there skin than creating a proper fight for the very bored boxing fans.
Are some of you thick? yeah that was not the most exciting fight but deesdave have you never seen any other heavy weight fight in your life after tysons? since when has there been any exciting heavyweight fights & if your british like me and your still saying it then you are daft look at fights from,skelton,harrison,sprott,williams where it was 12 rounds of plodding & hugging
how can i mention a fighter as big as valuev....there has never been any.He may have fought the right fight lets face it hes is the champion.But how many of the fighters i mentioned would have run from a punchbag who was as fast as a slug with no brain. None of them would,they would have stood there and wasted him.Fact is haye cant take a punch from a genuine heavyweight with a bit of class and a boxing brain.
haye fought the correct fight deesydave! can you name a fighter who the above fighters you mentioned fighting someone as big as valuev? why do you need to use capital letters then? there aint no need to shout.
THIS MUST BE THE MOST BORING FIGHT THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION HAS EVER SEEN!!!!!!! JESUS CHRIST HOW CAN SOMEBODY WIN THE GREATEST PRIZE IN SPORT WITH SUCH A LAME DISPLAY!!!!! AND ALL YOU HAYE FANS OUT THERE WILL SAY HE FOUGHT THE CORRECT FIGHT...MAYBE SO BUT COULD YOU HAVE SEEN JOE FRAZIER,GEORGE FOREMAN, MIKE TYSON,LENNOX LEWIS RUNNING ROUND THE RING LIKE A SCARED RABBIT...DONT THINK SO,THEY WOULD HAVE STOOD THERE AND TRADED AND KNOCKED VALUEV ON HIS LUMBERING USELESS ARSE WITHIN 4 ROUNDS.SO WHILE HAYE HAS THE MISFORTUNE OF THINKING HES THE GREATEST THING SINCE ALI,KLITCSKO MUST BE VERY CONFIDENT HE GOING TO KEEP HIS BELTS FOR QUITE A TIME YET.
Hay showed you don't have to beat the hel out of each other to win a fight. He fought a tactical fight by keeping out of range and getting inside when he wants to land his own heavy blows. It was a clever move. Had he gone in with his usual style with all guns blazing I think he Vluve would have caught him early on and got knocked out. May be damaging his hand early on the fight Haye said he did perhaps helped him to fight a different fight but it also showed a different side to Hays boxing skills too. He can not only punch but he can also out box his opponent with his speed and smart moves. Well done to Haye and its great for British Boxing to have a Heayweight Champion of the World since Lennox Lewis. I must admit before the fight I did not think Haye could pull it off and gave him a fighting chance of cathing Value with one lucky punch, I think Haye proved many people wrong with his clever boxing skills. Now Haye doesn't have to chase Klitchko brothers. Haye can make them come to him and make them meet his demands. Haye has a great opportunity to make him een a bigger star by taking on couple of defences of his new Title and then taking on Klitchko brothers to unify the titles. I think fighting the Klitchko brothers are a different proposition from fighting Value. But I believer Haye should beat the younger brother first before taking on the older one. Well done to Haye maker the newst British World Heavyweight Champion of the world!!
How come Haye win the fight without fighting??
Brilliant!! Well Done David Haye, great victory.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO the worst fight this year neither did anything worth mentioning
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