AFP

Haye beats Valuev to claim WBA heavyweight title

Sat, 07 Nov 23:05:04 2009

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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  1. 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.

    From deesydave, on Sun 8 Nov 4:12PM
  2. 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

    From Phil leach, on Sun 8 Nov 1:39PM
  3. 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.

    From deesydave, on Sun 8 Nov 1:18PM
  4. 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.

    From gerrymurphymurphy, on Sun 8 Nov 12:39PM
  5. 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.

    From deesydave, on Sun 8 Nov 12:28PM
  6. 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!!

    From P, on Sun 8 Nov 1:21AM
  7. How come Haye win the fight without fighting??

    From Arek, on Sat 7 Nov 11:14PM
  8. Brilliant!! Well Done David Haye, great victory.

    From Joe, on Sat 7 Nov 11:12PM
  9. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO the worst fight this­ year neither did anything worth mentioning

    From donkey, on Sat 7 Nov 11:10PM
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