Valuev, because of his size, is one of the most­ overrated boxers in history. Now, everyone says Haye­ should fight and knock out Vladimir K. and then his­ brother ... In the meantime I'd like to remind­ those who forget too quickly that Valuev was already­ beaten by a smaller guy called Chagaev (1.85m against­ 1.91m of Haye). What happened to Chagaev afterwards? He­ was knocked out by Vladimir K. ... exactly the way he­ or his brother will send Haye into dreamland and ...­ oblivion.
Friedrich Welke, Floriaopolis, Brazil

Comment 61) if you expected that ight to be the most­ epic fight in history then you really havnt got a clue­ about boxing ans should'nt be commenting on this­ thread u plank! Haye was awsome against Valuev he had­ to fight someone 7 stone heavier so he was never going­ to go toe toe with him, and he landed some great­ counter punches in the fight and had his hand not been­ injured im sure he would have been more agresive for­ longer periods of the fight like was saw in the­ 12th!!

And Valuev was a world champion who had lost 1­ in 52 and haye had him swinging and missing by a gd 6-7­ inches at times u cant lose if your not being hit, and­ i thought Haye put in a classey and mature performance­ that was spot on tacticly. Haye clearly has the power­ to blow the Klitschko's away

Best thing to happen­ to the heavyweight division

While Valuev isn't anywhere near that good a­­ Heavyweight, the fact was, after 52 fights, he'd­­ never been close to being knocked down. Haye hurt him­­ in the 12th and the giant was nearly felled. Haye also­­ showed he doesn't just blast people gung-ho­ fashion, but he can be cool and box­ too. I think his­ tactics were spot on and I think big­ credit should go­ to the judges who scored the fight­ fairly. Haye­ deserved to win, he hurt the behemoth that­ is Valuev­ and I see Ruiz and the Klitschkos being­ KO'd. But­ Vitali Klitschko is the best Heavyweight­ and Haye­ needs him....once he's smashed up­ Wladimir. What­ are your thoughts there Jack? I think­ Haye will­ certainly KO Wladimir. On the plus side....3 British­ World Champions! Lets have Haye v Ruiz, Froch v Kessler­ and Khan v Malignaggi on the same bill...any takers?

While Valuev isn't anywhere near that good a­ Heavyweight, the fact was, after 52 fights, he'd­ never been close to being knocked down. Haye hurt him­ in the 12th and the giant was nearly felled. Haye also­ showed he doesn't just balst people but he can box­ too. I think his tactics were spot on and I think big­ credit should go to the judges who scored the fight­ fairly. Haye deserved to win, he hurt the behemoth that­ is Valuev and I see Ruiz and the Klitschkos being­ KO'd. But Vitali Klitschko is the best Heavyweight­ and Haye needs him....once he's smashed up­ Wladimir. What are your thoughts there Jack? I think­ Haye will certainly KO Wladimir.

cmment 61 read your comment n who sounds like a­ tw.,t...ha ha you really r a dik.and wny are you­ mentioning little girls mmmmmmmm wierdo.

comment 53... didnt expect haye to stand and trade, but­ if he's as good as he keeps telling everyone, he­ should have been able to stay in range, slip/block the­ punches and throw some effective counter punches. not­ stay way out of range and throw a couple of punches at­ the end of each round. if boxers and promoters expect­ the public to spend £15 per fight, they need to serve­ up better fights than that dog @#$%

comment 40 theslinster, thanks for that mate you just­ made me feel really sick,gonna have to wait a little­ while before I can face my sausages and mash­ now.Shouldn't you be on a cookery or home­ improvement site or something?

deesydave: how old r u? 13? You also @#$% like a little­ girl. Is your name Davina?. One last thing. You know­ NOTHING about boxing and only come on here on teh wind­ up. What a pathetic little runt you sound.­ hahahahahahahahahahaaha

i see stevejones is still on ere spouting out the same­ p ish over n over again wat a knobjockey..n i think­ that if haye is as fast as he says he is why couldnt he­ stand his ground n dodge the punches instead o runnin­ away most good boxers will do that they stand thier­ ground make the opponent throw a punch then dodge n­ counter it ???? no way will he rule for a long time­ like tyson thats just crazy talk we wont see the likes­ of tyson again he was awsome!!!!!!!!

Fantastic win for David Haye, it's great to have a­ British champ. However, the road ahead is an even­ tougher challenge apart from the ridiculous mandatory­ defence against Ruiz. This is purely a way of­ bigging-up the new champ, even David looked­ uncomfortable with this & emphasised the mandatory­ nature of the defence. There are plenty more credible­ challengers, e.g. Odlanier Solis would be a great next­ fight as he just edged David in 2001 World Amateur­ final. Also, of course David Tua. This would give a­ lot more credibility to WBA & boxing in general

Karl b and stantheman are having sex with each other!!­ Stan must be on top.

comment 53 ...Anyone who thinks that a class boxer­ could not stand and trade with a pudding like valuev­ and avoid him is a complete kn.,bhead.....namely­ STANTHEMAN what a tit.

deesydave = tvvat!

Well said Karl! Haye did what he had to do. Standing­ still trading punches with Valuev would have been­ madness. Anyone that thinks otherwise is an idiot.

to all d. haye fans i think that he will reign for a­ long time just like tyson did in the 90s. from scouse

Haye needs to concentrate on cementing a legacy against­ the likes of­ Ruiz,Chageave,Pvotkin,Chisora,Arreola,Peters,Tua and­ even Roy Jones,needs to forget the Klitchkos,too big­ too heavy handed

stevejones is just a bore who still lives with his mam­ in the same bedroom he had as a kid,he has two friends­ who don't really like him but he's just always­ been around.He's had one relationship with a woman­ when he was in his late teens but finds they shun him­ now because they find him weird and a little­ creepy,ignore him and he goes away

KARL B ....YR A F.,KING IDIOT

Why do people keep saying haye was running away. the­ art of boxing is hitting without being hit. it is a­ boxing match, not UFC. he did his homework, knew what­ he had to do & how to do it & he succeeded - it­ is tactics. He went to win a belt. fighting a man that­ much bigger, when you have already moved up tot he­ weight, with a broken hand is some amazing feat. it­ doesnt matter is valuev was rubbish or not, thats his­ problem. haye did what he had to do. why do people want­ our sportsmen to fail all the time? if they are good,­ then they are good. i am a massive footy fan but the­ english team are massively overated - they should look­ to haye for inspiration.

i cannot beleive the decision was given to haye. i cant­ see how you can run away for most of the round, throw 3­ punches and win the round. it was the most negative,­ boring performance i have ever seen. if this is the­ best that boxing can offer, the sport is in real­ danger. the ufc is the biggest growing sport at the­ moment and that rubbish on saturday will have more and­ more fight fans switching to the ufc.