Haye vs Valuev

Who is that in your avatar mate?   im sure he is from bolton, pulled me up a couple of times, bb talk etc.

Value is now odds on favourite on most betting sites, rather than Haye who was up until a few hours ago?! lots of money being placed on valuev clearly.

end of round 8 and Hills have Haye a 7/4 underdog now

Fair play to Haye! i didnt see that coming!

I thought he did what he needed to do, made Valuev look inneffective and kept out of trouble. Neither landed many shots, but the ones that Haye landed were more productive.

Brilliant

Well done to Haye.

Serves the Klitchkos right for wanting him to sign that crazy contract giving them control over his career.

Now he can face them as a champion in his own right, although I don't think he could beat either of them tbh.

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He is just lucky he is boxing now and not more than 5 years ago. Neither would last a few rounds against previous champions. Not his fault I suppose but heavyweight boxing is so bad now days. Congratulations though.

Mick

Mick of Gateshead


He is just lucky he is boxing now and not more than 5 years ago. Neither would last a few rounds against previous champions. Not his fault I suppose but heavyweight boxing is so bad now days. Congratulations though.

Mick

More like 20 years ago - been a long time since there were a decent crop of heavyweights IMO

Great display by Haye. Too fast and too good. Had he not bust his hand in the 2nd, Valuev would have been Ko'd

Well done Haye!

Dodgy fight to score IMO, but i have always been of the opinion knuckle part of the glove on the target area therefore there was only one winner.

The pace was so pedestrian due to Hayes tactics but it worked well for him and at that pace there was no chance of him gassing.

On a side note did anyone else hear the commentary team say Haye does not do any endurance running?

I would be interested in hearing anyones views on that.

Watched the fight on Sky Box Office last night. I did not think Haye done enough really to defeat Valuev, and thought he was very lucky to get the decision. I would of thought a draw at best for Haye and personally I had Valuev about 2-3 rounds ahead. I think Don King thinks Haye is much more marketable for future fights against the klitschko's in the US, and so long as Haye was not KO'd, the decision was always going to be a Haye victory. I like Haye as a boxer and think he is great for the Heavyweight division, with his normally explosive style, but felt he did not do enough 2 or 3 punch combo's in each round to beat Valuev. In some rounds he just tried the one bodyshot on Valuev and missed. I felt Valuev showed the more aggression, and landed more.

knuckle part of the glove on the target area therefore there was only one winner.

 
Totally agree

He does endurance work in cyrpus

I love how Vitali has changed his tune now, ringing uk radio station saying he wants the fight.

It was to be expected, Haye can make them wait now.

Earn a bit of coin with a voulantary (do they still allow those?) or beat Ruiz in a mandatory, then think big scalps.

totally confused how anyone could think it was even close.  valuev landed a few clean jabs the rest he didnt even get close!! 

i think haye should have landed a few more shots he could clearly hit the guy at pretty much will!  didnt seems to have problems getting to his chin!!  also didnt attack his body enough!!   but he did enough to nick each rd!!  with valuev taking one or two at tops imo!!  

Most will have been watching sky box office and be influenced by the negative commentary and their ridiculous scoring.

i watched it with the sound off so didnt have to listen to that drivell.  i was surprised seeing jim watts unofficial scorecard tho.  couldnt beleive he had valuev ahead.

Yep. Sky have always been anti-Haye for some reason.

Criticise him for banging instead of boxing then criticise him for boxing instead of banging.