Steward doubts David Haye will ever fight Wladimir Klitschko
June 8th, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: In East Side Boxing’s On the Ropes program, the trainer for IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, Emanuel Steward, expressed doubts about whether World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) will ever fight Wladimir. Steward said “I don’t think they will ever get that little puppy David Haye to come out from under the bed. He’s going to let his manager stay out there and lock all of the doors and protect him. I don’t think we’ll ever see David Haye fight. We may see him draw some more cartoon sketches and cut them up and do stuff like that, but I can’t understand how a guy can claim that he’s even a solid heavyweight, let alone hold a belt, and let a man talk to you the way Wladimir’s spoken about him or I’ve spoken about him.”
Haye had previously talked nonstop about wanting to fight both of the Klitschko brothers after moving up to the heavyweight division in 2008. But when Haye had an opportunity to fight both, he blew it by either backing out or coming up with an injury. Now that Haye has picked up the WBA heavyweight strap with a narrow 12 round decision over 36-year-old Nikolay Valuev, Haye seems reluctant to fight a unification bout against one of the Klitschko brothers.
Steward says “He [Haye] has had no response and Wladimir is putting I think about three titles on the line plus the Ring title, and doing everything—and he still won’t even sit down and even talk about it. I personally don’t think that David Haye has any guts at all when it comes down to fighting the Klitschkos and he can’t find all these excuses about money when the man is willing to put all of his titles on the line and do a 50-50 share right down the middle with you.”
I totally agree with Mr. Steward. Here Wladimir is putting down more titles than Haye and giving him a 50-50 split of the revenue, yet Haye still isn’t stepping up to the plate and taking the fight. Wladimir has been considered the best heavyweight in boxing for the past five years since 2005 and is still considered the best. I doubt that few people outside of the UK where Haye comes from, see Haye as the best heavyweight in the world. Why should they? Haye has fought most of his career in the much weaker and watered down cruiserweight division where he briefly held down titles before moving up to the heavyweight division.
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Another rather pointless article by the number one Haye hater…ladies & gentlemen its Scott ‘I have a small dinkle’ Gilfoid. Heres an idea Scotty boy, if you don’t have anything positive to say then don’t say it at all. How much longer will you insist on taking it up the cornhole by the imensely inflated german sausage that is Wlad Klitschko? Even HBO won’t broadcast the Klistko fights cos they are snoozefests…at least David Haye adds some excitement to the boxing world.
steward is just a mercenary who goes with the highest bidder his love for the game is clouded by his greed for the dollar ,he knows that wlad is a average h/w in a very poor era who could get k/o”d by any average h/w in boxing and he is thinking dollar signs with wlad v haye before that happens
I wonder if Haye faked his wife’s pregnancy like he did his bad back!
The Haye Klitschco thing ,is like the Floyd, Manny thing.will it ever happen.?
Looks like Haye is preparing for a “hard” defense against Golota.
Nath & yeah rite – just to clear something up to you… Hayes son (casius) is 2 years old. Bis wife is due to have another shortly.
haha now you know that please feel free to continue your debate… I aint gonna waste my time cos I think its so funny how all the americans talk about haye none stop and have such an interest. David Haye all of a sudden is calling allllll the shorts
Who said anything about everyone waiting for pac and mayweather? I’m talking about this particular fight, this would be the biggest heavyweight fight since Lewis Vs Tyson so all involved will want the most attention, hype and money they can get and the best way to do this would be to piggy back off of the possible pac vs mayweather fight!
Errmmm I think you ill find Hayes kid is nearly two and if everyone waited for pac vs mayweather to go ahead then we wouldn’t have much to talk about on these forums would we Nath??
Just try an think like an un biased boxing fan who just wants the best for the sport. If not then I suggest you go back to watching netball.
THIS REMINDS ME OF THE PATTERSON-LISTON ERA. PRESIDENT KENNEDY HAD TO CALL THOSE 2 TO THE WHITE HOUSE, AND FORCE PATTERSON TO FIGHT LISTON. I THINK WE NEED OBAMA TO FORCE THIS BIG-MOUTH BRIT COWARD TO MAN-UPP AND FIGHT A KLITSKO.
Don’t know why everybody gets so offended when fighters don’t do what the fans want, it’s been happening for years so we should be used to it by now, I don’t mind Haye fight Harrison first, would like to see Harrison next though… Decent preperation fight for either K brother a year from now, the majority of fans on this site to really not like haye, not too sure why though, he’s exciting to watch and is very different to any other heavyweight out there, he hasn’t been a heavyweight for too long so why not build up to the K brothers gradually?.
Nath, That is the weakest excuses I have ever heard.
He just had a kid so he won’t fight…please. That should give him more reason to step in the ring and earn a better future for his family.
Pac vs Mayweather has nothing to do with Haye vs Klitscho.
Step up to the plate or vacate, SIMPLE.
Adam you cretin!!!
It is not a fact that Waldo offered Haye 50 50 with no options.
It is talk coming from one side. They could easily make the offer public if it is indeed as they say.
Haye has stated that he is in negotiations all this week.
Lets wait for a response before we all get the painters in!!!
Three simple points for people with simple minds.
1. Haye has become a dad for the first time, i’d imagine his mind is focused on that right now as would anyone elses, it’s called being a good parent not a “wuss” or a “p*ssy” as our transatlantic cousins would say.
2. The talk of a Haye vs Harrison fight is all coming from Harrison, the only reaction Haye has given it is to simply laugh at the idea of it. Harrison is trying to ride on the coat tails of an English fighter who promised a world title and delivered.
3. A Haye vs Klitchsko fight will be confirmed once Mayweather vs Pac fight is sorted. They will want this fight to be as big a fight as they can so i’d imagine they’ll schedule it after the 2 pound for pound fighters get it on (if they do) and riding on those coat tails. If Mayweather and Pac confirm that they can’t come to an agreement then you’ll soon see a Haye vs Klitschko fight agreed.
I have never seen a fighter like haye who is always lying to boxing fans. Shame on you haye.
And BTW, Wlad offered Haye a 50/50 deal. Thats the facts. Wlad called Hayes bluff again. Haye is running out of excuses. Haye has been sitting in a cave hoping Wlad doesn’t track him down. But why would you want to get in the ring with a guy everybody knows is gonna put you to sleep. Keep running Haye, you do it well.
Adam Booth has said today that he will be disgusted as a boxing fan if Haye takes the Harrison fight but did admit that theres a lot of talks going on at the minute and Harrison is 1 of them, purely because of the money involved and level of interest in the UK. Lets give him credit for being honest here, there arent too many trainers who wud openly say they would be disgusted if their fighter chose a certain fight. Nothings been signed, Harrison is definately getting a world title shot because he vacated his european belt today. In my opinion i think we cud c haye-w.klitschko & harrison-v.klitschko. It is worrying that steward has claimed wlad is offering 50-50 split though. Does nobody think theres a possibility thats a lie?
all of these content is right.
Haye is the heavyweight version of Floyd. He will call out fighters, and then DUCK!! I dont think we’ll get to see Haye vs a Klitschko anytime soon. Maybe he’ll wait until they both retire. And then call em out again and when they don’t respond, he’ll say they ducked him. NIce plan huh?
i’ve said this a number of times. WHO IS DAVID HAYE?
theres no doubting the guy is talented cos he is, but hes wearing a tarnished world championship (if you can call it that) and only fought bums as a heaveyweight.
haye called out both klits, had both fights signed and pulled out!
whats his reasoning for not fighting waldimir now? obvivously he wants to keep his title and collect further pay checks against bums.
i cant really blame him, its a smart BUSINESS move, but he and his fans cant complain when he gets justifiabily bagged!
I’m a BIG Haye fan, but if he takes the fight with Harrison, he’s dead to me. I think this is just good marketing and haye will fight wlad next or one more and then him. If he fights harrison he’s just sold out for an easy payday. There is only one outcome of that fight, Haye knows it, Harrison knows it, we all know it, but it would be a big easy payday for both fighters and a total disgrace if it happens.
english fans can and will admit hayes looking like hes on the doge un like over boxing fans. he will loses his fans very quickly because that the english why in england u can be brave and lose and gain fans buy fighting when u know your not the better fighter so com on david your making the whole country look bad not just your self
Everyone forgets Haye has only just started to make the Really big money recently and although everyone wants to see him fight one of the Klitschkos it might be to soon – I think he made a mistake chasing them around shouting his mouth off ! I was speaking with him the other day and he was saying he might have to face his mandatory Ruslan Chaegev but he has been diagnosed as being hepatitis positive so he might struggle to get the go ahead in the UK – Haye vs Harrison would not last long Haye would be to fast for Audley and i see the fight ending early !
haye is lettin his fans down but its beyond me y use guys stick up for him u can says hes not jumpin threw hoops for them or that hes waitin and biding his time but if haye takes the harrison fight hes ducking the k bros its as simple as that if u think anything other than that ur delusional and u shud go str8 back to the mother ship imediatly….
it would be so funny if one of the klitschkos fought harrelson in england.they could both go on all the local sport shows and humiliate haye.right now hes hiding there thinking hes safe from the klitschkos and the english wont notice.they should go there and expose him as the fraud he is
vitali should sign a quick deal with harrelson and fight him in england.either he takes away hayes opponent or forces haye to pay more to get him
Haye may be calling the shots now… and he’s choosing to fight Harrison.
@..Number One Haye Fan…..Hello Friend, Well David Haye has his chance to clean up boxing as he promised, HE CAN LEAVE THE SPORT, cause he doesn’t belong in the company of professionals.
Harrison is a tune up for Wlad end of.
Harrison: Height – 6ft 4 1/2 (194cm) – Reach 86″ (218cm)
Wlad: Height – 6ft 6 1/2 (199cm) –
Reach 81″ (206cm)
Both like to keep their opponents at range obviously there is a big difference in talent but rather than hating, some people on here need to think a little logically. Harrison makes perfect sense as a tune up and it will also p*ss Wlad off. Haye wants Wlad angry for obvious reasons! and snubbing him for Harrison is a way to achieve it!
Why rush to your nemesis.
Emanuel is telling it exactly as it is.
British fans should just admit that their boy Haye is a phoney ABC champ and doesn’t have the courage to fight a Klitschko because he knows that he will be Ko’d.
isnt haye eaither wanting time out or an easy fight as his wifes about to give birth?let haye enjoye the birth of his child as family always comes 1st then start talking klistchko vs haye?
hahhahaha Haye has vlad eating out of his hand! Good work….. what a difference from 18 months ago! Take your time Haye and fight him when your ready he is desperate to be involved in an exciting fight for a change! Looks like Mr Haye is calling the shots now!
i mean ‘dont’ want him fighting fraudley
now this may surprise you scott from what I may say… I am a Haye fan… whilst i do believe that Haye didnt really dodge the brothers the first time round and wants a fair deal its now there for him to say ‘yes’ and go for it…
I do want him fighting fraudly harrison its a waste of time and we all know the result… he needs to step up now he has the belt (he won rightly so) and prove to everyone what he is made of
they fooked him around the first time when HE wanted them, now hes got his title & doing his own thing, fair play to him, i wouldnt jump when they want, he should fight them when he wants to, all they have ever done is fight bums, fat slobs from the USA !!! now Haye is the big attraction, so he should fight when HE is ready
Am big fan of David Haye and I truly believe that he can knock out Wladimir K with minimum ease within first 6-7 rounds. I just dont understand why Haye is being a big pu!ssy at the moment. He surely has the tools and explosiveness to destroy anyone in the Heavyweight division.
Scot Gilford, you are such a Haye hater. I hope, Haye sees you in real life and gives you the Hayemaker!!
haye is such a wuss.he got the 50/50 no option deal that he sid he wanted and he still wont fight either klitschko.he deserves no respect and he will get no respect.he will lose his title within 2 fights.mark my words.If he gets past this tomato can he will lose to chagaev
There is alot of truth in this article, but you sir need to find other things to write about.
im a fan of haye and was looking forward 2 seeing him fight 1 of the k bro’s. but it seems highly unlikely now. rumours are that he is gonna fight audley harrison 4 some reason. it will generate interest here in britan but i for 1 aint interested. he needs 2 step up sharpish
haye is such a wuss.he got the deal 50/50 no option deal that he sid he wanted and he still wont fight either klitschko.hes nothing,a nobody.he deserves no respect and he gets no respect.he will lose his title within 2 fights.mark my words.If he gets past this tomato can he will lose to chagaev