Haye expects a mass horde of Brits to show up for Klitschko bout
April 22nd, 2011
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) expects a a slew of Brit fans to show up for his July 2nd bout against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) at the Imtech-Arena, Altona, in Hamburg, Germany. Haye, 30, is going to need the fans because the stadium is huge with a capacity of 55,000 and a good portion of them will be rooting for Klitschko, not Haye. I see a lot of booing for Haye but not a lot of fans.
Haye expects Brits to descend on Germany like a bunch of seasonal locusts on July 2nd. He must be dreaming. I predict that the stadium is going to be barren of Haye fans on July 2nd except for perhaps some annoying horn blower or two. Hopefully, they don’t allow anyone in the stadium with horns. And please, no soccer songs. I don’t want to hear that awful racket when I’m trying to focus on the fight.
Here is what Haye had to say about his loving Brits at boxrec.com: “Hamburg is an accessible city for a lot of British fans, so I’m expecting a huge turn-out for what is undoubtedly the biggest boxing event of the year. We’re going to have an army of Brits invading Germany on July 2 and I can’t wait to sample the atmosphere.”
Haye will probably be lucky if he can get 1000 Brits to make that long trek to Germany. Times a hard in the UK and with the bad economy over there I highly doubt fans will have the deep pockets to come all the way to Germany to see Haye get beat up by the 6’6″ Wladimir.
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Im a brit and i am going. im travelling with a haye fanclub from the midlands and our attitute is to be as loud and imtimidating as possible! we have numerous flags, horns etc and we will be tearing hamburg apart. Hayemaker will do us proud and put an end to this has bins career, the new champs on the block and its time to step aside. Whatever the result we will be singing, drinking and partying long into the night! GERMANY, GERMANY, WERE THE FAMOUS ENGLISH BOYS AND WERE COMING TO GERMANY!!! De de de de de derrrrr!!!
PAT PUMP why dont you stick your head back up Scott Gilfoid’s backside and come out when you have somthing that resembles having some boxing knowledge
You guys are making too much of this fight……it’s a horrible mismatch, Haye may be the worst fighter to go against Klitchko……and besides that he will probably run away again.
If the Haye fans start fights there I am sure that the German police won’t let them get away with it. The police will give those thugs a good beating.
Gilfoid, you have no idea do you? There were around five thousand Haye fans in Nuremberg when he beat Valuev, I know because I was there! Guaranteed, there will be at least twenty thousand in Hamburg, probably more.
Due to the fact that I live in the south of the UK, I can get to Hamburg in roughly the same time as it takes to travel, to say, Manchester. which for people who don’t know, is situated in the north west of the UK. I don’t know who will win the fight,I don’t know if it will be a great fight,but what I do know is there will be thousands of british fight fans in Hamburg on July 2nd. Lets just hope that it will be a fantastic ocassion, that will re-ignite interest in the Heavyweight division.
Scott, I’ve realised that everything you write is the exact opposite of the truth, you’re amazing, I.m using your ramblings to predict the future from now on
I think a fair amount of British Boxing fans will go to see Haye fight. 1000 would be an easily attainable number and – since we are loudmouths – we would be able to make our prescence known.
Haye may not be as popular as Ricky Hatton, who had a more blue collar vibe to him, which made him more likeable to fans, but regardless he still has his fans and I could see around 5000 travel to support him.
Also I’d actually worry about us Brits causing violence rather then make loud noises with horns and singing anthems.
As for who I will support…Don’t care. If Haye wins, I think we’ll see Heavyweight boxing start to become what it was like in the old days (at least a little bit) and less stoic (even if only for a short term) but if Wladimir Klitschko wins, then it’s back to business.
Of course, if both Adamek and Haye win…I’d love to see a fight between these two
I still think Klitschko has the tool’s to win, However after reviewing his loss to sanders, it does look like he dosent take a punch to well and I dont think a fighter can improve his chin.However, Klitschko has become a much smarter fighter since the sanders fight.
green with envy americans.
theyl be loads of brits in hamburg you can guarantee and tbh i think they will most likely drown out the germans who are normally quite a quiet crowd. i would think there will be a around 10 000 brits in the stadium on fight night they will find there way in there somehow. whatever people say haye is hugely popular in the uk
LOL Haye looks like a paranoid serial killer in that photo, but truely they could send every brit in world history to the fight and it still wouldn’t help. Wlad def Haye KO round 4 I’d go as far as saying it will look like Pac vs Hatton or Martinez vs Williams KTFOFUBAR style type of KO.
@shaun golly
Not sure what fights you have been watching, but you best go back and look at the long list of HW fights that Vlad has fought and won since taking on Stewart as his trainer. Then look at the fights David Haye has won in the HW arena. The last fight, he stood still and look like a scared school girl in a school yard, eyes all bugged out of his head. Took him third round to throw a punch. This in a fight with a guy who isn’t or wasn’t rated in the top 10. David shouldn’t even have his Belt. Holyfield clearly won against the Giant and was Robbed. He did more in that fight than David Haye did against the Giant. David haye threw 10 punches or less in his fight with the giant. If he does this in the Vlad fight, he will be demolished. I thik David Haye is over rated and i know he will be xposed as a farce in front of all of his fans. Vlad is gonna punish him and hopefully put him in the hospital. Maybe they can put his mouth in a jar to preserve it for all future HW who wish to open their mom and brag about things they really can’t do!
@jayjay
respect for your post bud … boxing is about the great science . how can anyone sit there and say the brothers havent fought anyone ? who is there out there . im british but cant realy get into supporting haye . he treats everyone fans included like sxxx. i want him to just do one thing keep his word and retire … period
I’ll be there to watch Haye get KTFO.
There is nothing like a ringside seat,except a better coverage of action by a seasoned camera crew up close and on top of the action,with replays in slow motion.when I wonder are the commissions going to allow a certain amount of replay action into the inconclusive naked eye missed calls.?I bet thier will be a lot of brits there to support thier guy.
how naive are you scot to think brits wont back there own??in britain regardless of wat hayes little fan boys on this site say haye is unproven and every1 knows he is a tit and hasnt fought any1 of decent pedigree and all do think hes an underdog..but like in soccer we all know england will lose to spain brazil ect ect but us brits will always support our own.to sum up wat im trying to say…us brits give haye these percentages 20-40 chance to win 100% support
Also i want to know if SCOTT GILFOID thinks he could do better because the guy has some harsh opinions when i think a female pin weight boxer with 0 wins and 20 losses by KO could Scott give her, her 1st victory.
Haye’s too fast, strong as an ox too, if klitschko don’t catch him EARLY then Haye gonna tko or ko klitschko in the 9th or 10th
what’s wrong being a underdog?so was buster douglas!Haye has just to be him self thats more than enuf or better said it will already be to much for wlad.If David keeps his cool it will be a quick and easy win for him
Jayjay if you have been watching the Klit bros you must surely be bored of watching there joke fights by now. The only reason they have been around for so long is that there have been no credible oppostion out there. Haye is a live fighter who has massive power. I am off to Hamberg along with thousands of other Great British fans!! C’on David Haye
1000 British fans?? You people are deffo on crack, there will be more Brits in Hamberg for the fight than you pea brained people think. At least 10000, 15000. And lets be honest here Americans are in no postion to comment on the Heavy weight division with all your joke fighters.
I’ll be going. Hamburg is a beautiful city. What an awesome weekend it will be. Fellow Brits buy those tickets let’s turn this into a carnival!
I think Adamek/Klit is a more sincere fight than this one. You got to hand it to Booth, Haye etc ‘cos they have contrived to serve up beans on toast and convince everyone it’s caviar. Klits are strangling the begesus out of Heavyweight excitement but I just can’t see the largely unproven Haye ending their dire run. Oh man! what I’d give for the second coming of Smokin’ Joe…..ho hum
I think it would be very simple but good joke if Vlad brings for one of the conferences a special pizza box for Haye’s face. LOL
I guess Vlad won’t cos he’s much above Hay’s intellectual level.
Yeah I’m looking for my tickets!
i’m British and have to save David Haye is an embarrassment,so are most of his fans,not all of us brits are brainwashed drunks like Hayes fans,i’m supporting Wlad in this fight because David Haye has a bad attitude and he needs knocking out to take him down a peg or two.
I am not going to pay to watch this mismatch. If I have time I may get it free on the Internet or just will have a look when it is on the youtube. Not worth my time and monies. LOL
I suppose just to get away from the lousy weather Brits will make their way to Hamburg. Hell itz only 500 miles as the crow flies. As certain as the weather is gloomy in the kingdom is that Haye will learn to lose in Hamburg home of champions and a very good setting for Haye to become an ex, an ex-champion that is.
Or will the Hayefaker figure out a way to get out of this fight after all? I wouldn’t put it past him.
jackson u sound like an ex IRA man exciled for having a brittish name. i box and have a favote boxer for every weight haye is the heavy of today
When are tickets on sale where can i get them from
Am looking forward to a good klit licking.
The Mass hord of Brits will watch him get slapped around by Wlad.
Copey speak for yourself. Just about every Irishman north and south that hasn’t a crush on the queen is looking forward to witnessing diva unconscious. He has got to be the worst type of boxer there is going. All mouth yet totally inactive – 4 fights in three years. Avoids all serious comp and ONLY goes for the pay day. In three years hasnt fought one young and deserving contender. Wants to retire berfore 31 with about 27 pro fights under his belt. The world LAUHS at Haye. What a JOKE he is. And anyone whop supports him is a lamb without a clue. Get a life Copey.
what i dont get is why a fighter who fights only 3 times in 4 years…ducks everybody not old or infirm….and has an IQ thats below room temperature…dresses like the guys in YMCA….and brags constantly, ridiculously, about his slim resume… who cant even make a clever remark–valuev was big and smelly…boy i howled at that…how is he good for boxing? he does acts like a third world dictater. he has that going for him. i keep expecting to see him show up in an admirals hat and a coat with medals all over it.
@ Jackson …u mean like the american boxing fans with their rapist champ mike Tyson? Or ur murdering super star ok Simpson?..we got morals unlike.u silly tobacco chewing red necks.
belfast to germany £70 return + train to hamberg €20 return + £70 ticket then money for booze to celebrate with at liest 15_20 thousand mad but boxing fanatic fans. us irish are backing davie all the way. and froch to win super six.
I think Scott got rejected by a british girl at some point in his pathetic life…got so much hatred for such a small island full of patriotic ppl…Germany will be ram packed no doubt!…Beer+women+ british heavyweight champ= a lot of British ppl having a good time…ps…wladimir is not even that good,hasn’t been tested in a long time,he’s a big lad but haye will handle him well,vitali would have been a better fight
scott you are off-base here. england is the home of the fanatical fan. haye could be a rapist and murderer and would still draw crazed, mouth breathing fans from all over the wiggly little isle of england. (hopefully hayes new stripper will be there too…will he or wont he wear cornrows. its all so exciting.)
well! well! well….. I am big boxing fan but I won’t go all the way go Germany to see that boxing unless diva provide free ticket. Anyway haye will get ko by klits so what the point to travel 500 miles to see scared cow’s(haye) boxing? I am happy to watch on 50″ tv.
scott you loon…..england is just 400 miles from hamburg..im driving there with friends,to watch haye rid the cancer…that is the klitcko sisters….so it will be 2 undisputed heavyweight champs from london within the last 10 years…..not bad ha!!!
the long trek to germany are you for real?? only a thousand brits going over! yea ok
Im British, an am going to Germany, got my flights for £50 return. Cant wait, the belts will be coming home to England even if it is only for a short time.
Klitschko’s time is up, it will be a re-run of the Corrie Sanders fight
hayes geting kod thats if he shows up this time
wow brainwashed british singers will sturm AOL arena
Scott as usual stupid,1000 brits
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