Klitschko-Haye to take place on July 2nd, in Hamburg soccer stadium in Germany – Breaking news!
April 19th, 2011
By William Mackay: The date and venue for the unification bout between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 Ko’s) and WBC heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has finally been set. The fight reportedly will be taking place at a large 57,000 seat soccer stadium in Hamburg, Germany. This is good news because it gives Wladimir a little more time to train and recover from his abdominal tear injury, while at the same time it will give the promoters more time to market the fight.
Wladimir has wanted to fight Haye since 2009. The two fighters came close to fighting in the summer of 2009 with Haye bailing out because of an apparent back injury. Since then, it’s been impossible for Wladimir and Haye to negotiate a fight until now. Haye has kept busy, making a habit of beating older heavyweights nearing 40. Haye has wins over John Ruiz, 38, Monte Barrett, 38, Audley Harrison 39, and Nikolay Valuev, 36. The win over Valuev was a questionable won, as many people felt that Haye didn’t do enough to really earn the decision.
Haye says he plans on retiring by his 31st birthday in October. He wasn’t to fight both Klitschko brothers by then. However, the end of the dream will be over if Haye gets beaten by Wladimir in July. The chances of Haye getting a fight with Vitali Klitschko following a loss to Wladimir are pretty slim. Haye will have been exposed already by Wladmir and the interest in seeing Vitali beat up Haye as well won’t really be there, except for perhaps in the UK. They’ll l likely continue to support Haye no matter how badly Wladimir beats him on July 2nd.
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Calwyn the voice of reason and what I was trying to say too, fans can’t have double standards when watching boxing. Just seemed the Klitschko fans here seemed to have them
BIG G – thanks for your opinion. It is exacly what I’ve seen in the telly.
So far, no one can show me what I’ve asked for. Haye fans, I am totally open to see that excitment. Just point at least 10 examples:
fight/round/minutes in his HW career.
Who you got???
Remember this guys, ‘Opinions are like arseholes….everybodys got one!!!’. (Some more than others), Let’s see what happens on the night, then we can all argue after.
robert.ill answer it for you.they are exciting because haye said so.haye told the sky sports cameras his fights are exciting and hes the best so its concrete fact and cannot be disputed.haye also dosnt need to fight top heavyweights becasue he says he can beat them because they are bums why does haye need to fight bums he can beat them easily…haye is undisputed crusierweight champion and fought the best that is around because he said they wer the best.enzo was one of the best boxers in the world untill haye knocked him out no1 has ever rocked valuev or went to germany and won on points no1 has been to france to beat mormeck or defeated one of the atgs in john ruiz the way haye did.how do i know all this haye told us so…
I would be glad if guys like Paul or J@ck can answer my question below.
Cheers
The Klitschkos ducked Valuev? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahhahahahahahahahahhaahahahah. That’s why they are called Britards
Haye’s fights in HW (some of them even shouldn’t be called fights vide Harrison) were indeed boring.
Please point me any you think were exciting in HW. Tell me which fight/round/minute looks to you exciting. I would expect you can point at least 10 moments like that in these few HW Haye’s fights.
I am really curious what you see I cannot see.
I laugh when some of the Haye fans claim that the K brothers are scared of Valuev. This is the most stupid thing I have heard. They have tried to get a fight with Valuev for the last 3 yrs.
I know one thing for sure. If they did fight Valuev they would not run for 12 rounds. They would have broken him down and stopped him before the 8th round. By the way, why did Haye run for 12 rds against Valuev? I didnt see Holyfield run from Valuev. Nor did Ruiz or Donaldson. Holyfield is about the same size as Haye and he is way older than Haye and yet he didnt run from Valuev.
Get a grip, get off here for a change and get a job. Although you can speak however you want, it makes it easier when people can read it!
You’ve been on so many posts here chatting your opinion and if someone disagrees you take it personal like a child. Each to their own too I agree, yes people prefer different boxers based on the style they like.
Big G are you stupid?!
I have never heard someone so full of it. I think Paul is bang on about you. You clearly haven’t read what he said and if so, let you’re feelings or bias speak in your replies. As much as you may think you didn’t address what he said. Take a hard look at yourself man.
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i will be live at the stadium.
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haye gonjna fuq ur ass boy.
The writer is a boxing observator as well and as I am also the difference in opposition is in Fact,telling.Haye has not,I repeat it is my right to tell the truth has not fought the better opposition.good opposition from the standpoint of thier accopmplishments,but currently just were not the best out there.It is not a right to claim this it is only fact.this time if he wins over Klitschco,he did beat the best.
ino your right if only there was some other way to acess the internetinstead of just in the house id cud go and get a job and come on this site when i was in work…i also think they wud make a lot of money makin this device.i wonder if theyl ever do it
that a silly statement the klitschko didn’t want to fight valuev because of his size. everybody wanted to fight valuev. donald,ruiz,barrett,mccline,chagaev,holyfield and haye to name a few. valuev has two losses on his record and if you believe the esb posters he really has five loses. but the klitschkos wanted no part of him LOL. the klitschkos are taller then those mention but they are scare of big nick. give me a break.
I think Big G should get a job he has too much time on here spouting S**t while the tax payer has to pay for him
@Big G
LMFAO!!!! I never said Haye was the saviour of the division and as much as I back him and yes I am a fan of his style and boxing ability (he does have some you know! Boxing isn’t just about winning or losing today, it’s about character and personality) it seems you have some personal vendetta against him as a boxer or of people being fans of him. I’d appreciate you not putting words in my mouth, when did I say it is for that reason they are boring? Get it together man! Just because they’ve fought the best of a bad division does NOT justify the writer in commenting that Haye hasn’t fought anyone, if in fact, niether have the Klitchko’s. It can’t be one standard for one boxer and another for a different one. It also seems you didn’t address anything I wrote in the previous comment to you and jumped to the defence of a Klitchsko like I was attacking them! Seems your more of a Klitshko lover than I am of Haye. You go on further to say how they are sportsmen outside of boxing, I am speaking about the sport. I’m not interested in stalking every boxers’ actions outside. When they have lost they have never accepted it and when someone with half a chance of beating them has called a match or rematch, they have ducked.
and also please point me in the direction that any k bro didnt fight haye due to an injury???this fight didnt happen because haye wanted to milk his title thats all..theres alot more of ur post i cud run into the ground but ill leave that for the rest of the guys who are actually boxing fans not haye fans…
im still laughin at ur post paul.saying the klit brother have taken the sportsmanship out of it is like saying bob geldof does nothing for africa lmao really no idea wat ur on about like man…and im yet to understand how calling haye out made himself look silly.and another thing.this fight has takin so long because of 2 men and that is haye and booth they have played a tactical game making as much money as they can without actually gettin in the ring with wlad or vitali to be honest its actually quite embaresing when u think about it.haye after backing out of the 1st fight with wlad then with vitali to fight valuev everytime wlad had a fight he said he wasnt intrested in vitali then when vitali was in a fight he only wanted wlad then tryd to fight mormeck again was told either fight ur mandatory or klit then all of a sudden he signd to fight them hmmm i wonder y.only haye nut huggers cant see this
Well let’s not forget that whatever the outcome David baby is retiring on his 31st birthday – true warrior spirit. He should have gone for a rematch with Harrison, much more his style. Hope he ends up with broken bones and an ambulance back from Hamburg. I am embarrassed once again to be British because I am damn sure he will get out of this fight one way or another and retire ‘undefeated’. Puke.
July 2nd Wlad will be vladanated……………..Period. I cant wait
David Haye is the WBA heavyweight champ not the WBC
I’m sorry for Haye, because the bout is going to take place in Germany where all German or quasi-German fighters win by hook or by crook. Haye will need to throw serious punches in the early rounds to shook Wlad if he wants to win – going the entire distance will surely bring victory to Wlad.
@when in doubt jab out
Haha yeah, should have thought about that before I wrote!
So whens the 1st press conference going to be??
Total mismatch.
wlad rocked in the second,haye rocked in the forth!lol you a gambling man
f#ck me your good,predicting the fight blow by blow!have you had premonitions. maybe your gifted.Or maybe just a bellend.
I don’t see this as much of a contest, Haye brings about a zero on the threat scale, he just isn’t good enough to make this interesting…..a very easy night for Wlad.
@ Jack
Haye will get defeated and this is a good a just outcome. To remark that the Germans hate the English or British is thoroughly false. There is zero hatred. In fact the Beatles began their career in Hamburg and have fond memories of the place even today. The only hatred is in the minds of people like Jack.
@ j Jackson refer bact to gilfoid article “Americans don’t like miss matches” read the comment back to you about the ring ratings, read my comment then hopefully you will realise that your whole opinion is based in someone elses that have been very flawed at times!
Wlad should of picked the UK as the place to fight. It will save him the humiliation that he is going to suffer. Now he will see his head get smashed in by the Hayemaker in front of his own fans.
I think haye was a bit sneaky he opened up negotiations seen what wasoffered then pulled out went and beat valuev who was slow to most people let alone a fresh from cruiser haye. Those others might have been in the twilight of their carear but still had names. Now when he sits on the table he gets alot more money. The author said he got the shortend of the deal imagine what he was going to get without that title and fights?? Not every British fan loves haye just why slag all of our main boxers off huh? You won’t get appreciation from this righter unless you are from the us.
Now the Hayefaker will know exactly where he will be knocked out and chased out of boxing. Good for the faker though, it must be a real relief for Haye to realize he won’t be going down to out-and-out defeat right in front of his simple-minded troupe of supporters in London town.
For the Haye the curtain is about to come down, down hard that is.
Wlad wins by ko in the 7th rd and its going to be a really one sided affair and haye is gonna come short in this fight. I predict Haye would rock Wlad in the 2nd round. And then haye would get rocked in the 4th round and would not recover fully from it and would fade away as the fight goes on and in the 7th he would be viciously koed.
This will be a good fight no matter what the outcome is. I think the only way Haye can win is if he KO’s Wlad because he ain’t getting a decision in Germany!! The Germans hate the English.
Haye by decision.
I’ll be putting money on it.
I’m glad that it will be held in a 57,000 seat soccer stadium, because boxing fans around the world will get to see how popular boxing is outside of the USA and how the crowds will fill the stadium. The US is no longer the boxing capital of the world.
j jackson ,spot on haye had no where to run so has a last pay day and a sound beating then good riddance.
@j jackson jibarish dribble you speak how can any of them been ranked higher than Valuev when he was champion.
The only reason the K’s started negotiating with Valuev is because he wasnt fit to fight.
They have avoided him for years hense no WBA strap so dont talk your dribble Valuev is a very big guy no matter on skill very hard especially if you are a short heavyweight like Haye.
Who ever wins between Haye and the K’s will be a great fights, Wlad will be KO’d and we will have a super fight in Haye and Vitali because Haye will have to go to the drawing board because who knows even then would Vitali fight Haye if Haye beats is bro??
haye was scared and is scared/ but he was cornered. he was either going to have to fight a legitimate top 10 fighter (finally) in the form of povetkin or chagaev or fight a k brother. seeing that vladiimir has had 2 surgeries in 2 years and vitali will soon be 40–and is starting to look it. he decided to roll the dice. though if vlad looks too good in training, i suspect he will bail again. haye always finds a way to avoid young, strong fighters. 4 fights in 3 years. average age 38. ranking: 1 in top 10 (at 8). the 3 others were not even ranked in the top 20. in the same period, despite 2 surgeries, vladimir fought 5 times, 3 of them were against fighters in the top 10…alll were ranked higher than valuev. (1 fighter, povetkin, backed out, or there would ahve been 4 fighters in the top 10…3 of them in the top 5). you dont see a difference between them….? (And haye tried to sign mormeck for this fight instead, but he was told he would have to forfeit his belt.) (by the way vitali had 7 fights in that period, 5 of them were against top 10 fighters) (all rankings ring magazine)
I hope the stadium is located near a hospital
will haye show up?
Aww, wanted Waldimir to beat Haye on his own soil in front of all his blind fans (BIG MOE). Oh well, as long as they get in the ring i’m satisfied. It’ll be interesting to see what excuse Haye comes up with when he is KO’d in the 2nd round. The knee giving out is already taken lol
And People said Haye was scared and this fight wouldn’t happen because Haye was scared. Who’s laughing now? Haye is the winner.