By Michael Lieberman: After watching the latest interview of David Haye on the Steve Bunce show, I got to say I’m really starting to lose whatever little respect I had Haye. He’s all over his November 15th opponent, Monte Barrett, giving him a lot of sweet talk on Bunce’s program. “I’ve been going on about heavyweights being big fat slobs and this guy isn’t. Monte is going to come after me. He’s fast, he’s coming off three spectacular knockout wins. If he hits me with the same shots he hit Tye Fields with, I’ll probably end up in the same position as he did. I can’t afford to get hit with those bombs.” It sounds like Haye is looking for an escape valve, so that he can have an excuse if something goes wrong like him getting stretched by Barrett. I can’t get used to hearing him say nice things about one of his opponents, because he’s usually slamming them and calling them fat slobs and what not.
Probably some of Haye’s fans might think he’s saying this to talk up the fight so that he can make Barrett, a fighter that has lost four out of his last nine fights, look like more of a credible opponent to his boxing fans, but I think it’s for another reason. From my lookout on this, Haye appears afraid of how he’s going to look if he ends up being knocked out by a fighter that he was originally talking down on, and wants to ensure that Barrett is put forth in the best possible light just in case that happens.
By Scott Gilfoid: Looking a lot less confident than I’ve seen him before on the Steve Bunce Boxing show, heavyweight David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) gave a hint at retirement if he’s unable to get by Monte Barrett, his first real test as a heavyweight, on November 15th at the O2 Arena in London. “If I can’t get by Barrett, I don’t belong in the sport…If can’t get past Monte Barrett, what’s the point of anything? I’ll go hang myself and that’s the last you’ll ever hear of me.” 
Setanta Sports News, the rolling 24-hour sports news service, will broadcast a special heavyweight edition of Steve Bunce’s Boxing Hour at 2pm on Thursday 3 October. The straight talking pundit will be joined by David Haye and Monte Barrett, who are set for an explosive clash at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday 15 November, which is exclusively live on Setanta Sports.
By Michael Lieberman: I got to be honest with you all, I’m less than impressed with David Haye’s choice of opponent for his November 15th fight at the O2 Arena. I see Monte Barrett as a nominal top ranked challenger, who besides his recent 1st round TKO over a badly unproven Tye Fields, has done nothing in the past five years to be considered for a bout with Haye. If losses to Cliff Courser, Nikolay Valuev, Joe Mesi and Hasim Rahman are enough for him to be given the go ahead for a Haye opponent, then there’s something wrong with Haye’s selection process. Barrett is a good fighter, but he’s only 50-50 in his last six fights. That’s got to tell you something about him, doesn’t it? 
After what seemed like ions for former cruiserweight champion David Haye to make his decision for his next opponent for his November 15th bout, only his second as a heavyweight, he finally made up his mind with today’s announcement that he will be fighting top contender Monte Barrett at the O2 Arena in London. Barrett, 37, has a good resume having fought top fighters such as Tim Witherspoon, Lance Whitaker, Wladimir Klitschko, Hasim Rahman, Nikolay Valuev, Joe Mesi and Dominick Guinn. Most of the time, Barrett has done well against the top tier fighters with the exception of Klitschko, who was simply too big and too powerful for him, stopping Barrett in seven rounds in July 2000.
By Adam Laiolo: I’ve never quite agreed with the notion of a reigning champion from one division leapfrogging a whole host of other ranked fighters in another division based purely on their achievements at another weight, especially when fighters have plied their trade for years to get to where they are. So when the WBC and WBO announced their inclusion of David Haye into their rankings (WBC #5 WBO #3), many a heavyweight must have been thinking someone was having a laugh and especially hard done to. It’s like a gift, ‘This is to help you on your way, Mr. Haye.’
By Scott Gilfoid: According to Dan Rafael from ESPN, the manager Adam Booth and his promoter for heavyweight contender David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) are speaking with heavyweight contenders Eddie Chambers and Monte Barrett as potential opponents for Haye’s next fight on November 15th at the O2 arena in London. Haye, 27, recently was close to signing on 6’5″ American J.D. Chapman for the fight, but he backed out. Booth will have the final say so over who gets the pick – Barrett or Chambers – but both are fine fighters and Haye couldn’t go wrong by choosing either of them. 
By Jason Kim: Without having fought any heavyweights other than Tomasz Bonin a year and half ago, former cruiserweight champion David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) must feel that he’s the luckiest fighter on Earth. The reason is simple. Haye, 27, only has to face one fighter, who at the moment is a fighter by the name of JD Chapman, and if things go alright for Haye then he gets an almost guaranteed title shot against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in 2009. Not bad for someone who’ll by that time will have had all of two heavyweight fights in the division. 
By Aaron Klein: According to the Press Association, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions Richard Schaefer was informed that Wladimir Klitschko (51-3, 45 KOs) will accept a fight David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs). It appears that Klitschko may possibly be interested in fighting Haye soon, perhaps immediately following Wladimir’s next bout with former 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Alexander Povetkin (16-0, 12 KOs) on December 13th in Germany. For Haye, 27, it would have to be a dream come true, for he originally believed that it would take him awhile to arrive at a title shot, and that he would have to fight a few really good fighters before he would land a shot. 
By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, recently spurned heavyweight hopeful David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) is reportedly interested in a match against former heavyweight champion Ray Mercer (36-7-1, 7 KOs). However, the problem is Mercer, now 47, isn’t ranked in the top 15 by the WBO, which would throw out the window Haye’s promise of fighting a top 10 fighter in his next fight in November. But, you can be sure that this problem will be rectified soon despite the fact that Mercer has lost three out of his last nine fights and hasn’t beaten a top fighter in ages.