If HAYE pulls out of FURY fight ....

[Tom Ford]

How will you view HAYE if he pulls out of the Fury fight?
I just have a feeling he will go and fight Wlad or for a vacant belt.
If be pulls out if this fight I will view him as a utter ####.

You?

I just have a feeling he will get out of the fight.
If he does then I won't be surprised.

[daviddee]

This fight won't happen. He's given himself time to try and sort out a big fight

[mickey1975]

This fight won't happen. He's given himself time to try and sort out a big fight

This IS a big fight. I can't see how he would get more money fighting Povetkin or Vitali and Haye certainly isn't interested in legacy.

[zero]

This fight won't happen. He's given himself time to try and sort out a big fight

Can you elaborate on " He's given himself time to try and sort out a big fight" are you suggesting he purposely got injured to avoid this fight?

[Tom Ford]

If he takes a different fight will the people who have paid for hotels etc be so forgiving?

[mickey1975]

If he takes a different fight will the people who have paid for hotels etc be so forgiving?

They have already forgiven him twice. He does what he wants.

[SNG]

This fight won't happen. He's given himself time to try and sort out a big fight

This IS a big fight. I can't see how he would get more money fighting Povetkin or Vitali and Haye certainly isn't interested in legacy.

Exactly.

This fight offers him more than any other out there, and would lead to bigger fights. If he fights Wlad/Vitali or Povetkin as it stands he wouldn't earn what he's getting for Fury. It's silly to think hell back out of a fight that offers exactly what he's after.

[iamasadlittleboy]

This fight won't happen. He's given himself time to try and sort out a big fight

This IS a big fight. I can't see how he would get more money fighting Povetkin or Vitali and Haye certainly isn't interested in legacy.

Fight Povetkin, get belts, earn more from defending belts against Fury?

[orbtastic]

This fight won't happen. He's given himself time to try and sort out a big fight

This IS a big fight. I can't see how he would get more money fighting Povetkin or Vitali and Haye certainly isn't interested in legacy.

Exactly.

This fight offers him more than any other out there, and would lead to bigger fights. If he fights Wlad/Vitali or Povetkin as it stands he wouldn't earn what he's getting for Fury. It's silly to think hell back out of a fight that offers exactly what he's after.

Yet conversely, a fight with a belt holder (or for a vacant title, most likely the WBA's) would give him a belt which he could use as a bargaining chip against either Klit brother - They are notorious difficult to deal with, hitting you over the head with contractual stipulations and and bogging you down in % carve ups etc. He needed that WBA belt from Valuev to put him a stronger position when negotiating with both Vitali and Wlad, and it helped him, unquestionably.

[SNG]

This fight won't happen. He's given himself time to try and sort out a big fight

This IS a big fight. I can't see how he would get more money fighting Povetkin or Vitali and Haye certainly isn't interested in legacy.

Fight Povetkin, get belts, earn more from defending belts against Fury?

There is a huge caveat, Povetkin has to beat Wlad, and the fight with Povetkin would still be there after Fury.

[SNG]

Yet conversely, a fight with a belt holder (or for a vacant title, most likely the WBA's) would give him a belt which he could use as a bargaining chip against either Klit brother - They are notorious difficult to deal with, hitting you over the head with contractual stipulations and and bogging you down in % carve ups etc. He needed that WBA belt from Valuev to put him a stronger position when negotiating with both Vitali and Wlad, and it helped him, unquestionably.

What's the chance of the Fury Haye fight being for the WBA if Povetkin loses?

[mickey1975]

So Povetkin beats Wlad and then Haye beats Povetkin and gets some leverage to negotiate with Vitali. That chain of events is less believable than him headbuttting the wall...

[orbtastic]

Yet conversely, a fight with a belt holder (or for a vacant title, most likely the WBA's) would give him a belt which he could use as a bargaining chip against either Klit brother - They are notorious difficult to deal with, hitting you over the head with contractual stipulations and and bogging you down in % carve ups etc. He needed that WBA belt from Valuev to put him a stronger position when negotiating with both Vitali and Wlad, and it helped him, unquestionably.

What's the chance of the Fury Haye fight being for the WBA if Povetkin loses?

Check out their rankings. I just did, out of morbid curiosity. Haye is their number 1, Fury their number 15. I can't see them sanctioning it, unless Fury shoots up their rankings between now and Feb.

One thing's for sure, that WBA "regular" title will be vacant on Saturday, unless the fight ends in some sort of draw. The same way it was when Haye lost to Wlad.

[SNG]

Yet conversely, a fight with a belt holder (or for a vacant title, most likely the WBA's) would give him a belt which he could use as a bargaining chip against either Klit brother - They are notorious difficult to deal with, hitting you over the head with contractual stipulations and and bogging you down in % carve ups etc. He needed that WBA belt from Valuev to put him a stronger position when negotiating with both Vitali and Wlad, and it helped him, unquestionably.

What's the chance of the Fury Haye fight being for the WBA if Povetkin loses?

Check out their rankings. I just did, out of morbid curiosity. Haye is their number 1, Fury their number 15. I can't see them sanctioning it, unless Fury shoots up their rankings between now and Feb.

One thing's for sure, that WBA "regular" title will be vacant on Saturday, unless the fight ends in some sort of draw. The same way it was when Haye lost to Wlad.

Time for a keep busy fight I think.

[orbtastic]

So Povetkin beats Wlad and then Haye beats Povetkin and gets some leverage to negotiate with Vitali. That chain of events is less believable than him headbuttting the wall...

Not necessarily.

Povetkin picked up Haye's old regular title that he lost/gave up when losing to Wlad.

That title will be vacant at the weekend, again.

It'll be there, vacant and ready to be snatched up, the WBA love their sanctioning fees.

If you were Haye, you've got five months or so now between now and February....if you were REALLY as mercenary as everyone says and just out for the most money you could get - What would you do?

[iamasadlittleboy]

There is a huge caveat, Povetkin has to beat Wlad, and the fight with Povetkin would still be there after Fury.

Even if Povetkin loses the WBA "regular" title will be available...in fact, actually Haye v Fury for the "Regular title" could add 10-15% extra to the purses of both men....

[iamasadlittleboy]

What's the chance of the Fury Haye fight being for the WBA if Povetkin loses?

Check out their rankings. I just did, out of morbid curiosity. Haye is their number 1, Fury their number 15. I can't see them sanctioning it, unless Fury shoots up their rankings between now and Feb..[/quote]

Wouldn't be as big a surprise as to find Deontay Wilder as the WBC #3, the WBC #5, the WBA #6 and the IBF #11...

[orbtastic]

Perhaps not, but they do have a habit of making fights for vacant titles between their #1 & #2.

[mickey1975]

So Povetkin beats Wlad and then Haye beats Povetkin and gets some leverage to negotiate with Vitali. That chain of events is less believable than him headbuttting the wall...

Not necessarily.

Povetkin picked up Haye's old regular title that he lost/gave up when losing to Wlad.

That title will be vacant at the weekend, again.

It'll be there, vacant and ready to be snatched up, the WBA love their sanctioning fees.

If you were Haye, you've got five months or so now between now and February....if you were REALLY as mercenary as everyone says and just out for the most money you could get - What would you do?

But Haye wont box twice in a year, let alone five months so the better paying option will still be Fury. Everyone will see him as a complete bottle job if he signs to fight someone the public have never heard of.

[SNG]

So Povetkin beats Wlad and then Haye beats Povetkin and gets some leverage to negotiate with Vitali. That chain of events is less believable than him headbuttting the wall...

Not necessarily.

Povetkin picked up Haye's old regular title that he lost/gave up when losing to Wlad.

That title will be vacant at the weekend, again.

It'll be there, vacant and ready to be snatched up, the WBA love their sanctioning fees.

If you were Haye, you've got five months or so now between now and February....if you were REALLY as mercenary as everyone says and just out for the most money you could get - What would you do?

But Haye wont box twice in a year, let alone five months so the better paying option will still be Fury. Everyone will see him as a complete bottle job if he signs to fight someone the public have never heard of.

What's the chance of Fury fighting an interim to get his WBA ranking up? Even if artificially.

[iamasadlittleboy]

Perhaps not, but they do have a habit of making fights for vacant titles between their #1 & #2.

Not hard to shuffle them around a bit between here and Feb (I'm going off the WBA rankings on fightnews so sorry if a few of these are wrong, the WBA site hates my computer)
-Boytsov could be dropped for "inactivity and low level of competition"
-Ortiz could be dropped for "inactivity"
-Mitchell just lost
-Oquendo could be dropped for "inactivity"
-Wilder "low level of competition" (god knows how he got to #6 or whatever it is in the most recent one)
-Pudar and Chagaev fight each other so one of them will drop down anyway
-Arreola could maintain his rating due to other falling (Mitchell notably)
-Abdulsalamov fights soon in a toughy (could lose)
-Ustinov fights Tua, but could be kept where is is due to others falling

I think Fury could find himself up in the top 10 with a single stay busy and a nice slice of pie given to the MEndoza family.

[orbtastic]

So Povetkin beats Wlad and then Haye beats Povetkin and gets some leverage to negotiate with Vitali. That chain of events is less believable than him headbuttting the wall...

Not necessarily.

Povetkin picked up Haye's old regular title that he lost/gave up when losing to Wlad.

That title will be vacant at the weekend, again.

It'll be there, vacant and ready to be snatched up, the WBA love their sanctioning fees.

If you were Haye, you've got five months or so now between now and February....if you were REALLY as mercenary as everyone says and just out for the most money you could get - What would you do?

But Haye wont box twice in a year, let alone five months so the better paying option will still be Fury. Everyone will see him as a complete bottle job if he signs to fight someone the public have never heard of.

Why does he have to box twice in a year? Not quite sure I follow you.

Haye does what suits Haye best. He's a shameless self publicist and basically in it to wring every last penny out of it (and why shouldn't he?) - So he does what suits him best, financially.

There's more money, long term, in a vacant WBA title shot than there would be in a Fury fight. It's common sense. A vacant title would give him (as it did before) better leverage for negotiations with either Klitbot and win, lose or draw against either he would make millions of $$$ rather than one or two in his current position.

I'm not advocating it, nor saying it would be a good thing. I personally don't think he's earned a shot at either and think he should go through with the Fury fight but let's face it, he's going to do what he wants and has a track record of doing so. It's largely irrelevant what you or I think, he's going to ignore it anyway, even if we were both stalking him on twitter and instagram continually haranguing him.

[orbtastic]

Perhaps not, but they do have a habit of making fights for vacant titles between their #1 & #2.

Not hard to shuffle them around a bit between here and Feb (I'm going off the WBA rankings on fightnews so sorry if a few of these are wrong, the WBA site hates my computer)
-Boytsov could be dropped for "inactivity and low level of competition"
-Ortiz could be dropped for "inactivity"
-Mitchell just lost
-Oquendo could be dropped for "inactivity"
-Wilder "low level of competition" (god knows how he got to #6 or whatever it is in the most recent one)
-Pudar and Chagaev fight each other so one of them will drop down anyway
-Arreola could maintain his rating due to other falling (Mitchell notably)
-Abdulsalamov fights soon in a toughy (could lose)
-Ustinov fights Tua, but could be kept where is is due to others falling

I think Fury could find himself up in the top 10 with a single stay busy and a nice slice of pie given to the MEndoza family.

Too many ifs, buts and maybes.

I wouldn't have a problem with the WBA sanctioning their fight next Feb, but I'm sure others would do.

I think Haye should take the Fury fight, it's getting beyond a joke now. I'm not a conspiracy theorist by any stretch but if he did somehow cancel again it would just be taking the piss on a large scale.

[mickey1975]

Well I would back Povetkin to beat him anyway!

[orbtastic]

He wouldn't fight him! No need to.