Is Bellew out of order?

[tony1234]

I still can't believe this massacre is on PPV! I hope BN and BT fornicate Sky hard in the balloon knot next year! Pack of pudenda!

Hopefully BT/Warren will put up a decent fight and bill against it the same night, give Eddie something to panic about too

[Autobarn]

Staged or not, Haye is genuinely pissed off and I think we'll see that. Usually the lighter fighter is faster, but I can see Bellew swatting flies unfortunatly.

yes Haye seems really angry. Seen his Facebook videos and he looks out of breath, agitated almost, when he starts ranting and shadow boxing/ hitting heavy bag. Lot of anger to take out on Bellew.

[Tarkus]

He had two options. Continue at cruiserweight, or put that on hold and have one fight which makes him more money than he could get in any CW fight, but which may not be available in six months/a year. Bellew could have taken the Haye fight and the money now, or risked it never happening.

We all know it's a money fight, but Bellew would have been insane not to take it. He can still drop to 200 and carry on like nothing happened, which at that weight has essentially been the case.

You are forgetting one important aspect that he is going up to fight one of the biggest puncher in HW division. Not only he risks been badly beaten up more so then in any CW fight but also he risks too look so bad that his commercial value will plummet. If he wanted to continue fighting he would not have taking on such a risky assignment. The other thing is that he looks tired of boxing.

In any case this is my prediction. Bellew retires after Haye fight.

[Ricky_]

Haye called Valuev "the ugliest thing I have ever seen".

He had a point.

[Loynesy]

They will pocket more than £1m

Think I read somewhere they are guaranteed £3m each with more depending on how the PPV sells.

I would be amazed if it generated anything close to that sort of revenue. Fair play to both if it does.

[coneye]

One things for sure Haye needs to win .Bellow it does'nt matter , cos he'll go back to cruiserweight ,

[TheGman]

I still can't believe this massacre is on PPV! I hope BN and BT fornicate Sky hard in the balloon knot next year! Pack of pudenda!

If i could ask for one thing off father christmas this would be it "This is extremely important. Will you please tell Santa that instead of presents this year, I just want my boxing back. No toys.

[BigDoofus]

Bellew gave an amazing performance in the first Cleverly fight.

Losing to Nathan Cleverly in his hometown was not an amazing performance.

[TheGman]

Bellew gave an amazing performance in the first Cleverly fight.

Losing to Nathan Cleverly in his hometown was not an amazing performance.

It was closer than i thought it would be before the fight,i even thought bellew won it

[coneye]

Bellow ,, takes the loud , brash bad guy approach ,, Joshua takes the quiet humble aproach , , sell tickets cos they love ya or hate ya , In real life there probably both entirly different

Haye on the other hand i think really does believe he's a superstar , and i think Bellow and Eddie really have got under his skin ,

[BigDoofus]

Bellew gave an amazing performance in the first Cleverly fight.

Losing to Nathan Cleverly in his hometown was not an amazing performance.

It was closer than i thought it would be before the fight,i even thought bellew won it

I disagree. It could hardly be described as "an amazing performance".

[ILikeBeer]

Why are we acting like Haye and Bellew are the first boxers to insult each other pre-fight?

I'd be more surprised if they didn't do this.

[BitPlayer]

Why are we acting like Haye and Bellew are the first boxers to insult each other pre-fight?

I'd be more surprised if they didn't do this.

Especially since they both have a history for doing it.