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make no doubt about it , he is a great talker and a total hype machine.

he positioned himself for a shot at the heavyweight title very quicky by challenging and making outrageous claims about beating everyone in sight.

valuev took the bait and haye beat him , haye marketed that fight very very well and i think it was posted on here that haye drew close to 1m ppvs in the uk in which he got £5 in every £14.95 paid.

to make upwards of £3-4m for a title shot is great going and now hes doing the same vs the overmatched and average harrison.

harrison is no more than a british title level fighter , he got lucky in winning the european title by beating a guy who is also a british title level guy

this fight makes sense in the uk only and already it will be promoted so well by both

i still expect haye to ko harrison within 4 rounds , if not haye hasnt done the job right and again i expect to see huge ppv figures for this fight.

after this he must fight a klitscko , the build up to one of these fights would be amazing and a throw back to teh days of ali.

ps: the nov 13 fight is ppv , the pacman fight is the 13th nov , will sky be covering both?????? what a night of boxing if sky do this

Agree with almost all of this, Bob. Good calls there.

Plus, I really respect the fact he and Adam have done it THEIR way, even though they've rubbed almost everyone up the wrong way doing it.

cheers ian

when he does get past harrison then he must fight a klitscko , i just hope the WBA dont insist he fights chagaev , although its a decent fight the haye vs a klitscko must happen

vs wladimir , i think its who lands first and who takes the better shot , haye is faster though

vs vitali , harder fight although how much has vitali left , speed again could be vital

I also find myself agreeing with he majority of your points Bob - well made...

Whilst I also expect Haye to dispatch Harrison swiftly -he does have to ensure he doesn't get complacent in there and ensures he secures mych Bigger fights against the Brothers.

He's raising the profile of boxing in UK, which can only be a good thing. Perhaps that's part of reason why TV (though pay tv) is just starting to increase coverage.

I hope he doesn't have to fight a mandatory, if he attempts a fight with a Klitchsko then surely he could take advantage of some 'super champion' nonsense?

its a crime that this fight gets on sky but froch vs abraham gets put on shitty primetime....i know what fight i would rather see...

Jesus wrote:its a crime that this fight gets on sky but froch vs abraham gets put on shitty primetime....i know what fight i would rather see...

Is good management a crime?

Lenny wrote:

Jesus wrote:its a crime that this fight gets on sky but froch vs abraham gets put on shitty primetime....i know what fight i would rather see...

Is good management a crime?

is it really just down to management tough? is mick hennesey really that incompetent? if so why does froch stick around?