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http://news.boxrec.com/news/2011/klitsc ... -breakdown

I've tried to get together a picture of what went on from a variety of sources.

Just to clear up the 'Sky cleared the date' issue on another thread, from what I understand Booth means Sky cleared the July 2nd date and Haye's lot wanted to go straight to that; Boente also says that date would be agreed but that Sky wouldn't agree 30th April.

Why is Adam Booth crying about Klitschko fighting in April?

sg1985 wrote:

Deno1986 wrote:Why is Adam Booth crying about Klitschko fighting in April?

I don't get it either. Why would he have a problem with Klit fighting prior to the Haye fight? There are a lot of conflicting reports at the minute though.

Ain't it obvious

They think del boys gonna smash him to bits DD

Andypittcov wrote:

sg1985 wrote:

Deno1986 wrote:Why is Adam Booth crying about Klitschko fighting in April?

I don't get it either. Why would he have a problem with Klit fighting prior to the Haye fight? There are a lot of conflicting reports at the minute though.

Ain't it obvious

They think del boys gonna smash him to bits DD

Many a true word spoken in jest.

It's only like 9 weeks between chisora and haye.

They got basically May and June to recoup and then prepare camp for Haye ? not gonna happen.

Wlad fought what 3 times in last 2 years+ ?

Then twice inside 10 weeks against arguably his hardest opponent ?

They are gonna swerve Vitali into the picture, because he is gonna fight March or so against Solis (who is no pushover either).

Your possibly right Gomez, Vitali could come into the equation now.

Wlad is not going to fight Chisora then fight Haye 8/9 weeks later, Haye's very right to be fuming as i agree he's being taken for a ride here. It would totally balls up the promotion, and seeing as this is a mega event, its just not on.

Wlad's bottling it, or he's decided with his bro to let him have the first pop at Haye. But why?

they are choosing a small ppv fight with khan over a mega ppv fight with haye

sky are nuts and should be ashamed

khan vs peterson is not a ppv

they are favoring khan in april in a keep busy fight over teh most important heavyweight fight in year

SKY = RIPPING OFF THE FANS

boxerbob wrote:they are choosing a small ppv fight with khan over a mega ppv fight with haye

sky are nuts and should be ashamed

khan vs peterson is not a ppv

they are favoring khan in april in a keep busy fight over teh most important heavyweight fight in year

SKY = RIPPING OFF THE FANS

Boycott time

Haye says he is done with the Klitschkos even though he originally agreed to a July 2 date and Wlad and Boente say a July 2 fight is still going to happen. Is Haye so pissed off because Wlad is also staying active and fighting Chisora? Why would you be done with someone just because they want a tuneup? If they have agreed to all other terms, as Haye says they have, it seems like everything should be set. So for Haye to say he is done with them seems odd.

Why does he care so much that Wlad is fighting a few months before? Because he is afraid Wlad will lose or get injured? Even then, at least leave yourself open to the very realistic possibility that Wlad emerges healthy and ready to go for July 2.

boxerbob wrote:they are choosing a small ppv fight with khan over a mega ppv fight with haye

sky are nuts and should be ashamed

khan vs peterson is not a ppv

they are favoring khan in april in a keep busy fight over teh most important heavyweight fight in year

SKY = RIPPING OFF THE FANS

The Khan date was picked by HBO.

Boring.

boxerbob wrote:they are choosing a small ppv fight with khan over a mega ppv fight with haye

sky are nuts and should be ashamed

khan vs peterson is not a ppv

they are favoring khan in april in a keep busy fight over teh most important heavyweight fight in year

SKY = RIPPING OFF THE FANS

Lets hope someone from Sky can dispell this view, because I thought exactly the same thing *subject to it being true*

I wouldn't part with £1 to watch Khan on PPV , but I'd part with money I simply don't have to watch Haye-Wlad

Colin "T.M.K" Harris

If SKY seriously prevented this fight from happening so as to accommodate a Khan PPV then they are mad. Unless it was Khan-Mayweather, it wouldn't even get close in buy rates to Haye-Klit which wold break records here in the UK. Hell, they could have used the money from Haye-Klit and put Khan on normal SKY sports!

It would be nice to hear from Adam Smith on this

doctorboxing wrote:If SKY seriously prevented this fight from happening so as to accommodate a Khan PPV then they are mad. Unless it was Khan-Mayweather, it wouldn't even get close in buy rates to Haye-Klit which wold break records here in the UK. Hell, they could have used the money from Haye-Klit and put Khan on normal SKY sports!

It would be nice to hear from Adam Smith on this

Disagree. If they had both PPVs in a month the overall buy rate would suffer. Better to defer allow the fight to be milked for all it's worth.

Plus you'd over saturate the media with both fighters plugging their respective bouts.

Poncey wrote:

doctorboxing wrote:If SKY seriously prevented this fight from happening so as to accommodate a Khan PPV then they are mad. Unless it was Khan-Mayweather, it wouldn't even get close in buy rates to Haye-Klit which would break records here in the UK. Hell, they could have used the money from Haye-Klit and put Khan on normal SKY sports!

It would be nice to hear from Adam Smith on this

Disagree. If they had both PPVs in a month the overall buy rate would suffer. Better to defer allow the fight to be milked for all it's worth.

Plus you'd over saturate the media with both fighters plugging their respective bouts.

You are probably right re overall buy rate in April but I have no doubt that it would be the Khan fight that people would save their money on, not the Haye fight. If Haye ends up fighting someone like Chagaev instead and the Klit fight doesn't happen then SKY will be the ones to lose out overall as I don't think the buy rates will be that great for either ppv.

Dont beelive this for a second

Sjy arent the BB fornicating C. They are a billion pound corporation

Haye's PPV sales are Champions League and Khan is League 1 at best so why would they favour Khan

There must be another reason

EDIT - Just read that the date was already agreed for Khan PPV . Cant blame them then.

Wlad has bottled it. Plain and simple.

A fight in July would make more sense Wembley Stadium could be used.

This is Haye's fault for wasting time. He should have just taken the 50-50 befrorehand and could have fought him instead of Audley but he was thinking about his pension pot

Let him retire if he is done with the Klitchkos.

Sounds like a lot of smoke and daggers to me, but it also sounds like Klitschko's are a right pain in the arse to negotiate with! Not considering coming to England, want to be first on posters, second in ring, proper mard-arse stuff!

A lot of modern day "fighters" (if they deserve such a label) make me want to throw up.

In 1942 over a period of four and a half MONTHS Charley Burley had the following contests:

25th May 1942 Ezzard Charles LPTS 10
23rd June 1942 Holman Williams WPTS 10
29th June 1942 Ezzard Charles LPTS 10
14th August 1942 Holman Williams WKO 9
16th October 1942 Holman Williams LPTS 15

Williams, Charles and Burley were real fighters.

Haye and Klitschko's finger pointing is an embarrassment. Either fight, or just shut up and retire.

McCannW14 wrote:A lot of modern day "fighters" (if they deserve such a label) make me want to throw up.

In 1942 over a period of four and a half MONTHS Charley Burley had the following contests:

25th May 1942 Ezzard Charles LPTS 10
23rd June 1942 Holman Williams WPTS 10
29th June 1942 Ezzard Charles LPTS 10
14th August 1942 Holman Williams WKO 9
16th October 1942 Holman Williams LPTS 15

Williams, Charles and Burley were real fighters.

Haye and Klitschko's finger pointing is an embarrassment. Either fight, or just shut up and retire.

Agreed. People are writing it off because of a gap of 9 weeks! Man up and take both fights. Shows how much money there making when they fight 3 times in 2 years

I had 5 pro fights in 6 weeks once, a 9 week gap which have been tantamount to retiring and making a comeback for me!!

Sky have often had PPV's in quick succession, so I don't buy that one. Only need to look at the Harrison vs Haye fight being quickly followed by the Khan PPV.

Haye wants Wlad to be rusty when they fight, in much the same way that Lewis wanted Tyson to be rusty, hence he couldn't fight Mercer...simples