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at the moment it has to be david haye. degale made a mug of himself, but haye took it to a new level...he has even made audley harrison's world title talk sound sane.

Haye. The manner of his defeat against Wlad has hurt boxing badly. Haye said he would be the saviour of boxing - he conned the public into believing him, yet was unwilling to put it all on the line despite knowing he was miles behind on the cards in those closing rounds of a fight for the unified heavyweight titles.

If you have missed the 'S' in error then surely it's John McDermott's?

Paul Smith wins this accolade by a country mile!

Haye.

.. for a lot of us watching boxing outside Britain/Ireland Haye is the man...

johnswan1 wrote:Haye. The manner of his defeat against Wlad has hurt boxing badly. Haye said he would be the saviour of boxing - he conned the public into believing him, yet was unwilling to put it all on the line despite knowing he was miles behind on the cards in those closing rounds of a fight for the unified heavyweight titles.

The more I think about Haye, I'm coming to the conclusion that he's only interested in his bank balance.

The Parcel Force Harrison farce & the ineffectual display against Wladimir is testament to this IMHO.

greg wrote:.. for a lot of us watching boxing outside Britain/Ireland Haye is the man...

Yanks opinions don't include

Naz did what he did to sell tickets. He was the guy who you loved to hate, but even then, his haters had respect for him and knew he could put on a show.

The likes of Degale and Haye however, both seem to have a large quantity of people who genuinely don't like them. Hayes OTT antics pre-fight against the Klitscho's has made himself look like a joke after he was 'humbled'.

Right and Naz's bravado was mostly accompanied with huge grins - it was genuinely entertaining and most times funny to watch.

All that comes to mind when you hear someone like DeGale speak is words like miserable and bitter.

David Haye wins hands down surely

Fury or Maccarinelli


Oh it's not plural

Macarinelli is up there, but probably Degale wins this.

Khan, where I'm from there's a million little pricks who say "safe" to mean a variety of other words which they're too thick to learn, drive dangerously (mostly uninsured) and blast godawful crap at glastonbury volume out of their ridiculously oversized car speakers and frankly he is one of them just one who's a boxer. Didn't take a particularly strong dislike for until he started demanding ppv, pissed on his promotor and now his tv people because he thinks he's popular when he isn't; has a contingent of arseholes who make trouble at his fights which he panders to like a twat.
Recently Haye. Agree with the bank balance post, all the grit he ever had was used up in the Fragomeni fight and even then it looked like he was about to come apart at times. Exciting at cruiser, a dud at heavy with far more than his fair share of hot air. Klitschko got the better of him verbally and fistically and made him look like a prize pudendum.

it has to be a rotherham-based hayemaker hanger-on

los2 wrote:it has to be a rotherham-based hayemaker hanger-on

If by hanger-on you mean Rotherham-based bloke who was contacted by Hayemaker and Booth and offered a position in their enterprise, then I know who you mean

This award goes to Paul Smith(Gold Medal)...Just how he has came across on here&twitter at times,cant take criticism or people disagreeing with him!!!

the Haye fight was a huge let down Yes, but enough for him to be the biggest tit in british boxing? im not sure.

I'd say he genuinely thought he could win, hes not the first person to go into a ring against a better opponent and fail miserably. He shat himself for 12 rounds but maybe he thought his chance would come and it didnt. I think he underestimated Wlad big time.

Would he have been the biggest tit in british boxing if he got knocked clean out in 2 rounds?

I dont recall anyone saying hatton was a tit when mayweather or pacquiao beat him, i can already see the replys coming in "at least he gave it a go"

Im not a huge Haye fan, i was a huge hatton fan but he was just an ideal example.

I just think people on here have over reacted, if anything were probably the biggest tits in british boxing for believing Haye's shite.

It has to be Haye,followed swiftly by Degale.Naz was arrogant but backed it up with great performances.

Audley Harrison, James DeGale, Tyson Fury, Kell Brook and after last week's showing I'll agree with the majority and plump for Haye.

I'm surprised that only boxers are being brought up...

Emmseegee wrote:the Haye fight was a huge let down Yes, but enough for him to be the biggest tit in british boxing? im not sure.

I'd say he genuinely thought he could win, hes not the first person to go into a ring against a better opponent and fail miserably. He shat himself for 12 rounds but maybe he thought his chance would come and it didnt. I think he underestimated Wlad big time.

Would he have been the biggest tit in british boxing if he got knocked clean out in 2 rounds?

I dont recall anyone saying hatton was a tit when mayweather or pacquiao beat him, i can already see the replys coming in "at least he gave it a go"

Im not a huge Haye fan, i was a huge hatton fan but he was just an ideal example.

I just think people on here have over reacted, if anything were probably the biggest tits in british boxing for believing Haye's shite.

For me it wasn't the fact that Haye lost that makes him a tit,it was all the threats of how he would send Wlad to hospital etc that makes him a first class knob

JamesH wrote:I'm surprised that only boxers are being brought up...

Yes, sure we can all think of a couple of promoters, and one or two pundits/'experts' in need of silencing

Colin Hart for starters

We need new blood

Los2,
Grow up.
The person in question has achieved some good things in boxing, despite others hoping for other things.
Justify your selection.
Anway, for what it's worth in recent years there is a stand out candidate.
Anthony Small.

twenty six wrote:Anthony Small.

I think that's one everyone can agree on