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Haye gets Delaney next week
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 09:49
by MightyWarrior
Seeing as this is at the end of my road I think I'll have to attend
http://www.secondsout.com/UK/news.cfm?ccs=228&cs=15328
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 09:52
by TerribleTerry
Delaney is coming off a decent showing in Europe isnt he?
Was at his fight with Enzo and he was brutalised by body shots - he looked very tight at the weight but gave it a real good go. Showed a lot of heart.
If he can survive the early Haye salvos he might take him some much needed rounds. Punches to slowly to upset the Haye applecart IMO.
If he hasnt got to boil down too far in weight, Delaney could stick around in this fight for a while.
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 09:53
by knockout
Garry has took this at late notice and is very heavy at the moment....
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 09:59
by nickd
Any idea how heavy? He was 230 or so in his last couple fights so must be higher??
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 10:36
by knockout
he has to be 15st 10 on the night.... I havent seem him since before christmas but one can assume he was heavier after xmas than he was for his last fight.....
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 10:49
by bennie
Haye continues to go backwards - fights a guy he should have met in November 2003 and who was floored SEVEN times by Enzo Maccarinelli a couple of months later.
Let's hope Delaney can take him a few rounds.
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 10:54
by knockout
bennie wrote:Haye continues to go backwards - fights a guy he should have met in November 2003 and who was floored SEVEN times by Enzo Maccarinelli a couple of months later.
Let's hope Delaney can take him a few rounds.
if delaney had proper notice and it was an 8 rounder i would make it 50/50 fight to be honest.... but that isnt the case.
Lets hope Delaney can stick around and take Haye into the trenches a bit...... Haye dropped Delaney with a body shot in sparring before so will be looking for that shot, especially after the Enzo fight.....
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 11:00
by bennie
Isn't Maccarinelli fighting on the same night?
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 11:01
by stujones
Knockout,
I actually with your first statement. Delaney has the chin and power to give Haye problems. However, as you say he hasn't had the time to prepare.
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 11:02
by Old bones Ian
Didn't Delaney lose his last fight?, i saw that he won on points, then it got changed to a points defeat! not sure of the reasons
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 11:05
by stujones
topper123 wrote:Didn't Delaney lose his last fight?, i saw that he won on points, then it got changed to a points defeat! not sure of the reasons
Delaney lost to Steffan Neilson in his last fight - I have seen the contest and he definately lost and had a little bit of conditioning.
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 11:06
by knockout
topper123 wrote:Didn't Delaney lose his last fight?, i saw that he won on points, then it got changed to a points defeat! not sure of the reasons
yeah, what kind of spanish crap is that.... the spaniards are worse than the Uk, Germany and Italy together...
remember esham pickering robbery over there...
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 12:31
by Lefthookhappy19
Wasn't the Neilson fight a 6 rounder? Pretty sure it was and both looked terrible.
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 12:37
by Freiheit
Lefthookhappy19 wrote:Wasn't the Neilson fight a 6 rounder? Pretty sure it was and both looked terrible.
The fight ve nIElsEn was a 6 rounder, and it was horrible.
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 13:09
by Bard of Boxrec
bennie wrote:Haye continues to go backwards - fights a guy he should have met in November 2003 and who was floored SEVEN times by Enzo Maccarinelli a couple of months later.
Let's hope Delaney can take him a few rounds.
seriously, how the hell can you say something like this. haye is the last person to moan about regarding crap opposition, it's his second fight back, wtf?
continues? to go backwards? when has he ever gone backwards?
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 13:18
by knockout
Riddick Blowe wrote:bennie wrote:Haye continues to go backwards - fights a guy he should have met in November 2003 and who was floored SEVEN times by Enzo Maccarinelli a couple of months later.
Let's hope Delaney can take him a few rounds.
seriously, how the hell can you say something like this. haye is the last person to moan about regarding crap opposition, it's his second fight back, wtf?
continues? to go backwards? when has he ever gone backwards?
i think you are being a tad extreme..... Haye has fought some awful bums... but stepped up very quickly to fight Thompson and deserves credit for that.
ON PAPER Delaney is a good opponent.... and Bennie is technically correct when he says he is going backwards with regard to his last two fights being guys he should have fought in 2003.
perhaps not the best choice of words mind you
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Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 13:41
by bennie
Riddick Blowe wrote:bennie wrote:Haye continues to go backwards - fights a guy he should have met in November 2003 and who was floored SEVEN times by Enzo Maccarinelli a couple of months later.
Let's hope Delaney can take him a few rounds.
seriously, how the hell can you say something like this. haye is the last person to moan about regarding crap opposition, it's his second fight back, wtf?
continues? to go backwards? when has he ever gone backwards?
His last opponent, an Estonian, was someone he was lined up to face in his pro debut!
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 13:43
by THEBUTCH
Is the southern area title at stake?
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 13:54
by Bard of Boxrec
bennie wrote:Riddick Blowe wrote:bennie wrote:Haye continues to go backwards - fights a guy he should have met in November 2003 and who was floored SEVEN times by Enzo Maccarinelli a couple of months later.
Let's hope Delaney can take him a few rounds.
seriously, how the hell can you say something like this. haye is the last person to moan about regarding crap opposition, it's his second fight back, wtf?
continues? to go backwards? when has he ever gone backwards?
His last opponent, an Estonian, was someone he was lined up to face in his pro debut!
so whats new. i could name a million fighters who took an easy confidence builder in their first fight after getting badly KO'd. fact is, he is the most willing out of ANY novice fighters to fight the best. and you choose this guy to complain about when a million others are far more guilty.
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 13:58
by bennie
Riddick Blowe wrote:bennie wrote:Riddick Blowe wrote:
seriously, how the hell can you say something like this. haye is the last person to moan about regarding crap opposition, it's his second fight back, wtf?
continues? to go backwards? when has he ever gone backwards?
His last opponent, an Estonian, was someone he was lined up to face in his pro debut!
so whats new. i could name a million fighters who took an easy confidence builder in their first fight after getting badly KO'd. fact is, he is the most willing out of ANY novice fighters to fight the best. and you choose this guy to complain about when a million others are far more guilty.
Little bit of a fan, are we! Haye is a pudding. Doesn't like roadwork, trains in Soho, blows up after four rounds against a 40-year-old, and one punch against Solis. Why shouldn't I complain about him.
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 14:17
by Bard of Boxrec
i agree as much as the next guy that haye has been exposed. however, i admire the way he's been stepping up and thought that your comment was misplaced, on the contrary delaney is a good opponent for haye on the comeback road. that's all.
Posted: 11 Jan 2005, 15:13
by ILikeBeer
Lets face it, there are worse fights for him to take. I will watch it with some beer.

Posted: 13 Jan 2005, 13:17
by tonyevs
Yes, I too think its a sensible match all things considered.
Posted: 13 Jan 2005, 13:52
by josh fg
I don't think this fight is bad at all, what haye needs is opponents who can offer something of a challeng and if Delaney comes in with the right attitude he can certainly do that. The problem with the Thompson fight was that Haye wasn't used to people who hit back. Im just dissapointed that my last exam is on that day so I will be unconsiouse in a ditch by the time it happens.
Posted: 13 Jan 2005, 15:08
by KOJOE90
bennie wrote:Isn't Maccarinelli fighting on the same night?
Yes he is.