Re: Boxing Round 2 : Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:40 pm  

Blobbynator wrote:

I can't believe the fight is even being discussed to be honest. David Haye would knock Harrison out within 2 rounds.

If I were Haye I'd treat Harrison like Typhoid Mary. Stay away - period. It's easy to lampoon Harrison. After all, he's turned in some pretty dreadful displays. Heartless displays which have alienated him from all but the most hardcore Harrison supporters. The problem is he's off-the-scale (negatively) on the risk-reward ratio.

Fact. A victory over Harrison will do very little for Haye's profile. A defeat to Harrison, at this stage in David Haye's burgeoning career, would be terminal. Let's make no mistake here - regardless of Audley's negative attributes (and there are countless) - he retains a potent equalizer. And he's hungry. Hungry enough, perhaps, to play the game for real.

I recall reading an interview with Ruslan Chagaev a few years ago (when Audley was unbeaten) in which he complained that Harrison was simply too big for the HW division and should be placed in a separate Super Heavy category. He's not the first fighter to say this. There were a lot of complaints from other boxers when guys like Lennox Lewis and Riddick Bowe rolled up and started clubbing around the competition.

Audley is a huge unit and packs a fair old wallop when he chooses to unleash it. For sure, Haye has the brain and the tools to fight to a carefully devised plan and take Harrison apart. But if Audley is in the mood he has the speed, technique and - most importantly - power to put some worrying pressure on Haye's dubious beard.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:12 pm  

Exactly. Would be a fight to nothing for Haye. He beats Harrison, people just use it as an excuse to laugh at Harrison once more. Haye loses the fight, and can perhaps kiss goodbye to any of the big boys wanting to mix it with him.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:32 pm  

It's interesting that Boxingscene.com (the biggest and arguably best boxing news site) ran THIS as its headline article all through yesterday. David Haye and Adam Booth are two very clever people who are adept at manipulating the media, but they are fast running out of friends over not entering the ring against the Ks. Granted, Haye probably did the right thing in pulling out to fight Valuev. It got him a belt, recognition and improved his negotiating position immensely. Not to mention the grossly unfair original contract stipulations with the brothers. But he can't keep calling out these guys and NOT fight them. It makes him look bad and he runs the risk of alienating himself from a highly lucrative American following. Take one more fight - a GOOD fight (not a no-win scenario against the likes of Audley) and then make your move.

It's interesting that Boxingscene.com (the biggest and arguably best boxing news site) ran THIS as its headline article all through yesterday. David Haye and Adam Booth are two very clever people who are adept at manipulating the media, but they are fast running out of friends over not entering the ring against the Ks. Granted, Haye probably did the right thing in pulling out to fight Valuev. It got him a belt, recognition and improved his negotiating position immensely. Not to mention the grossly unfair original contract stipulations with the brothers. But he can't keep calling out these guys and NOT fight them. It makes him look bad and he runs the risk of alienating himself from a highly lucrative American following. Take one more fight - a GOOD fight (not a no-win scenario against the likes of Audley) and then make your move.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:34 pm  

Money Mayweather wrote:

It was a right fight. Cotto vs Rhodes next?

Rhodes is after Plastercheato.

Might be out of his depth. But who knows what Antonio sans dodgy handwraps fights like.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:19 pm  

Froch-Abraham now looks to be heading to Dublin or Monte Carlo

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:10 pm  

Froch suffered some dodgy refereeing (and judging) in his fight against Kessler. But I still thought Kessler won. Although not by the margins that emerged. I suppose this is karma for the gift he was awarded in the Dirrell fight. I thought Dirrell gave him a boxing lesson ("hit and don't get hit") and Froch's accusation that he didn't come to fight rang pretty hollow.

After the ridiculous "bigging up" that the German media gave Arthur Abraham I'm kind of glad Dirrell gave him a hiding. It simply underlines the American assertion that Euro fighters are a protected species who think that knocking over a line of tomato cans makes them great.

I have Froch as slight favourite because he has fought a better class of fighters. Although his ponderous reflexes and perpetually low hands could well be his downfall once more. I don't have much time for guys with low guards. I think it disrespects your opponent and no matter how good your reflexes are (and Froch's AREN'T - in a big way) you'll always take punishment against elite-level boxers.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Sat Jul 24, 2010 5:43 pm  

Search for Danny Green vs. Paul Brigg on that well known file sharing website. Most blatant dive in history?

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:49 am  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

Search for Danny Green vs. Paul Brigg on that well known file sharing website. Most blatant dive in history?

WTF? The fans should be refunded for that.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:05 pm  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

Search for Danny Green vs. Paul Brigg on that well known file sharing website. Most blatant dive in history?

Thats the most pathetic thing I have ever seen, I think cups people were lobbing at him on the way out did more damage than that "punch"

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:53 pm  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

Search for Danny Green vs. Paul Brigg on that well known file sharing website. Most blatant dive in history?