: Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:13 am  

Could you please change m wrote:

Anyone know if Paul Williams Vs Winky Wright is being shown on British TV.

can't find it anywhere...which is shame cos it should be a cracker

: Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:21 am  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7953192.stm Its on!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7953192.stm Its on!

: Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:35 am  

he'll knock wlad out.....

: Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:14 pm  

roughyedspud wrote:

he'll knock wlad out.....

I hope so. The heavyweight division needs him to win. Apprently there's a double imidiate rematch clause, so Haye's next 3 fights will be against the Klitchkos

: Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:25 pm  

Could you please change m wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7953192.stm Its on! Belting, about time too! Providing Haye doesn't let his guard down, I think he'll be far too fast for Wlad.

Could you please change m wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7953192.stm Its on! Belting, about time too! Providing Haye doesn't let his guard down, I think he'll be far too fast for Wlad.

: Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:16 pm  

Blobbynator wrote: Belting, about time too! Providing Haye doesn't let his guard down, I think he'll be far too fast for Wlad. It will be a case of whoever lands the first clean shot wins. I really want Haye to win but I just think Vlad will have too much for him. This is a snippet from www.boxingscene.com of what he's said about this fight, and Vlad: "He's a mentally weak fighter and has been terrified to take risks ever since he was blitzed by a semi-pro golfer (Corrie Sanders). "Klitschko's last opponents were cowards and I will knock him out and take his belts back to London. I guarantee I'll knock him out in spectacular fashion. I'm his worst nightmare. "That's not all, I will also go and get Vitali [Wladimir's older brother, who holds the WBC title] belt. None of them can stop me. The new world heavyweight champion will soon be David Haye. "I'm taking this fight to save boxing. I'm doing this for Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and all the other great, smaller heavyweights of the past. "I feel as though I've been sent by all the great heavyweights of yesteryear to clean up and save the heavyweight division. "I'm a man on a mission to save boxing from this Eastern European invasion of Ivan Drago clones. The clean-up operation starts with Wladimir on 20 June" GENIUS!

Blobbynator wrote: Belting, about time too! Providing Haye doesn't let his guard down, I think he'll be far too fast for Wlad. It will be a case of whoever lands the first clean shot wins. I really want Haye to win but I just think Vlad will have too much for him. This is a snippet from www.boxingscene.com of what he's said about this fight, and Vlad: "He's a mentally weak fighter and has been terrified to take risks ever since he was blitzed by a semi-pro golfer (Corrie Sanders). "Klitschko's last opponents were cowards and I will knock him out and take his belts back to London. I guarantee I'll knock him out in spectacular fashion. I'm his worst nightmare. "That's not all, I will also go and get Vitali [Wladimir's older brother, who holds the WBC title] belt. None of them can stop me. The new world heavyweight champion will soon be David Haye. "I'm taking this fight to save boxing. I'm doing this for Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and all the other great, smaller heavyweights of the past. "I feel as though I've been sent by all the great heavyweights of yesteryear to clean up and save the heavyweight division. "I'm a man on a mission to save boxing from this Eastern European invasion of Ivan Drago clones. The clean-up operation starts with Wladimir on 20 June" GENIUS!

: Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:10 pm  

it's a well worn tactic though by the Klitschko's.....


send in the chinny wlad first....if he gets KTFO then send him is granite chinned brother vitali....



personally i reckon haye will knock wlad out...but vitali on the other hand has a rock solid chin...hell if lennox could'nt knock him down i don't think haye will

: Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:25 pm  

Personally I think it is a bug step up for Haye and I just can't see him winning.

There is a big difference between fighting Monte Barrett at heavyweight and then fighting one of the Klitscho brothers, and although Haye will have the speed to trouble him I don't think he will be able to land punches as cleanly and as quick as he did against Barrett

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:55 pm  

St Helens Gary Davies fighting on Friday Fight Night on SSP2 tonight!

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:58 pm  

The re-match stipulations Haye's accepted are the most brazen I've seen in years.

If he wins he has to fight Vitali, then Wlad.



Given that he's fighting in Germany, where you need to knock the other man DEAD to stand a chance of getting a draw (remember Sven Ottke), I'd say he couldn't have given the Klits any greater advantage had he sewn a horse shoe into Wlad's glove.