The 'disaster' being that he ends up bolstering his bank balance by a few £m before getting schooled by Klitschko again you mean? I'm guessing his Hollywood career never really panned out then
Or severe brain damage ?? But there is that $$$ ... However, he must have spent up like most of them tend to do to be thinking about fighting again at this point. Not surprised they can't handle the millions they make when they're being paid to have every brain cell and ounce of sense bashed out of them.
Agree to an extent. But they know the risks and what they're getting into once they take the headguards off and go pro. Plus the financial rewards are high for the risk, not that this makes a difference or that you can appreciate them if they end up a vegetable.
In fairness, Haye has never been a boxer who gets tagged much, he tends to fight on the counter, keep his opponents at arms length and use his speed to avoid taking punishment. He got himself into a fantastic position in the sport and then blew it with an awful performance against Klitschko when he got it all wrong both tactically and physically on the night.
Really? I love watching a good boxing match. I love everything from the tear ups Hatton style, to the purist style of a point scoring controlled boxing.
I know it's their own soft fault for getting into it, but it's more the fact that it's made into a spectator sport. This is going to make me sound pious, but I just don't find people knocking each other senseless very entertaining. I understand that there are a few on here who like it so I'll say no more. My dad was an amateur boxer in the army and he taught me a bit about it- I was into it for a while as a sprog, but it didn't last.
But then he wasn't given a shot at the top fights until he was past it and this is the trend in modern boxing, the fighters who get to the top avoid the big fights and just plow through a load of dross. I remember fights like Leonard v Duran where 2 boxers at the top of their game fought each other 3 times, there was no hiding that was what it was about, being the best and beating the best. The sport is very dull now imo with fighters avoiding each other.
I love the sport, and admire how those at the top end of it come through brutal fights, the likes of Froch (love him or loath him) is a real warrior, he just walks through shots and carries on. It takes supreme fitness and extreme heart. My own boxing career last 5 bouts as a junior, no-one barely laid a glove on me in 4 fights and then in the 5th I came up against a lad who was quicker, stronger and much better than me, and I realised it wasn't for me
Boxers have always avoided each other until the time (and money) is right, it's been that way since money started flowing into the sport back in the 70's. At the minute at certain weight levels there's a lack of genuine quality, the Heavyweight division in particular has been bereft of talent for years now. Which has allowed a pair of very dull but effective Ukrainians to dominate the division for a decade. The arrival of Joshua is very exciting though, the only question left for this kid to answer is can he take a shot from a real top end Heavyweight - I suspect the answer will be Yes - but until it actually happens then we simply don't know, but on boxing ability and power alone, I can't see any of the current crop being able to live with this lad.
