Haye Teams Up With Shane McGuigan

Anyone still care? Will he fight more than once a year? Who will he come back against? Questions, questions...

I do care, if he actually fights.

I think he will look for a short cut to fight Deontay Wilder. After he beats him, superfight vs Joshua??

He must be really serious this time

Who'd be a good comeback opponent? Lucas Browne?

Malik Scott.

Shannon Briggs probably ticks a few boxes for Haye

Haye wasting peoples time again.

AdamT wrote:Malik Scott.

Rather pointless for all concerned fighting Scott. He'd fall over as soon as Haye threw a punch.

Number 2 American. also top 10 in the world. Easy win for Haye

AdamT wrote:Number 2 American. also top 10 in the world. Easy win for Haye

TBRB ratings:

Champion Wladimir Klitschko 64-3-0 (53) UKR
1 Alexander Povetkin 30-1-0 (22) RUS
2 Tyson Fury 24-0-0 (18) ENG
3 Deontay Wilder 35-0-0 (34) USA
4 Kubrat Pulev 20-1-0 (11) BUL
5 Bermane Stiverne 24-2-1 (21) CAN
6 Carlos Takam 31-2-1 (24) CMR
7 Vyacheslav Glazkov 21-0-1 (13) UKR
8 Bryant Jennings 19-1-0 (10) USA
9 Steve Cunningham 28-7-1 (13) USA
10 Anthony Joshua 14-0-0 (14) UK

Of that lot, Stiverne might be a decent shout (but Browne would provide the necessary target practice first).

I would of thought Scott would be top ten.

Especially after defeating TT.

Stiverne would be a great shout. Ex champ and all that. Haye could box circles around him. Perhaps he could do what Wilder didn't do and stop him??

When I saw the thread title I thought there must have been a surprise late entrant pairing for strictly. No-one can take a Haye comeback seriously can they? Attention-seeking needy cumquat.

Wow. Fury at 2 in the world?! On what basis?

He has beaten Cunningham....and he struggled with that.

mobilemaster8 wrote:Wow. Fury at 2 in the world?! On what basis?

He has beaten Cunningham....and he struggled with that.

I don't think anyone below him beat anyone more highly rated than Chisora (these ratings tend to be based on beating someone above you in the ratings). None of the others holds a decent win between them.

f..k when you look at the rankings, you realise how sh1t the heavyweight divison really is. Awful!!

At least Joshua's on his way up - a ray of hope amid the detritus.

He is a beast, just hope he turns out to be as good as we all think.

Fury at No2, how British Heavyweight greats, Banjo, Quarless, Garside and Currie must wish they where around now, all about the same level as Fury .

Yep. The ratings are garbage.

Id have Wilder above Fury. Has a better win in Stiverne and is a current "World Champ" (take that lightly)....should be 2.....Fury will hopefully disappear in the next 2 weeks.

Joshua coming through is a good sign though, long may it continue because he seems to have a bag of talent on every level at Heavy......big lad, no fat, massive puncher.....a baby face to go with it....a marketing demons dream

Stiverne is hopeless. Worse than Chisora or Cunningham. I think he might the worst heavyweight title holder of all time.

What about Haye?

catchweight wrote:Stiverne is hopeless. Worse than Chisora or Cunningham. I think he might the worst heavyweight title holder of all time.

You've never see Bruce seldon fight then catchy? To be fair there are a lot of competitors for this particular award... Most of them recent.

Though even in the heyday of the sport we ended up with Leon spinks as world champion.

No one will ever unseat Valuev as Mr all time crap.

milkyboy wrote:When I saw the thread title I thought there must have been a surprise late entrant pairing for strictly. No-one can take a Haye comeback seriously can they? Attention-seeking needy cumquat.

I thought he was going for the Christmas No1 with a cover of Fairytale of New York.

Looks like Bellew fancies a few quid before he retires. Must be music to Haye's ears. This would be such an easy sell to general public.

Tony Bellew has put his hand up as a potential opponent for David Haye, should the two-weight world champion make a return to boxing.

Haye this week announced he has linked up with Carl Frampton's trainer Shane McGuigan, fuelling talk of a comeback more than three years since his last professional bout.

The 35-year-old has not been seen in a competitive fight since knocking out Dereck Chisora in July 2012, and injuries have twice scuppered a huge heavyweight clash with Tyson Fury.

Fury challenges for Wladimir Klitschko's three world titles on Sky Sports Box Office, but Bellew has offered Haye an alternative all-British clash - albeit back down at cruiserweight or a pre-agreed catchweight.

"I would like to fight David Haye, yes," Bellew told World Boxing News. "He's the most successful cruiserweight the country has ever produced and the only man since Evander Holyfield to unify the cruiserweight division."

Bellew's immediate focus is on Mateusz Masternak, who he takes on for the vacant European title on the undercard of Anthony Joshua's Sky Sports Box Office meeting with Dillian Whyte.

But beyond that his sights are set on a meeting with Haye, who sparred with Bellew when he was on the road to winning the WBA, WBC and WBO belts at cruiserweight.

He said: "I believe if David [Haye] wants it enough he can come back down to cruiserweight. He's a good athlete and a top fighter, but he's shown on various occasions that he's vulnerable. I'm a different animal at cruiserweight and I believe I can knock him out.

"We could fight at a catchweight, but that all depends on what we can agree as me versus him is a big fight. We've sparred together before so he knows what I'm about and how good I can be. But that was ten years ago and I've improved massively since then, plus I believe he was in his prime back then.

"I'm after big fights and if it means putting on a few pound to face a great fighter then I'm all for it. My last word on this is: 'David, I'm ready when you are!'"

Bellew v Haye, should last 1 round, 2 if Haye's feeling a little generous.

The fight could take place on Red Nose day with Lenny Henry refereeing.

Stiverne is a far better boxer than Chisora or Cunningham.

Nope, he isnt

Nico, it might last 3 if that's the round Haye bets on.

Hibbz wrote:

milkyboy wrote:When I saw the thread title I thought there must have been a surprise late entrant pairing for strictly. No-one can take a Haye comeback seriously can they? Attention-seeking needy cumquat.

I thought he was going for the Christmas No1 with a cover of Fairytale of New York.

Maybe it's a duet with Bellew instead.... The lyrics read like the perfect prefight press conference...

You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot etc

Tomasz Adamek would be a sensible comeback fight, he's a decent name, not too big, and past it.

milkyboy wrote:

Hibbz wrote:

milkyboy wrote:When I saw the thread title I thought there must have been a surprise late entrant pairing for strictly. No-one can take a Haye comeback seriously can they? Attention-seeking needy cumquat.

I thought he was going for the Christmas No1 with a cover of Fairytale of New York.

Maybe it's a duet with Bellew instead.... The lyrics read like the perfect prefight press conference...

You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot etc

It's as simple as that..

It'll be Audley 2 unfinished business.

A good comeback platform would be as chief support (been gone too long to be classed worthy of a co-headline spot) on the Frampton/Quigg undercard.

Seen the interview and he still looks in decent nick, hasn't taken too much punishment in his career, most of the fighters around him are sh!te so it's not beyond the realms of possibility that he could be fast-tracked to a title shot. Just a question of whether or not he's serious (I think he is, surely he wouldn't go to the effort of taping up his hands and roping in Shane for the video just to pull the wool over our eyes again?)

You might wax lyrical about all the things you'd like to do to Mrs froch, Dave.

But there's no hiding who you truly lust after.

I could ask Rachel to wear a David mask or David to wear a Rachel mask. To be honest, I'd be happy either way, Milky

According to Frampton Haye plans to fight Joshua next year - he's been training with McGuigan for a few months but it's been kept secret....

DAVE667 wrote:I could ask Rachel to wear a David mask or David to wear a Rachel mask. To be honest, I'd be happy either way, Milky

They'd both be asking you to wear a mask, dave

rodders wrote:According to Frampton Haye plans to fight Joshua next year - he's been training with McGuigan for a few months but it's been kept secret....

Clearly not, Rodders

milkyboy wrote:

DAVE667 wrote:I could ask Rachel to wear a David mask or David to wear a Rachel mask. To be honest, I'd be happy either way, Milky

They'd both be asking you to wear a mask, dave

The loss of my dignity would be a small price to pay, Milky

DAVE667 wrote:

milkyboy wrote:

DAVE667 wrote:I could ask Rachel to wear a David mask or David to wear a Rachel mask. To be honest, I'd be happy either way, Milky

They'd both be asking you to wear a mask, dave

The loss of my dignity would be a small price to pay, Milky

surely you'd have to find it first before you could lose it again, dave

milkyboy wrote:

DAVE667 wrote:

milkyboy wrote:

DAVE667 wrote:I could ask Rachel to wear a David mask or David to wear a Rachel mask. To be honest, I'd be happy either way, Milky

They'd both be asking you to wear a mask, dave

The loss of my dignity would be a small price to pay, Milky

surely you'd have to find it first before you could lose it again, dave

Good point, well made...my plans could go up in smoke