David Haye to fight Tony Bellow

David Haye and Tony Bellew will face each other in a huge domestic clash on Sky Sports Box Office
http://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/10671658/david-haye-and-tony-bellew-will-face-each-other-in-a-huge-domestic-clash-on-sky-sports-box-office

Sky Sports Box Office will show the eagerly-anticipated heavyweight fight between David Haye and Tony Bellew on March 4.
In one of the biggest fights of the year, the British rivals will finally meet in the ring at The O2 in London following an ongoing war of words.

Bellew confronted Haye again after defending his WBC cruiserweight title with a third-round knockout victory over BJ Flores in October, and they will share the ring in the Liverpudlian's first fight at heavyweight.

Haye, a former WBA heavyweight champion, took a four-year break from boxing and Bellew should provide 'The Hayemaker' with his toughest challenge since his comeback.

Didn't think this would get made after listening to Eddie's recent IFL interview.

Total mismatch but it will be entertaining that's for sure!

I Wouldn't pay 2 bob to watch this mismatch, will be over the first time Haye lands a solid jab.

Nice feint  by Eddie thought it was dead in the water certainly wont be paying with Breidis as Bellew's mandatory

Plenty of time for Haye to get "injured" and pull out.

I don't know what to say.

Bellew does more fighting on the build up and Haye gets rid of him any second he chooses.

Absolute mismatch.

And all because it was time for a serious challenge in Breidis..

As a Bellew fan still gotta say this is an absolute waste of time, and what with the Clev PPV farce and now this, he could lose quite a few to be honest.

Haye finish's it before round 2, the pair of them hug it out afterwards yaddah yaddah yaddah

I can't stand Bellew, I hope Haye doesn't just stop him I hope he leaves him snoring.

What a strange fight. Both looking to make a few quid but at the expense of fans, since they treat us as complete idiots why not let Bellew win the first one on points, split decision despite a knockdown. Have Haye win a second with a controversial stoppage before letting them have a proper fight for the trilogy. Pretty sure this is how the WWE works....

So has/will Bellew get stripped of the title?

They know Tony's not good enough for Breidis..

Oh come on =/

Bellew should stick to Cruiser, plenty of big fights and very difficult ones as well

Apparently no catchweight either =/

This is a sick mismatch

Herman Jaeger wrote:They know Tony's not good enough for Breidis..

Or Lebedev or Usyk or Gassiev

Two of the most loathable boxers in English boxing facing each other in a PPW event hey. This is one of those fights where it's a shame both fighters couldn't lose. Is anyone on here going to pay for it other than Soldier of Fortune and Dave667. Haye to decapitate Bellew in round 2 and then tell us all how everyone at heavyweight is ducking him because of his power which he just showed yet again

BoxingFan88 wrote:

Herman Jaeger wrote:They know Tony's not good enough for Breidis..

Or Lebedev or Usyk or Gassiev

Precisely

BoxingFan88 wrote:Apparently no catchweight either

This is a sick mismatch

Great isn't it

Steffan wrote:Two of the most loathable boxers in English boxing facing each other in a PPW event hey. This is one of those fights where it's a shame both fighters couldn't lose. Is anyone on here going to pay for it other than Soldier of Fortune and Dave667. Haye to decapitate Bellew in round 2 and then tell us all how everyone at heavyweight is ducking him because of his power which he just showed yet again

I would like to think I won't pay for it but the chance of a bevie with lads and night out maybe too much to pass up, lets just hope the under-card doesn't consist of Team Gallagher 'ticking over fights' for Quigg, Cardle, DJ Paul Smith Jnr and Callum and Katie Taylor 6 rounder.

But Eddie is really starting not to give a turd about his boxers health and well being. He threw Brook in against GGG who doubles over heavyweights. He sticking the human punch bag Dave Allen in with Ortiz and now throwing Bellew in with Haye.

MisMatchroom is seem like a more ept name for his promotion.

That's just disgusting.

Soldier_Of_Fortune wrote:

But Eddie is really starting not to give a turd about his boxers health and well being. He threw Brook in against GGG who doubles over heavyweights. He sticking the human punch bag Dave Allen in with Ortiz and now throwing Bellew in with Haye.

MisMatchroom is seem like a more ept name for his promotion.

Throwing Brook in against Golovkin was stupid I agree

Bellew is a different story though. He has done well to get this far...but there are three things to remember:

1) He will probably lose to Briedis

2) He has a vile personality which only extends his popularity as far as Merseyside  

3) Eddie knows both of the above

Bellew gets smashed up by Haye...gets a payday and still a big fight with Briedis

Winners all round (Eddie the biggest of course)

Matchroom will probably need haye to carry this a few rounds. Could be up there with the harrison farce. I would be surprised if it was a decent fight. Probably no action for the first few rounds followed by bellew being caught and finished by haye. Matchroom are on a ppv roll.

Steffan wrote:

Soldier_Of_Fortune wrote:

But Eddie is really starting not to give a turd about his boxers health and well being. He threw Brook in against GGG who doubles over heavyweights. He sticking the human punch bag Dave Allen in with Ortiz and now throwing Bellew in with Haye.

MisMatchroom is seem like a more ept name for his promotion.

Throwing Brook in against Golovkin was stupid I agree

Bellew is a different story though. He has done well to get this far...but there are three things to remember:

1) He will probably lose to Briedis

2) He has a vile personality which only extends his popularity as far as Merseyside  

3) Eddie knows both of the above

Bellew gets smashed up by Haye...gets a payday and still a big fight with Briedis

Winners all round (Eddie the biggest of course)

1) Agree

2) To be honest he's not that popular in Merseyside, well maybe the blue side

3) Eddie knows how to rinse the fans.

Think Haye will be the biggest winner. £3mill for this and then a shot at Joshua for his troubles........win, loose or draw, RETIREMENT with £10mill in the bank. He best have the Hearn's on his Xmas card list.

C Martin - Joshua
Joshua - Breazeale
Golovkin - Brook
Joshua - Molina
Bellew - Haye

Unequivocally the lowest quality series of ppv fights in the history of boxing in the U.K.

That's what Eddy Hearn and Matchroom have delivered

Shocking mismatch. Can't believe it can go ahead. Haye will probably be paid not to hit so hard and Bellew (assuming he has the sense, stays down the moment anything vaguely resembling a concussive blow lands on him). They will drag it out Audley style until about the 4th round when Haye lets go.

There are no positives in this.

Nico the gman wrote:I can't stand Bellew, I hope Haye doesn't just stop him I hope he leaves him snoring.

Would like to see that to.

I would love to see Bellew chin Haye.

Haye has some nerve.

He's repeatedly said what we all know - Bellew is delusional, this is a mismatch - but has no qualms ripping off the public for a few quid.

He has no respect for the sport.

Total mismatch but bit absurd to accuse Bellew of ducking Breidis when he's taking on the infinitely more dangerous Haye. He'll have to fight his mandatory after he gets obliterated anyway.

Sky, Murdoch, the Hearns none of them have any respect for the sport

Hammersmith harrier wrote:Total mismatch but bit absurd to accuse Bellew of ducking Breidis when he's taking on the infinitely more dangerous Haye. He'll have to fight his mandatory after he gets obliterated anyway.

Point is he hasn't earned the right to a money fight

And as Brook learnt the hard way it can be dangerous that's why in days gone by you only stepped up a division if you'd proved you were numero uno in your own

Herman Jaeger wrote:

Hammersmith harrier wrote:Total mismatch but bit absurd to accuse Bellew of ducking Breidis when he's taking on the infinitely more dangerous Haye. He'll have to fight his mandatory after he gets obliterated anyway.

Point is he hasn't earned the right to a money fight

And as Brook learnt the hard way it can be dangerous that's why in days gone by you only stepped up a division if you'd proved you were numero uno in your own

That's not at all true, sounds interesting bringing up the past but bit pointless when it's not factually correct.

ok..

Bellew and haye are only interested in the pay cheque in this. It was dreamt up by them and matchroom over a year ago. Completely fabricated. The grudge stuff is rubbish.

Slightly releived to read the comments here and pretty much everyone of the opinion that its a mismatch and both are doing it for the pay cheque.

This fight is a sham, actually have this as a bigger sham than audley v haye because of the fabricated grudge and weight difference

Ok but am I missing something? Haye is the mandatory for the WBO. He was supposed to get the winner of Parker v Ruiz in 90 days of that fight. Has he just thrown away a world title shot so he can destroy Bell end and pick up a pay cheque??? What a moron if that's true!

From LHW to heavy, thats a jump of almost 2 stone.

Bellew is going to sleep. This is a ridiculous fight. It's akin to Marquez going to fight Roy Jones Jr.

Ronikara wrote:Ok but am I missing something? Haye is the mandatory for the WBO. He was supposed to get the winner of Parker v Ruiz in 90 days of that fight. Has he just thrown away a world title shot so he can destroy Bell end and pick up a pay cheque??? What a moron if that's true!

What a moron, getting £3mil for taking a fight he can end any time he pleases, it goes two or three rounds max, everyone would do the same thing and it's about time people stopped thinking boxers do it for the prestige.

A fight he can end any time he pleases...

So you agree it's a disgrace it's ppv?

Hammer, this is a world title shot Haye is throwing away, and a guaranteed shot at Joshua afterwards if successful. 2 competitive heavyweight fights that would have no fan complaining. There's fighting for prestige and selling your soul and haye is selling his soul here.

Rubbish ppv. No harm fans calling it for what it is.

Haye has no soul left to sell. This is a sham of a mockery. Tony bellew, the guy who ran away from Adonis Stevenson and still got starched because he couldn't run fast enough, is headlining another Ppv... at heavyweight. Just reflect on that for a moment. Tony f*cking bellew the Ppv star. At least his kids won't starve.

They might as well stick them both in Lycra mankini's, let them have tag team partners and be done with the pretence that there's any sporting contest going on.

Ronikara wrote:Hammer, this is a world title shot Haye is throwing away, and a guaranteed shot at Joshua afterwards if successful. 2 competitive heavyweight fights that would have no fan complaining. There's fighting for prestige and selling your soul and haye is selling his soul here.

I really don't think anybody else would do any differently, he has the AJ fight any time he wants it and again no boxer cares about the fans, everything they do is for money.

Herman Jaeger wrote:A fight he can end any time he pleases...

So you agree it's a disgrace it's ppv?

The worst headline fight there has ever been, unless the undercard is stacked to the rafters I won't be going anywhere near it. Do I begrudge either Haye or Bellew though, no I don't.

If you're looking for people to blame, blame those who bought cleverly bellew 2, that was the pilot show for all this. You know who you are and you were warned

I don't begrudge boxers a big pay cheque, it's a hell of tough living for most of them. This trumped up animosity is borderline fraud though. Promoters can get away with trumpeting paper champions because of the shambolic nature of the sport but when promoter's and tv companies collude to create these amateur dramatic scenes to facilitate bogus rivalries for phoney fights, it's stomach churning.

milkyboy wrote:If you're looking for people to blame, blame those who bought cleverly bellew 2, that was the pilot show for all this. You know who you are and you were warned

I don't begrudge boxers a big pay cheque, it's a hell of tough living for most of them. This trumped up animosity is borderline fraud though. Promoters can get away with trumpeting paper champions because of the shambolic nature of the sport but when promoter's and tv companies collude to create these amateur dramatic scenes to facilitate bogus rivalries for phoney fights, it's stomach churning.

That's the Matchroom/Sky model unfortunately. Bellew understands the game, understands Haye is skint and needs a payday and has played a blinder.

The gate will be big (ringside tickets a few grand) and all of the WWE theatrics will shift PPV sales.

Sky's PPV output has been deplorable but they're making bank and so that will continue. And while Haye has the punch to put TB away quickly, Bellew has a chance if he can take Haye rounds (which he might - Haye's confidence seems to have taken a knock).

Haye's record is bordering on bizarre.

These kind of fights deserve the stick they get. The boxers themselves are complicit so they deserve to cop some of the flack. Its ultimately the fans that pay their wages. Its just a shame that this kind of thing is successful more often thn not.

The people that buy these things may think they are value for money.....Who knows ??..

I think as "Boxing fans" we may see the bigger picture...But maybe 18 stones for a casual fan for a night of Boxing is worth the money..Paying for a brawl and a bit of razzmatazz perhaps..

Certainly can't blame Hearn if he can polish turds and make a killing..

He isn’t the saviour of Boxing..He is a businessman...

Milky was spot on with Clev v Bellew.....Fact of the matter is Hearn knows he can get Quigg to chuck a chair at Kell Brook at the Joshua fight...tell everybody Quigg is a monster at 147 and 200,000 people will buy it.

Personally I won't be buying this travesty but if I was given a licence to print money...I'd print it..

Funny thing is... I know if I log on here on the night of the fight...Many of the posters moaning will be giving a round by round analysis live...

I share the frustration but Hearn isn't really interested in the demanding observer...and until the undemanding observer becomes one..Things ain't gonna change.

It is what it is...Don't let it get you down.....

It's only Boxing..

Hammersmith harrier wrote:Total mismatch but bit absurd to accuse Bellew of ducking Breidis when he's taking on the infinitely more dangerous Haye. He'll have to fight his mandatory after he gets obliterated anyway.

Definitely recall you saying Khan had ducked Brook to fight Canelo. Seems like a similar situation to me. You like who you like Hammer.

Dipper Brown wrote:

Hammersmith harrier wrote:Total mismatch but bit absurd to accuse Bellew of ducking Breidis when he's taking on the infinitely more dangerous Haye. He'll have to fight his mandatory after he gets obliterated anyway.

Definitely recall you saying Khan had ducked Brook to fight Canelo. Seems like a similar situation to me. You like who you like Hammer.

He's another crank like Truss/Adam Truss that continually contradicts himself. The pair of them were having a hot flush on another thread over how dominant Jones and Tyson were over mainly overmatched opposition, yet fail to see the contradiction in criticising Golovkin for dominating overmatched opposition.

hazharrison wrote:

Dipper Brown wrote:

Hammersmith harrier wrote:Total mismatch but bit absurd to accuse Bellew of ducking Breidis when he's taking on the infinitely more dangerous Haye. He'll have to fight his mandatory after he gets obliterated anyway.

Definitely recall you saying Khan had ducked Brook to fight Canelo. Seems like a similar situation to me. You like who you like Hammer.

He's another crank like Truss/Adam Truss that continually contradicts himself. The pair of them were having a hot flush on another thread over how dominant Jones and Tyson were over mainly overmatched opposition, yet fail to see the contradiction in criticising Golovkin for dominating overmatched opposition.

Baby getting upset again