Haye vs Bellew: Real hatred or the new Big Daddy vs Giant Haystacks?

[Lenny Rider]

Bizarre press conference from Liverpool yesterday, catch the unedited version on You Tube, but these two really cranking up Saturday night's fight.

All hype to sell more PPV? Or is this a good old fashioned real life grudge match?

Haye could already be in hot water with the board of control after calling Bellew's home support "f****** retards"

 

[smeg]

I'm not so sure it isn't all hype but i'm becoming more cynical in my old age

 

[Frutos]

All hype to sell the fight, stage-managed just like WWE.

 

[Exile]

All hype to sell the fight, stage-managed just like WWE.

That. Its really, really tedious.

 

[theroyal]

They'll be best mates after the fight.

I'm eager for the match to go ahead now, because I'm fed up of hearing of it!

 

[Saladpack Seagull]

All Kidstakes, as my old Dad would have said.

 

[Triggaaar]

Haye vs Bellew: Real hatred or the new Big Daddy vs Giant Haystacks?

Who cares?

All hype to sell more PPV?

I imagine so. A farcical pantomime. I'm amazed that people pay for this shit.

 

[Mr Banana]

I just want one journalist to ask Haye if he'll feel a bit silly when they're both sat on the edge of the canvas, full of lovely healing serotonin, at the end, saying "I've got a newfound respect for this man", for the umpteenth time, as if it's a shock that the illusion of hatred has been lifted by a shared ring, which is as inevitable as Adam Smith calling it a "mouthwatering occasion" with all the enthusiasm of a pro broadcaster hanging grimly on for retirement from all this sort of nonsense.

Bellew, as a bouncer incarnate, is, I suppose, a more plausible aggressor, but you can pretty much guarantee he'll be sat there, banging on about how he only cares about his kids without having any contextual understanding of how completely inappropriate it is for him to keep bringing them into it and bleeping on about how important they are to him, as if reaffirming something which should be innate doesn't sound in any way weird. That is what it's about though - the money, it has to be, because he isn't a heavyweight, and it'll be horribly compelling waiting for him to get battered, like a slow-mo of a coconut shy being aimed at by a champion gunner firing a massive cannon.

 

[big nuts]

They are both very good actors who know how to sell a fight. Far better talkers than fighters hence why this will probably do quite well in terms of PPV buys.

 

[Gritt23]

I'm very sceptical about this pre-match hype of "they REALLY hate each other" as we just see it every time.

The only thing that is a little bit different about these two is that the last Bellew fight, rather than celebrate the win, he charged over to have a rant and a rave at Haye who was ringside. He literally didn't celebrate at all for minutes, and even then he still looked wound up by the hanging over the ropes screaming at Haye.

Yes, I've seen a fighter start talking up the next fight from the moment they are sat on the ring edge having their post-ring interview, but the way he reacted the very moment the fight ended .... that did make me wonder whether there really is something in this one.

 

[Hillian1]

There is an element of contempt in there for sure.

Haye will destroy Bellew within 3 rounds in my opinion.

 

[Ernest]

Maybe Eddie Hearn has said to Haye go down and let Bellew win, the loud mouth scouse then deludes himself he can challenge Joshua who accepts for a massive PPV fight yet again in which Eddie gives Haye a share of the promotion or Bellew goes down from the first solid shot Haye lands on him, Stevenson knocked him into next week so what will a proper heavyweight do ?

 

[BensGrandad]

I do not think the fight will last long enough to warrant spending money on PPV. A genuine proper heavyweight will generally beat a blown up light heavy

 

[LlcoolJ]

Who cares?

I imagine so. A farcical pantomime. I'm amazed that people pay for this shit.

This!

 

[Mackenzie]

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Easy, easy.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

All hype to sell the fight, stage-managed just like WWE.

Exactly. Modern day boxers are becoming as good at acting as the likes of Mick McManus and his chums on World of Sport back in the 60's and 70's.

 

[Mr Banana]

Under 5.5 rounds at 4/5. Printing money?

 

[Stumpy Tim]

I know a few of the Bellews from my college days. The hatred between Bellew & Cleverly was real - I'm not hearing the same with Haye

 

[LlcoolJ]

It's a shame really as there's already wrestling for this nonsense. I know there's always been an element of it in boxing too but it seems to be getting silly now.

 

[hopkins]

Letting the crowd in yesterday was ridiculous. It was a press conference so the fighters needed to be heard, all you had was people in the crowd trying to outdo each other with witty comments, it was embarrassing. Crowds should only be allowed in at weigh ins. I think there is needle there but Bellew trying to act the saint is pathetic as he's previously come across as a bully. Haye inside 5 rounds hopefully.