Haye Bellew

sev112

My wife tells me that Belew broke his hand in the 2nd round? Is that right ?

Schnozz

sev112 said:

My wife tells me that Belew broke his hand in the 2nd round? Is that right ?

If he did, he broke it on air:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKpR4pq_fgQ

It's more obvious when the picture's good enough to see all the fake grimacing and 'I'm gonna swing now' faces, but you can see what a joke it is here ^

stimpsonslostson

littlegreenman said:

Placidcasual79 said:

there are persistent rumours that Haye has money problems and has to continue boxing for that reason

Genuine question. How the fuck do these high price boxers end up with "money problems"? One of their fights and I'd be be set for life, sayonara motherfuckers.

Is it that they get ripped off by promoters, or is it all the punching in the head just makes them all stupid? Seems to be quite prevalent...

The boxers have to pay for their own training camps- bringing in sparring partners etc. It isn't cheap.
Those paydays are massive injections of money, but are infrequent & should you lose then you're not getting the win bonus. For every Mayweather there are 10 journeymen taking too many fights because they can't afford not to.

 @Placidcasual79 apparently the UFC main event wasn't that good. Not much action till the end. I was really disappointed with Khabib having to come off the card- that was the fight I wanted to see, so I didn't stay up for it.

I'm falling out of  love with the UFC- they seem to be going down the line that has crippled boxing for years of allowing fighters to pick their fights (so long as both parties make as much money as possible) and avoid dangerous opponents. It used to be that the top guys in each division would inevitably fight, but that doesn't seem to be the case due to things like Connor picking opponents, Bisping V Hendo & GSP getting Bisping (which is ridiculous- & I'm a big GSP fan). 
All the interim titles are devaluing the belts too... ho hum. 

I love training MMA (& Boxing to a lesser degree), but I don't watch it all that often anymore.

Tone71

Watched it on yoo choob this morning, glad Bellew got it but think that Haye wasn`t beat but just didn't win due to injury.

Iamnobody

Tone71 said:

Watched it on yoo choob this morning, glad Bellew got it but think that Haye wasn`t beat but just didn't win due to injury.

Haye had 6 rounds to win it...

Bellew took some shots and stuck to the game plan. It's a shame the injury clouded the bout.

In his post-fight interview Bellew claims he was exhausted in rd's 7 & 8 and didn't get his second wind until later. He also claims he was telling Haye to quit and didn't want to hurt him...

Iamnobody

sev112 said:

My wife tells me that Belew broke his hand in the 2nd round? Is that right ?

I haven't heard or read that anywhere...

Telejester

agibbo said: 

I bet any casual observer would enjoy tonights UFC headline fight of Woodley v Thompson, more than Haye v Bellew!

I have been a boxing fan all my life. I revelled in the true super fights of the 80 but i gotta say that boxing has fallen mightily. This may ve sacrilege , but if you want to see action, its in womens mma, those girls take no prisoners and no suchbthing as a mindnumbing 12 round draw.

monkey42

Poor fight in my opinion. Haye lost it rather than Belew won it. Haye was boxing on one leg for half the fight and still couldn't be put away.

and yes, the hey day of the 70s and 80s heavyweight is long gone

Gassage

Best I've seen Belew since the Bowie tour in 1990.

Tone71

Iamnobody said:

Tone71 said:

Watched it on yoo choob this morning, glad Bellew got it but think that Haye wasn`t beat but just didn't win due to injury.

Haye had 6 rounds to win it...

Bellew took some shots and stuck to the game plan. It's a shame the injury clouded the bout.

In his post-fight interview Bellew claims he was exhausted in rd's 7 & 8 and didn't get his second wind until later. He also claims he was telling Haye to quit and didn't want to hurt him...

Fair enough, I only watched from the 4th to be fair and I like Bellew, decent, down to earth fighter shows what a sportsman he is if he was telling Haye to quit when he obviously knew he had an injury.

Glad I didn`t spend 17 quid on it though.

stimpsonslostson

To be fair it was the best battle between a Scouser and someone with one leg since Paul McCartney divorced Heather Mills. 

snakemanStoo

Gassage said:

That was the best Scouser v Amputee battle since the divorce of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills.

stimpsonslostson said:

To be fair it was the best battle between a Scouser and someone with one leg since Paul McCartney divorced Heather Mills. 

Anyone else experiencing deja vu?

Bridgehouse

snakemanStoo said:

Gassage said:

That was the best Scouser v Amputee battle since the divorce of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills.

stimpsonslostson said:

To be fair it was the best battle between a Scouser and someone with one leg since Paul McCartney divorced Heather Mills. 

Anyone else experiencing deja vu?

Is there an echo in here?

beed84

Bridgehouse said:

snakemanStoo said:

Gassage said:

That was the best Scouser v Amputee battle since the divorce of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills.

stimpsonslostson said:

To be fair it was the best battle between a Scouser and someone with one leg since Paul McCartney divorced Heather Mills. 

Anyone else experiencing deja vu?

Is there an echo in here?

An echo? Plagiarism more like!

frank1985

stimpsonslostson said:

To be fair it was the best battle between a Scouser and someone with one leg since Paul McCartney divorced Heather Mills. 

hehe, love it! 

stimpsonslostson

beed84 said:

Bridgehouse said:

snakemanStoo said:

Gassage said:

That was the best Scouser v Amputee battle since the divorce of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills.

stimpsonslostson said:

To be fair it was the best battle between a Scouser and someone with one leg since Paul McCartney divorced Heather Mills. 

Anyone else experiencing deja vu?

Is there an echo in here?

An echo? Plagiarism more like!

Well this is embarrassing... I hadn't read the whole thread. 
I apologise wholeheartedly. 

ennspek

Bridgehouse said:

snakemanStoo said:

Gassage said:

That was the best Scouser v Amputee battle since the divorce of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills.

stimpsonslostson said:

To be fair it was the best battle between a Scouser and someone with one leg since Paul McCartney divorced Heather Mills. 

Anyone else experiencing deja vu?

Is there an echo in here?

I think you'll find its called delay!

starwarsnosebleed

ennspek said:

Bridgehouse said:

snakemanStoo said:

Gassage said:

That was the best Scouser v Amputee battle since the divorce of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills.

stimpsonslostson said:

To be fair it was the best battle between a Scouser and someone with one leg since Paul McCartney divorced Heather Mills. 

Anyone else experiencing deja vu?

Is there an echo in here?

I think you'll find its called delay!

I think you'll find its called delay!

Bridgehouse

starwarsnosebleed said:

ennspek said:

Bridgehouse said:

snakemanStoo said:

Gassage said:

That was the best Scouser v Amputee battle since the divorce of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills.

stimpsonslostson said:

To be fair it was the best battle between a Scouser and someone with one leg since Paul McCartney divorced Heather Mills. 

Anyone else experiencing deja vu?

Is there an echo in here?

I think you'll find its called delay!

I think you'll find its called delay!

That was definitely echo..