david v goliath

anyone else watching the fight tonight??

who you think will win??

personally im puttin my cash on david haye (i love backin outsiders)

kids on the way to the grandparents....party on

I'll be out for this for a few beers, Valuev is one of the worst boxers technically I think I've ever seen, it's just the fact hes such a fkin giant. He should of been beat alot more by now but he's always got the decision victory in some very dodgey decisions, especially against Holyfield last time out when he was completely outboxed for 12 rounds.

If Hayes gonna win he's gonna have to knock him out in my opinion, Valuev has never been knocked down which is hilarious, I'm guessing if he gets knocked down it would take him a fair amount of effort to get up! Imagine 7 foot 6 falling down. Haye will definitely have the speed advantage, one thing I do worry about though is he looks incredibley ripped for this fight, which in general boxing terms generally means that the stamina might not be there, which Haye is gonna need as it could easily go 12 rounds.

I still fancy Haye hes lightening fast however he has been knocked down quite alot before. Definitely looking forward to the fight though, there hasn't been a decent heavyweight fight I've looked forward to in years until now. Nice to see the premier division having something to shout about for once.

good points lemmo..totally agree

think it will be fun to watch if nothin else

He won't be able to miss with body shots and lateral movement

Also Ruslan Chagaev is 2 inches shorter than Haye, has a reach 4 inches shorter and slower handspeed and doesn't possess Haye's power. He handled Valuev easily.

See post in Social Lounge for Freddie Roach's expert view ofhow the fight will pan out.

Another interesting point is the fact Haye is going to have to punch so high up, I can tell you first hand that punching that high is a completely different technique to your standard manouevers in boxing. Obviously having so long to prepare for this fight he should of adjusted his style abit but still it's not exactly a natural movement to be punching in that fashion, he's going to be punching a good foot above himself which is quite astounding really for a heavyweight fight, well any division for that matter. Be interesting to see just how easy it will be to hit Valuev.

Another thing to mention is never go off British betting sites for these fights, they probably have Haye as favourite quite comfortably and it's all pro Haye, that's just the result of media hype. You just have to look at the Hatton v Mayweather fight when Hatton was favourite on all the betting sites which was just hilarious. Mind you they probably made a killing from people backing Hatton.

For what it's worth I back Haye, I just don't know if he'll be able to knock Valuev down or not, certainly a very interesting fight.