No Haye, No Arreola - Klitschko Has a Problem

[Xyei]

Judging from some of the responses I've seen, not many read the article.. Typical. Just come in and call a fighter you don't like a ***** instead of reading.

[Xyei]

Eveybody is afraid to face Wlad.

Haye, Valuev, now Arreola is ducking him.

He already had a fight scheduled with McCline though. I think the media is responsible for all the hype this has gotten over the past few days. I would rather see Wlad vs. Nip a little later anyhow. Chris needs to get in a little better shape to make a good fight with Wlad. I think Arreola wants it though.

[The Hammer]

To be fair though Klitschko isn't all that much of a star himself.

He's a huge star and a household name in Europe.

[FLYBOY]

He's a huge star and a household name in Europe.

in wladimir's own words... "you know you make it big if you make it big in new york city" who the heck is he in NYC? lol americans know more about floyd mayweather a welterweight than wladimir klitschko a heavyweight.

[Dave Rado]

Not exactly Klitschko's fault. I hear Haye is acting like he's a bigger star than Klitschko and making all sorts of demands.

Do you have any details, please? I've seen propaganda to that effect from several weeks ago, but no hard facts and nothing recent. Plus Schaefer said Haye's camp had made quite a few concessions.

[Steak]

poor HW division. everyone in it is awful other the Klitschko brothers...and yet no one wants to fight either brother.

[The Hammer]

in wladimir's own words... "you know you make it big if you make it big in new york city" who the heck is he in NYC? lol americans know more about floyd mayweather a welterweight than wladimir klitschko a heavyweight.

The American media loves Mayweather even though his fights put people to sleep, because he's the two things Wladimir Klitschko isn't: American and black.

Wladimir should forget about the US (and end his contract with HBO, which often delays his fights) and fight three times a year in Europe.

He should go up against Alexander Dimitrenko next - young 29-0 fighter, and highly ranked by all four sanctioning bodies.

The Americans will never like him, because the media people like Atlas, Raskin and Kellerman are so negative about him.

[Chase8400]

in wladimir's own words... "you know you make it big if you make it big in new york city" who the heck is he in NYC? lol americans know more about floyd mayweather a welterweight than wladimir klitschko a heavyweight.

That's because he's a brash **** talker and he is American. That is too obvious and should not have to be explained to you at this juncture.

[Dave Rado]

Oh and another thing, "Haye is not champion so he should take what he is offered", Yeah, just like Bernard Hopkin's isn't a champ, but If he did fight the champ he is the bigger attraction

You're not honestly trying to compare Hopkins' record with Haye's are you? LOL!

These threads are so predictable and silly. No one here knows why the latest negotiations broke down, after Shaefer and Finkel took over the negotiating. Wlad haters claim that Wlad is scared of Haye, which is a laughable, ridiculous claim; Haye haters claim he's been making all sorts of demands, but they never back their statements up with any evidence, apart from some very vague claims made by Boente from several weeks ago which Booth disputed in detail at that time.

The first negotiations - before Shaefer got involved - clearly broke down because of a communication breakdown between Booth and Boente. The fact that Booth then pulled out of the negotiations and asked Shaefer to make the fight - and said he was willing for it to be in Germany, and hoped it would be in Berlin - shows that he was out of his depth but that he did want it to be made. We don't know what happened subsequently. Shaefer thought a deal had been agreed a week ago, but he turned out to be wrong, and no one apart from the parties involved knows what they broke down over this time.

And the claims that Wlad is avoiding Arreola are even sillier, considering the article says that it was Arreola's promoter who said no to that fight.

[Dave Rado]

The American media loves Mayweather even though his fights put people to sleep, because he's the two things Wladimir Klitschko isn't: American and black.

Not that race talk again, you're just being ridiculous. It's because he's American and a trash talker, and because he was P4P #1, and because of his dysfunctional family and all the exposure he got at the time of the DLH fight, and because of dancing with the stars, and because he looked great in his last fight, all put together. Ever heard of Gerry Cooney, "the Great White Hope", whose huge popularity was based to a large extent on the fact he was white? Stop this racist nonsense, please, it's really getting way beyond a joke now.