I'm a Haye fan.
I like Haye. He's exciting, he's personable, he can be pretty funny and he's also not a half bad fighter.
But this is getting stupid.
He's signed to fight Vitali and then... just as Setanta, his tv network in the UK... goes but he gets a "back injury". Fights off. Fair enough it's pretty disappointing but still... this is Haye's big payday and even as fan there's a good chance he'll lose... and from there he's got nowhere to really go. Make hay(e) when the sun shines and all that.
But now?
You are by all accounts going to fight Audley freaking Harrison... who's recent achievements involve winning a prizefighter where his best opponent was 10-2 and then having to rely on a last round knockout to save himself from a loss to the 32-14 Sprott. Vitali is facing Briggs... who's recent achievements include getting busted for drugs after a fight against a club fighter and then beating some more club fighters. Scarily, Wlad/Peter is the best fight of the bunch... and Peter's recent achievements include getting humiliated by Vitali and Chambers (whatever the judges said), beating 3 club fighters and one OK fighter in Nagy while losing some weight.
Haye... this is on you.
The Klits record of opposition isn't as bad as it's made out to be either. Sure, it's not a murderer's row... but it's not a murderer's row of fighters in the HW division right now. Between them there's not many fighters I can think of who are on or around the world scene that they haven't faced. The only ones that pop into my head are Ruiz, Valuev.
Oh... and this loud mouth called Haye.