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Can't see him pulling out of another one...surely?

It all feels a little dramatised.... If Haye is behind it will allow him to call a halt to proceedings on the grounds of injury, that way he still gets paid. Why he would publicise that visit to Germany, even posting a pic, is beyond me and stinks....

On the flip side, he pulls off an unimpressive performance and can continue the pantomime, again using the injury as an excuse... I was reading the other day that this is Hearns way of seeing if Haye still has a draw, obviously in anticipation of a Joshua bout, basically using Bellew as cannon fodder....
 
Not entirely sure who the big draw is in this fight...Any sales in the US would have been generated by Bellews Rocky appearance,.....but yeah looks like Haye getting his excuses in early, time was fighters wouldn't breathe a word about injuries....
 
It really wouldn't surprise me if the rumour originated from Bellew's camp, most boxing fans are not giving Bellew much of a chance and they know it. What does Haye really gain from winning this other than the money? He'll get no more credit than his last fights from most of his haters. What better way to cast a bit of doubt? Whether it's making out Haye is running scared and wants to pull out or about the outcome should he fight through injury the rumour suits Bellew more than it does Haye.

"It is old news [the injury]. He can't pull out. He knows if he pulls out, he is a coward,"

"I have got in his mind but, ultimately, it is not going to matter what I say. If he was fighting anybody else but me, I really think he would postpone it."

"If he was fighting Shannon Briggs, Anthony Joshua, Wladimir Klitschko - any big, dangerous heavyweights - I believe he would postpone it."

"I think he believes he is going to walk through me and make it a real easy night. But, believe you me, he is in for a nasty, nasty shock," the Liverpudlian added.
 
It really wouldn't surprise me if the rumour originated from Bellew's camp, most boxing fans are not giving Bellew much of a chance and they know it. What does Haye really gain from winning this other than the money? He'll get no more credit than his last fights from most of his haters. What better way to cast a bit of doubt? Whether it's making out Haye is running scared and wants to pull out or about the outcome should he fight through injury the rumour suits Bellew more than it does Haye.

Haye has posted pics with the surgeon in Germany, it's all him this one...

It most certainly doesn't suit Bellew as he can't win either way now... Donkey if he's beaten by an injured opponent, lucky if he wins due to the same injury...
 
Haye has posted pics with the surgeon in Germany, it's all him this one...

It most certainly doesn't suit Bellew as he can't win either way now... Donkey if he's beaten by an injured opponent, lucky if he wins due to the same injury...
I hadn't seen the pic but I've just read an article on it now, the pic was only of him seeing a doctor in Germany who he'd known previously but there was no mention of an injury from Haye the only quote from him is "the world's no 1 sports doctor"(that implies he's more than just someone he goes to when he has an injury). So the rumour and speculation could still very well be the Bellew camp trying to talk up their chances. I think I covered why it certainly does suit him going into the fight quite nicely rather than Haye who is now taking flack based on this rumour in the build up to it. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see this reaction from the fans coming and it's not what you want going into a fight so Haye wouldn't have started this one for me.

Most of what you say is more relevant after the fight, either way I don't see anything other than KO to Haye if it does go ahead, Bellew is a seriously overrated boxer who talks a better fight than he actually fights and Haye is the physically and technically better of the two by some distance, he genuinely believes everything he says about how the fight will go.
 
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I hadn't seen the pic but I've just read the article it was of him seeing a doctor in Germany who he'd known previously no mention of an injury from Haye the only quote from him is "'the world's no 1 sports doctor'", so the rumour and speculation could still very well be the Bellew camp trying to talk up their chances. I think I covered why it certainly does suit him going into the fight quite nicely rather than Haye who is now taking flack based on this rumour in the build up to it(doesn't take a rocket scientist to see this coming so Haye wouldn't have started that one for me). Most of what you say is more relevant after the fight, either way I don't see anything other than KO to Haye, Bellew is seriously overrated fighter who talks a better fight than he actually fights.

Nobody is backing Bellew, that isn't the issue, a leak like that stems from within, hence the specifics to the injury and Bellew quick to highlight he has to fight... You're ignoring the fact that Haye will have a clause in the contract pertaining to payouts and injuries... He'd get in that ring with an arm in the sling and bandage over his eye, he's undoubtedly unsettling Bellew as it will be his biggest ever guaranteed pay day, that will now play on his mind up until the night of the fight.... It's now 1-1 after the press conference!!
 

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