That was cringe worthy to watch. I like Haye's confidence and arrogance and some of the interviews he gives are very entertaining, but that was lame.

I feel for Dirrel, he did enough proper boxing to win but he just wasn't aggressive enough. A draw could have been fair, and shouldn't have been given the shocking point deduction and would have meant the draw. Dirrell was brilliant at moving out of the way though, brilliantly fast punches, and I worry for Froch up against Kessler and then Abrahams, he's got easily the two toughest tests of his career coming up.

This message was edited by DjedwardSmith on Oct 17 2009.

I didn't score the fight, but a Froch decision was probably right. Dirrell did nothing apart from train for the backwards 100m sprint. He won the last 2 rounds when he was prepared to fight and should've done more of that.

So it's Haye vs. Valuev on Saturday, definitely gonna head into town to watch that. Seems like the result is really important in terms of injecting some life back into the division, boxing needs a Haye victory here.

It's definitely possible, hell he's the bookies favourite, but my one worry is that Haye will go one step too far and try to go for a big knockout and get clobbered in the process. The sight of him sending Valuev to the floor would be freaking amazing...so I'm caught in two minds as to whether I'd want him to step it up a notch and try it if he was in control or not xD

This fight could go either way. Haye's a far superior boxer, but being 100lbs less I can't see him knocking Valuev out. Haye also has a glass jaw, and his stamina's shit so I wouldn't be at all suprised if he gets KTFO. Then again Valuev is a terrible boxer who has a pretty poor resume and Haye is probably the best boxer he's faced to date so I wouldn't be that surprised if Haye finishes him within 6 rounds. Then we could look forward to Haye calling out the Klits, then bottling it when they agree to fight

Get in Haye! Good job.

Fairplay to David Haye, I wouldn't fancy taking on someone twice my size even if I did know I was better than him technically.

It wasn't a pretty win, but a win none-the-less.

Man oh man. I freaking love people who talk shit like he does but can back it up.

Would've been amazing if he KO'd him and he came close at the end, but he was very clever throughout the match. Awesome.

When Valuev stumbled in the last minute or so of R12, i was so hoping he was going down. Deserved win for Haye too imo. Enjoyed tonight's boxing, so i had a look at what's on soon and Manny Pacquiao's on Sky Sports next weekend i think too.

Valuev is just too slow, simple. Haye took some decent shots without worry which was good to see.
Still can't really judge Haye as a HW properly yet though.

Cannot wait for Pacquiao-Cotto. I've got a couple quid on Cotto but I reckon Pac's speed will kill again.

Does anyone know what time the Pacquiao/Cotto fight starts in England? I know the program starts at 2AM but that's obviously not going to be the time the main event starts. I'm gonna sleep until the fight starts so i need to know when to set my alarm for

It's usually 2 hours after the start. Depends on the matches really.