David Haye Not Thrilled With Hotel

Posted by Joe Roche on 11.03.2009

Haye claims to be escaping a "rancid lair."

David Haye hasn't exactly been welcomed with open arms in Germany. The UK fighter who is set for his Nov. 7th showdown with WBA world heavyweight champion Nicolai Valuev wrote in his online diary that: "When I reached German soil I was guided towards a disgusting hotel, with a dingy room. After a quick call or two, we managed to depart the rancid lair with our legs and arms still intact. We actually ended up at a lovely five-star hotel, though we had to pay for the five-star privilege. Still, if it saves us from the guaranteed Black Death of the first place, it will be well worth the price."

Haye doesn't believe that the hotel room issue was an accident."These are the sort of mind games and tactics you have to put up with when fighting abroad. They rattle some fighters, while others refuse to ever box on foreign territory. The foreign promoters are always looking to give their guy any possible advantage and they'll look to screw you around left, right and centre if they think it's going to unsettle you."

Team Sauerland, who put David Haye up in the Hilton Hotel in Nuremburg seemed slightly amused by Haye's antics as Chris Meyer, GM of Team Sauerland stated "If he calls the Hilton a ‘rancid lair', it tells you something about his state of mind. Now you know why neither Nikolai nor anybody else at Team Sauerland has taken Haye´s insults and provocations seriously. He clearly talks too much and has an interesting way of seeing things. With just five days between now and the fight, he might be getting nervous and is starting to lose his sleep."