What odds the big guy?

Ok, so these two pugilists are going to go toe to toe in the sweet science - the noble art of Boxing. The WBA heavyweight title is on the line.

One of them stands 218cm (7 foot 2 in the old) and has a reach of 215cm. He is the current WBA heavyweight champ and has a record of 52 fights 50 wins (34 KO) 1 loss and 1 no contest.
Nikolai Valuev is big, mean and nasty. And Russian.

The little guy?

Thats Brit David Haye, the former WBA, WBO & WBC world Cruiserweight champ.
191cm (6"3 in the old) and with a reach of 198cm. Cruiserweight is a sort of European dominated weight division, in between light heavyweight and heavyweight. US boxers seem to stay out.
His record is 23 fights for 22 wins (21 by KO) and 1 loss.

So you would be thinking the little guys is quivering? A bit of a mismatch?
Wrong.

When the two met recently to promote their upcoming bout, Haye was quick to get on the attack unleashing one of my favourite sporting quotes of the year so far.

"I have watched Lord of the Rings and films with strange looking people, but for a human being to look like he does is pretty shocking"

Which, let's face it, isn't really a very nice thing to say, particularly when you're about to get in a ring with the guy. But then again the Hobbits won that battle and with that in mind the hobbit like Haye has been installed favourite to beat the Orc like Valuev.

Which surprised the hell out of me. Valuev looks like he eats children. Haye looks like a child (with facial hair - ok, i concede, maybe a man-child).

Befair is offering:
Haye $1.60
Valuev $2.80

Valuev seems like Value (please, no pun intended) he is much bigger and uglier. Add to that he is the incumbent champ and he is more experienced - he also looks like you could beat him all day with a baseball bat without him noticing.

We will find out if that means anything in boxing.

Stay tuned.