Haye vs Wlad - A true 50/50 fight?

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  1. bremen

    bremen Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I would love to get these odds. Unfortunately, bookies are smarter than you.
     
  2. mawoodhouse

    mawoodhouse The ONLY Champion! Full Member

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    If Haye were to win, it would be the BIGGEST upset since Lewis beating Klitschko on cuts, Douglas beating Tyson and Ali beating Liston.
     
  3. Dio

    Dio Well-Known Member Full Member

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    99/1 wlad.
     
  4. assasin

    assasin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ^^^this. most of what's on the first page is a load of garbage.
     
  5. assasin

    assasin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :patsch this is one poor thread. too many idiots. lewis klitschko was no upset.
     
  6. bruce_keyes

    bruce_keyes Well-Known Member Full Member

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    yes you are right.. anything can happen.. your avatar is proof of that.
     
  7. Karl Jade

    Karl Jade Active Member Full Member

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    90:10 in Wlad's favour.
     
  8. WiDDoW_MaKeR

    WiDDoW_MaKeR ESB Hall of Fame Member Full Member

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    Clearly not 50/50 and Wlad is a clear favorite. However, a guy like Haye is always a live underdog. Anyone with great speed and power can turn any fight on it's head in the blink of an eye.
     
  9. Karl Jade

    Karl Jade Active Member Full Member

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    Haye doesn't have great power. At HW it's good, but not great.
     
  10. WiDDoW_MaKeR

    WiDDoW_MaKeR ESB Hall of Fame Member Full Member

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    When you have very fast hands... good power turns into great power. It's the punches that you don't see coming that hurt the most.
     
  11. lion

    lion Active Member Full Member

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    he has enough power..
     
  12. Goose

    Goose Russian oligarch Full Member

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    Haye is a +170 underdog on BetUS
     
  13. vnyc

    vnyc Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    65-35 in favor of Wlad
     
  14. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Haye's only chance is in the first 3 or 4 rounds if it goes past that he is as good as dead.
     
  15. Karl Jade

    Karl Jade Active Member Full Member

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    That's fine, but the fact you don't see the punch doesn't neccessarily mean it has power. He hit Audley Harrison 30 times before he went down. He has good power, but not Wladimir power.