As the title says. Does Booth teach his fighters to fight on the back foot and run around the ring to fighters that have a good chance of beating them. I'm only saying this after the Groves fight (which he won IMO) and the Haye fight. His tactics seem to be for big fights, don't engage, keep on the back foot try and grab some counters and then run.
Booth did fine. Haye fought well just couldn't adapt. If ahye sticks to boxing and does not retire I think he can improve and be heavyweight champion again.
Not Booth's fault TBH I Felt Haye was naturally scared you can't teach that If you could Bob Sapp would be a millionaire.
Haye was fighting under huge size disadvantages. His only way to win was to fight on the back foot. Wlad was 40 pounds heavier, with 4 inches in reach
Love the way the "scared" guy is the dude going into the fight, about 40 pounds undersized! Haye was lighter than Roy Jones when he fought at heavyweight!
Haye's not much heavier than Roy Jones, at heavyweight, naturally. He weighed in at 210. That's 20 pounds down on what cruisers like Evander boxed at Haye vs. Wlad would be like Mayweather taking on Bernard Hopkins
Weight disadvantages is no excuse people! To get to Wlad he should of been trying to get on the inside, with his speed it was more than possible.
Was waiting for the 'lets blame Adam Booth thread'. Happens to every trainer pretty much on here when their fighter loses.
when it comes to the Klitschkos weight is everything. They have used this advantage very well. 30 pounds is a big advantage..
Remind us all again of how Evander Holyfield fought guys when he was weighing in at between 205 to 217. And no he was not lighter than Roy Jones who weighed in at 193
Love how the Hayelords keep the excuses rolling. If he was so small and at such a disadvantage he should have stayed at cruiser and kept his mouth shut.
:roll: Scared is Clottey covering up from round one against a guy is has the size and strength advantage over. Scared is Mosley running around the ring o avoid a smaller man. I'm not sure that standing in front of the heavyweight champion with a ridiculously high KO%, with your hands by your waist and your chin in the air inviting him to punch you is really the behaviour of a scared man. All that happened was Haye found out like the rest of Wlad's opponents that the theory and the practice of beating him are too different things. He couldn't close the distance because of Wlads ring generalship, jab and defence. That's why he had resorted to lunging in with wild amateur punches, leaving himself wide open. I didn't see CLottey or Mosley launching themselves at Pacquaio in a desparate attempt to score a KO. Let's keep a little perspective here. A good 'smaller' man was beaten by a very good 'bigger' man. Styles and skills make fights and this was the most likely scenario outside of a KO for Wlad. Everytime people on here start criticising Wlad's opponents for 'fightin scared' they're completely ignoring everything good that WLad does in a fight. Do you not think it's a coincidence that apparently all of Wlad's opponents fight scared? No - they do as much as WLad will allow them to do.
booth is more of a tactician than a skill/fundementals coach, he's great at making gameplans but not great at teaching technique, roach, steward and shields are the best at that.