What's your opinion on David Haye's boxing skills?

How do you rate his boxing skills?

 

Good counterpuncher, good footwork and head movement. He has good boxing skills overall.

 

Average, with above average counter punching skills. His speed and power let him get away with a lot of stuff.

 

His reflexes are **** hot. His punch power is great too. Problem with him is, he struggles to finish guys off effectively. He windmills when he gets someone hurt badly.
He needs to take a leaf out of Froch's book, especially vs Taylor and Bute..
He has excellent athleticism to go with his good boxing skills, making him a solid A.

 

Great handspeed, insanely fast reflexes and very good power. Has the athleticism to get himself out of trouble which his sometimes clumsy feet get him into. Can pick a sweet punch and confidently counter guys who are also fast.

Pretty good footwork although he was easily shown up in this department vs Wladimir.

If he'd have stayed at cruiser he would be much more highly rated IMO, he would still have those titles he gave up to move to HW. Incredible power and strength for a cruiser, don't think anyone could compete with him in that division.

 

Average at best... slightly above Jean Pascal

 

Underrated in general on here.

 

Elite

 

Punching - Good timing, speed and counter punching but terrible punching technique

footwork - quick and mobile but not fundementally sound and has terrible balance. When he misses a punch he's horribly off balance, out of position and not in a able to follow up because of it. Sometimes it looks like he's about to faceplant when he misses, quite amusing.

Power - very good

Basically his athleticism, speed, reflexes, power are his best attributes and also allow him to typically avoid paying for his mistakes which are always present due to his substandard fundementals. He doesn't have "good boxing skills" they're actually quite poor, what he is is a good athlete.

 

He is good at maneuvering and luring his opponents into traps, he is also good at dodging attacks, his timing and precision are also very good.
I'd say he has a solid B level skillset, but A+ athletism.

 

Poor balance , not great fundimentals , but excellent reflexes, good speed and power. Gets unfairly slated for performance against wladimir. Slipped punches well and at times tried to make things happen. Made excuses with the toe afterwards though. Could have affected his preparation though with gaps in sparing, although his tendancy to not fight often is detrimental to his performance also I think. I like Haye but with the right attitude and mindset he could've done more I feel

 

Average with above average speed and power

 

They're alright. He could stand to up the work rate, to say the least.

Defensively on point, when he puts his mind to it. (Valuev, Klitschko)

 

I'd bump those all up a notch, actually.

Above average fundamentals with very good speed (for a CW/HW) and well above average but not devastating 1-hit-KO power.

 

Good,but his stamina is pretty bad, he looked knackered after the Chisora fight!