Adam Booth: 'Haye would KO Vitali within 6 rounds'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/mar/27/david-haye-booth-vitali-klitschko

Now that David Haye has broken cover and declared he is back in the heavyweight boxing business, his trainer and confidant, Adam Booth, has renewed his attack on the one opponent the semi-retired Londoner needs to round out his career: Vitali Klitschko.
They have baited the Ukrainian, his younger brother, Wladimir, and their management team for years, and Booth says Klitschko's trainer, Fritz Sdunek, does not want the fight.

"I don't think it would go past six rounds," Booth said. "I've been told his trainer has told him not to take a fight with David. So I don't think it will happen.

"If they want it, he's here. But they haven't come to us, so the only conclusion I can come to is that they don't want it – because Vitali has slowed down, and I think they are scared to death of David knocking him out."
Reports that Haye, who once held the WBA version of the title now in Wladimir's possession, has merely to take a warm-up fight to get to Vitali – he will announce an opponent on Thursday for a fight in London on 29 June – do not sit with Booth's version of the scenario.

"I think they're waiting for a couple of things to happen before they make their move," Booth said. "They've been suspiciously quiet of late: no opponent, no date. They've named [Odlanier] Solis [who laboured over 12 rounds at the weekend in his comeback against the undistinguished Norwegian Leif Larsen] and some other guy, but they've made no announcements yet.
"We have our suspicions as to why they are waiting that long. I've got no doubt that their Holy Grail, their ultimate goal, is for Wladimir to hold all the belts. And these manoeuvres are partly based around that.

"[Vitali] doesn't have to fight David for the title if he doesn't want to. David's not interested in the title; he's interested in fighting Vitali. But, if I was a betting man, I would bet against Vitali fighting David. We had a deal, a contract that we were happy with, for a fight to take place [last] September. We were going to do [Dereck] Chisora first. They said: 'No you can't. If you do Chisora, we'll go somewhere else.'

"But I told them: 'You can't restrict us. I want this [Chisora] fight; David will win that, won't be injured – which is what happened – and then we'll do that.' They said no – and went and did Manuel Charr.

"Now they're saying: 'David was offered the fight for September, he said no, now we don't want it.' They wanted it in September; why don't they want it now? Is it because David blasted out Dereck and Vitali looked **** against Manuel Charr?"

Booth reckons Vitali would be an easier opponent for Haye than Wladimir, who outpointed him over 12 rounds. "Of the two brothers, Vitali is the easiest to hit, but the harder to hurt. Wladimir has developed a style that protects his vulnerabilities. He makes it difficult to be caught cleanly. And he's become very, very effective with that style.

"It's not entertaining, because it's not a fighting style, it's a boxing style. It keeps him winning and, as far as they're concerned, that's it. It's business: win, make money, move on, don't worry about anyone else.
"They know that David can hit. You look at Vitali's performance against Chisora [who went the distance with him]. By the end, Vitali wanted the fight over. And look how he struggled to handle Manuel Charr. The doctor did him a favour [the fight was stopped on a cut to Charr's right eyebrow two minutes into the fourth round; he had been down in the second]. Who do you think would win out of him and David? I think Vitali would struggle to last the distance with David. In that fight, speed kills."

If Haye does get to bring his entertaining feud the Klitschko family to a conclusion with a farewell fight against Vitali, he will trust Booth to work out not only the strategy for the contest but the business deal.
At the moment, it is a 50:50 proposition.

 

yeah. i'm sure a former CW will KO an ironed chinned monster who has never been down as a pro fighter, and please don't start with Pele Reid, that was a bare ankle to the chin, not a boxing glove

 

It's a clear duck yet again from Haye as usual.

 

I'm more open to the idea of Haye beating him now than I was a few years ago...but KO6? :think

Of course, if it was a TKO6 on cuts it would make for a fabulous bookend.

 

:roflatsch Haye wouldn't engage. Even this version of Vitali is faster and has more skills than Valuev and Haye was scared to death to engage with him.

Haye wants more money probably because he lost money in that Cyprus Bank fiasco.

 

Stop being delusional, Vitali did not look as quick or as agile against Charr. Compare the Arreola fight to Charr bout.

 

Still faster and has more skill than Valuev ever dreamed of having. And Haye was scared to engage the guy.

11.9 punches a round tells us that.

 

There's no doubting that Vitali is well past his prime, looks slow and is now simply getting too old.

It's safe for Haye to want to fight him now and not 2008-09 when he specifically targeted Wlad.

 

True that

 

Good points well made. How do you rate Haye's Chin?:think

 

I think Haye can knock out Vitali faster than he knocked out Wlad!

Wait....that's not right.....

 

Haye wouldn't have to engage. Vitali was never a speed demon. And now? Forget about it.

 

Adam Booth is full of shite.

 

Haye should win on cuts in round 6.

It will forever implode this whole forum, millions of Vittard will be killed but in the end we will be overwelmed.

 

Haye would have gotten KO'd against Wlad if he didn't drops to his knees every time Wlad hit him with a good shot, truly a PATHETIC performance on Hayes end. Now in a fight with Vitali, That fraud would run for for 12 rounds, and probably lose a UD. Thats the only way I could see that fight going honestly, if Haye stood toe to toe with Vitali he would get annihilated and he knows that.