Haye will use Wlad's size against him and knock him out...

Louis, Marciano, and Walcott would have done the same thing. A small target is difficult to hit, and if Haye can make Wlad miss, something Ibriganov did with relative ease who isn't half the athlete that Haye is, Haye will undoubtably win.

Haye just has to contol his nerves and keep his right hand up. Wlad's jab and right hand will be taken out of the equation as Haye will duck those punches with relative ease. Wlad doesn't appear to have a good short right hook, and his uppercuts appear to be almost non existant, which will especially be the case in this fight where Wlad is too big and stiff to get low enough to land one.

As long as Haye doesn't get wild, stand straight up, drop his right hand, or overall get off his game plan, he'll knock Wlad out. He'll dominate him on the inside, destroy his body, and knock him clean out with big right hands and left hooks.

As Haye progresses, especially as he realizes that he can beat the most dominant heavyweight in the division in Wlad, and the one regarded as the most powerful puncher, his confidence will soar, his nerves will be restored, and he'll begin to resemble a throwback fighter from the golden age in boxing.

I think Haye can do it, and it will be great for the sport.

 

Look, these big tall guys are not what people make them out to be. You think that it's a coincidence that there weren't that many of them in 50's?

Do you honestly believe that in one or two generations, people of Wlad's stature just magically appeared.

The fact is, a big guy is dangerous because of his punch, right?

But what if a small guy has just as big of a punch if not bigger than a big guy?

Then you got a guy who's faster, harder to hit, more mobile, and hits just as hard.

 

I'm not saying that there aren't any skilled big guys. Paul Williams is an example of what it's like to be a skilled big guy as he also has an uppercut that he uses extremelly effectively along with his other physical assets.

Don't be surprised if PW turns out to be the next GREAT fighter.

 

That analogy is often made out of context. Wlad is big, but I don't see entirely too much skill. He stands relatively straight up, has hard hitting hands, but his defense is mostly using his height and size as an advantage to his opponents, most of which also fight straight up or are not in the shape that you would expect a professional fighter to be in.

So, no I don't see much difference in the way Carnera or Buddy Baer fight in context to Wlad. They have very similiar style and stance, and are alike in thier gameplan in the sense that it's predicated...(is that a word?)...by a jab, straight right hand.

 

The common falacy regarding big guys in the past is that people assume they were clumsy and could not fight, but they rarely ever note that perhaps it was their opponents that made them look like that.

Haye definitely has the ability to make Klitschko look clumsy and don't be surprised if Klitschko misses the majority of his punches, can't land his jab, and begins to run after he realizes how hard it is to hit Haye.

For this fight even to be competitive, Klitschko should be in the gym working on his uppercut, and his inside game because Haye will get inside and when he does, he will land hard explosive punches that will make Wlad extremelly tenative.

And when Wlad is tenative he makes for an incredibly boring fight as he fights as if he's terrified of getting hit. So it is possible that the fight may last longer than what it could, but that will be due mostly to Klitschko fighting off the back foot and completely unwiling to engage.

Haye just can't get sloppy. He has to stick to his gameplan. If he begins to get comfortable and starts to chase Klitschko around the ring, he might walk into something. Hopefully Klitschko will come in this fight aggressive, but unfortunately that will get him knocked out.

This is a game of cat and mouse, but many are mistakin who the cat is and who the mouse is. It's obvious to me, that Haye is a cat in a mouse's clothing.