boring fights? how about him vs. Norton, vs. Shavers I&II, vs. Cooney? Fans hated him because he busted up an old Ali, made that Marciano comment etc.
Please stop with these delusions.Without Haye,no fight.Haye is generating interest to go with it.You're acting like Wladimir could sell this out this stadion without having to fight or something
you listed 4 fights out of 20 title defenses many he went the distance or close to it with average to mediocre fighters that he should have been able to stop.
And with a lot of people the only time he can be in an exciting fight is if he loses. The same **** people are saying about Wlad are what people complained about with Holmes 25 years ago. It is no different except for the Glass Jaw issue.
I'm a bit torn myself. Would like Haye to win because he is young, fresh, and exciting, but at the same time Wlad putting him out would be nice, too.
Then what fights were exciting following his KTFO loss to Brewster? The Peter fight when Wlad held all day? The fights against Ibragimov, Thompson, Rahman, and Byrd when Wlad fought like a huge ***** against inferior opponents?
I like Wlad well enough, but face it... Another Klit win just means more of the same old-same old... and the same old with Wlad has gotten real boring! Haye's personality adds excitement... But more importantly for me is: Haye's size and fighting style make for the prospect of much better fights in the currently stagnant HW division. Wlad controls his smaller foes with his size, athletisism and jab + grab tactics.= BORING! I'd rather see Haye in there banging it out with guys like, Chagaev, Povetkin, Arreola, and Chambers. etc... Haye is right, These robotic Eastern Euro giants have killed the HW division.
The boxing world needs a proper and marketable Heavyweight Champion with a bit of personality and balls. Haye is the man. Wlad will never fight his brother, so there will never be a true champ while he is on top. Do we really want another 5 years of Wlad jabbing and hugging his way to victory over 'C' class fighters? :think
i hope Haye wins, not because i'm a big fan of his but because i think his exciting style should be rewarded, not that i have anything against Wlad but he's just not entertaining.
Haye because I can't stand Wladimir's style. I think he's totally garbage even if he's dominant and even though I feel he poses a threat to any HW of any era and I give him a real good chance of beating a lot of Hall of Fame heavyweights I totally despise his so-called "boxing skills". I don't hate him at all, I think he's a nice man and a great professional but I don't think he's good for boxing. Much has to do with me having a completely different concept as to what a good fighter is compared to what a lot of people seem to think. 99 out of 100 fans strongly believe that a good fighter is the one who always finds a way to come out victorious and somehow builds a legacy. I have no problem whatsoever with such statement but I just have a totally different point of view. I like HWs who can do it all in the ring even if they lose a lot. When I watch a boxing fight I want to see certain things in a fighter, call me crazy but I love HWs like Golota, Lyle, Dokes, Cleveland Williams. Wlad would probably whack 'em all withinh a few rounds but I just don't give a darn. They used to show me movements, combinations, defense and fundamentals that Klitschko never possessed. It's not that he's crude, he makes the best of what he has and he's unbelievably good at it, he's just a fighter whose style I can't stand. Haye ain't perfect himself with that arrogant hands-down stance, his defense is not better of Klitschkos' to a certain extent, primarily relying on his reflexes as of lately, but if you forget that for a moment, you have a complete fighter who can throw any punch in the book, possess a lovely shoulder roll (look at the early stages of his career), beautiful body and head movements, great combos. I like him much more even though I think he's gonna get stopped late around the 10th.
For the sake of boxing the Teutonic strangle hold on the heavyweight division needs to be relinquished!! More Power to Haye!!
Haye all the way!! Haye brings back the element of "blink and you might miss it" to the heavyweights. During a Wlad fight, I can go to the fridge, grab a beer, go outside and have a smoke and return to the sofa knowing that I haven't missed anything! The days of 12 round snoozefests are finally over!
Haye is much better for the HW divison and most would agree.. I would be very disapointed if Wlad were to win.