How will David Haye be remebered in years to come ?

He'll be remembered as a excellent cruiserweight who moved up and beat Valuev for the Heavyweight title.

 

....a heavyweight title....;O)

 

Of course he will be :roll:

The man is only 1 of 2 men, to date, to be regarded as THE man at Cruiser... Just for that alone he will be remembered...

(That said, imagine how great his legacy at cruiser would have been if he had stayed around to beat Adamek and Cunningham...)

 

What did he do that was great in the Cruserweight division? Which has been the weakest division in boxing since it was established.

 

A very good and fearless, hungry fighter in an unfashionable division. And as a man that "played" at being a heavyweight for a few fights with some pretty poor opposition.

Folk will probably forget all aboutall his talk and hype.

 

History isn't about what people said they would do. Its about what they did. Haye, love him or hate him has had a successful career that many a boxer would settle for.

Exactly. The only way this thing will be remembered will be along the lines of "late on in his career a unification bout with Wladimir Klitscho was proposed but never materialized."

Cruiserweight champion and Heavyweight champion are the facts

 

Won The Ring title...

 

Quick question to all...

Who's Heavyweight leagacy is better as things stand: Haye or James Toney...

 

ha no brainer

 

Nope... It's too late in the day and week for hints and riddles... Who are you saying?

 

I'm not really familiar with the situation, but what's the party line about Haye not fighting Adamek and Cunningham? It's just cruiser is a pretty slim division and those are two big names since people always say Haye cleaned the division out. Was Adamek a light heavy then??

 

If Haye fights no more, he will go down as probably the most fun Cruiserweight of all-time, who was arguably second only to Holyfield in its history.

He will be remembered for the massive battles he had as a Cruiserweight, by the hardcore. Mainstream will recognize his slaying of a giant by the name of Valuev.

There will also be many what ifs? posted though the years, as we will of never really got a true gauge of what he was like as a Heavyweight. He clearly was capable enough as an alphabet titlist in the division, but could he of gone on and done more?

 

as the man who re-unified the cruiserweight in exciting and devastating fashion only to squander his legacy at heavyweight in search of stealing the fans money with easy and boring fights.

in a nutshell - david haye sold his soul!

 

Unfortunately his cruiserweight legacy will probably be forgotten. A sudden retirement will make people question his desire. He'll be looked back negatively definitely. But he is exciting in and out the ring no doubt.

 

Yes and as I said as a heavyweight he'll be remembered as a good talker and a good one man media machine. His heavyweight resume is nothing without Wlad or Vitali on it. Haye says he'll sleep easily without them on it, he probably will and good luck to him. But Valuev, Ruiz, Harrison and whoever in May wont stand up in years to come.

As a cruiser, a good talker, a damn fine fighter and one of the finest cruiserweights I've watched in my 20 years of being a fan.