It's funny to see how fans panic close a fight. The closer this fight gets, the more Wlad fans detract from Haye. Maybe it's a lack on confidence?
:think I don't know, Wlad fans picking Wlad because they lack confidence...doesn't really make a lick of sense, sorry. :huh
i think this poll is closer than it appears. i am a big haye and vlad fan and hope haye wins just so something surprising happens in HW boxing. which has not happned for a while... i think vlad has a 60% chance to win and haye 40% like many people here im sure...and of course i voted for vlad, but the nuthuggers here just see my vote as 100% vlad support and 0% haye support.. when really its 60/40
This is a good point. Obviously the poll is one sided but I think the majority would consider it a fairly close fight. Both men can knock the other out at any moment, so I don't think anyone is truly 100% confident.
I think it will be a dissappointing slow fight overall. My full prediction is that Wlad is very very cautious and stays very far away from Haye. He will keep Haye away with a strong jab and Haye will find it very difficult to get around it, despite it's a very predictable style from Wlad. I think Haye will take a few big straights, which will spark everyone being impressed by his chin and others claiming there is a reason he stayed up such as a weakness in Wlad as opposed to a stength in Haye. Haye will only cut the distance a few times and last a few big shots, less than 7 in the whole fight, and Wlad won't show too much hurt from them. At the end of it we all get a little dissappointed and Wlad will come out with a UD victory taking near enough every round. I really really hope that I'm wrong. I'd love Haye to win by KO, but I don't think it'll happen. Will quote if I'm right
As hard as Haye hits, I still think Wlad hit a lot harder. Haye has swarming power punches (in other words, he has to hit you with a lot of punches to hurt you). Wlad has nuclear power punches. Eddie Chambers dodged a missile, barely got clipped by it, and went down like a puppet with no strings. I've never seen Haye hit anyone with that kind of result. Wlad is clearly in a totally different power level. The other thing to consider is defense. When was the last time we saw Haye get hit? In the Ruiz fight, the cockroach landed on him several times. When was the last time we saw Wlad get hit? The first Brewster fight was the last time I remember someone landing a legal solid punch on him unless you want to count the Rabbit punches Sam Peter threw. In the end, I see this fight ending early, with Haye either seriously KO'd or refusing to answer the bell if he gets hit and hurt.
Boxfan1, that chick in your avatar is awful looking. Big tits, good face + tan is not compensation for the fact that she could wear a wedding ring as a belt.
I think Wlad could get a stoppage, but thats how I see it happening as well. I don't think these guys are going to just start crumbling and falling over everytime a punch lands. They've been stopped before but I've never seen anything that would indicate they are Morrison/Moorer types. Hell, even Morrison and Moorer didn't start chickendancing everytime they got touched.
Yeah I don't think anyone will get a KO, and I don't think Wlad will risk trying to KO Haye and I believe Haye will stay standing if he gets a flurry in him just with the determination he'll have for this fight, but if Wlad stuns him he could pepper him to a stoppage aswell.