Haye sparring as a southpaw?

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  1. Dizzle

    Dizzle Active Member Full Member

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    I have a bit of a dubious source... a friend of a friend basically is supposedly in the know and he says that Haye has been sparring as a southpaw.

    It seems like a good idea to me. Was it Brewster or Sanders that was a southpaw? Could this be what Booth was talking about when he said Wlad won't know what Haye is going to do?

    Either way I don;t think Haye has a chance but it could make for an interesting 1st round until Wlad adjusts...

    Thoughts...
     
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  2. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    I doubt this is true. It's a horrible idea if it is. The only other person I've seen try this is Donaire, and he's a natural lefty. He did it against a scrub and switched back to his convential stance after struggling a bit in the first 4 rounds. Wlad is way too good to be experimenting on like this.
     
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  3. Bubby

    Bubby Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well if the southpaw is sparring orthodox, I'd say its ko....
     
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  4. Relentless

    Relentless VIP Member banned

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    i dont know

    the thing is he is sparring some serious folks, robert helenius, david price, tony thompson etc etc

    those guys would really make him pay for making mistakes.
     
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  5. RUSKULL

    RUSKULL Loyal Member banned

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    I can agree with this, Haye has a good bunch of sparring partners.

    To answer the threadstarter, Corrie Sanders is a southpaw and that may have helped him against Wladimir. But then again, Byrd is a southpaw and so was Chagaev, Thompson, Ibragimov & others.
     
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  6. aka TORA

    aka TORA ☳ Full Member

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    Always good to have something extra in the arsenal
     
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  7. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    ****ing stupid idea if true. guarantee he's getting iced out by a right hand if he tries this
     
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  8. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    No he's not.

    And by the way, Robert Helenius pretty much said he couldn't lay a glove on Haye in sparring, truth be told.

    I think David Haye is in tremendous shape for this one.
     
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  9. Relentless

    Relentless VIP Member banned

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    you got a link/source? you're the second one to say this.
     
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  10. happydrinks

    happydrinks directfraction.storenvy.com Full Member

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    Source for this?
     
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  11. Post Box

    Post Box I'm back too, bitches Full Member

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    Hmm I highly doubt it or if so it would be a terrible idea to head into the fight in that stance imo. Wasn't there rumours Mosley was gonna fight Pac as a lefty?
     
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  12. Kissan

    Kissan I respect box Full Member

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    Why do people believe that Wlad would have problems with a southpaw? Chagaev, Thompson, Ibragimov, Brock, and Byrd are southpaws.
    Well, he lost to Sanders but I don´t think that it had that much to do with Sanders being a southpaw
     
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  13. Jack

    Jack Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    To be fair, Helenius is a terrible fighter.
     
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  14. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    He's doing pretty good for himself, sure.. he may not be on Wladimirs level yet, but his jab is still pretty much one of the divisions best and somewhat similar to Wladimirs.

    If he can't lay glove on Haye, I think Wladimir is going to have a hard time landing his jab with regularity, which has been the key for him in pretty much all his fights.
     
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  15. theboy_racer

    theboy_racer Boxing Junkie banned

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    No one even mentioned Wlad having a problem with southpaws :patsch
     
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