Chisora clearly landed a few good punches. I don't know how you can say he didn't land anything. My point was he did better than anyone else has and that point still stands.
This is what I'm thinking here. Will probably bet on Haye between rounds 4 and 9 and Chisora decision depending on what odds I can get.
Kevin "Safety Pin" Johnson won no rounds, whereas G$ora took four through hard working pressure. Plus, as for "landing **** all"... G$ora rocked Vitali in the 12th round, who then clung on for dear life.
I never said he'd beaten the who's who of the division. I said he was half decent? David Haye likes fighting poor/over the hill, heavyweights....right or wrong?
I think Chisora won as many rounds against Vitali as Haye did against Wlad. Del Boy took a lot more punishment. But tried harder. Haye was in with the better brother. Which performance was better? :think
I was impressed with Dereck's performance, I was not impressed with David's. I think Chisora delivered (almost) on what he promised, I don't think Haye did at all.......
BUT doing better does not mean doing well. Just because he made more of an effort doesn't mean he gets extra credit when he's still losing comprehensively. And it tells us nothing about how he'll fare against Haye. Comparing that fight with Cotto's effort is a little thin.
I can't pick this one. Haye's perfomance against Wlad may very well be deceptive, a lot of people will be judging him on that rather than how he was viewed prior to that fight. I don't think fighting Wlad should suggest much about how it is to fight Chisora, especially when there was so little action. Chisora's recent efforts have not been that dissimilar from Fragomeni in style. Recall how Haye actually struggled with a durable fighter that will come forward to get on the inside with little worry about what is coming back at him. The difference is that Fragomeni was 5'9" and <200lbs and Chisora is 6'1" and ~240lbs, and almost certainly with better punch resistance. I don't expect Chisora to take a backward step unless he is hurt. Haye will be back pedalling and trying to land big counters all night, and with Haye's debatable stamina, that's going to be a pretty decent challenge.
I'm really not sure why peoples perceptions have changed to the degree its widely considered Chisora has a great chance. Because he beat an oak tree like Helenius and nicked a few rounds off an ancient and visibly fading Klitschko? What do you think would happen if Haye fought somebody as bad as Helenius? Its widely known he got pounded by Haye in sparring, he'd get knocked out in a real fight. It's not at all hard to envisage Haye taking rounds off a slow, clumsy Vitali at this point. Haye will win this fight.