My initial thoughts were Bellew win by late stoppage or decision Haye has just had too many injuries in his career resulting in too much inactivity However, having rewatched the first fight it was pretty awful but until the injury Bellew didnt look very dangerous at all until hayes achilles snapped I want Haye to win, although not overly bothered Haye can be annoying but Bellew seems to take himself so seriously, and apparently seems to be the only man ever to have laced gloves that has a family Also , by going on about Haye is only taking this fight for the money, seems to forget that he is the other side of the fight and he called the fight out, so is equally taking this fight for money ( to put food on the table ) lol
don't know why people are so convinced just like in the first fight that haye stops Bellew early, Bellew took a few clean shots from Haye in the first fight and didnt look phased, haye was slow and had poor timing and accuracy last time, and 14 months out the ring and 14 months older isnt going to change this, if anything haye's timing and speed will be worse this time round, as was evident in the recent public workout. Bellew is a good boxer with good ring IQ, he is looking in better shape than the first fight, he is looking quite fast as well. We know haye is injury prone and he is getting old now, we don't know what haye's camp was like and if he has any injuries this time, if he does then a bellew TKO victory is likely like last time. If haye is injury free like he says he is, i see a bellew points victory, i dont think bellew has the power to KO Haye, as he couldn't knock him out when he practically had 1 leg last time, i think haye takes a couple of the early rounds with a cagey start but bellew takes over after round 5/6 and to win by a close UD PREDICTION - BELLEW UD (CLOSE)
Haye late stoppage or close decision. (If there is no injury) Haye was beginning to take control and finding his range when the injury came. But I think this will be a competitive fight. Bellew's movement and counter punching will give Haye problems, but as long as Haye applies a more methodical and measured approach he should come out on top. But with Haye you never know, his body is held together with sticky tape and rubber bands, in a competitive fight he could very well push his body too far and fall apart again.
Bellew by decision in a somewhat boring and cagey fight in which Haye looks more to look good and last the distance than actually win. Think Jones vs Tarver 3.
Haye beats Bellew this time around, but not without some drama. I'd laugh my ass off if David "100-0, 100KO's in fantasy matches" gets beaten again.
Haye round 6. Bellew to get home safe to wife and kids. Dillian Whyte to wolf howl in Hayes face afterwards.
The fact that Haye's body could let him down at any moment is going to be fresh in his mind and make him reticent to take chances. Unless Bellew walks into a counter Haye's options will be limited. I think he'll count it a moral victory just to make the final bell and maybe hurt Bellew at some point. Anyone expecting him to blow Bellew out of there given his past experiences is thinking in a highly wishful manner.
I think it makes sense to rewatch the first fight. So some thoughts about the first fight: - Haye was dominating the first half of the fight, i had him 4-1 rounds up till the sixth round - Haye was outpointing him in the fight, he didn't score big shots on Bellew but Bellew couldn't hurt Haye too - Both looked really comfortable with getting hit so no effect - Bellew had big problems to take out an injured one-leg Haye.....big problems...i think you could see Bellew is not HW at all, his power didn't show any sign of effect on Haye - Bellew looked pretty good with his game plan overall, he knew what he had to do but still he wasn't dangerous at all. To sum it up: I can't see a knockout here, i think we will see a decision and i think Haye will take it cause he is the better boxer as we saw in the first fight. UD HAYE
bellew couldn't stop a one legged man so as long as haye stays injury free he should eventually catch bellew flush and have him on jelly legs haye ko in 6
