Wow he must be broke as hell. Divorce, failed business venture in Dubai, now corona crisis crippling his crappy boxing stable. He must be hurting.
Not all world champs are world class, the heavyweight division goes through weak periods and Valuev was not a world class champ compared to a lot of champs down the years.
As much as I do not like how he handled his boxing career and rooting against him in all of his bouts... Haye had world class skills....
"World class" as in top 10, yes. Just like other contenders like Pulev, Ortiz or Whyte. David Haye was never any better than random other contenders, he could never establish himself as king of the hill and stay there. His career showed that very clearly.
Haye was massively over hyped when he moved to heavyweight. Especially as the guy who would dethrone Wlad. I see a lot of similarities in Usyk right now. They could grab a paper title against a weak belt holder, but they' ll never sustain their training camps, against these huge behemoths! Too injury prone. Lol
Yeah you have weird way of defining world class. Valuev was definetly top 5 heavyweight in the planet when he was champ so in my definition that makes Sugar Niko world class at that time.
If Usyk does not win the heavyweight title will people consider him someone who does not have world class skills? Haye falls into the category of many smaller heavy/cruiser fighters who are too small for the big boys but as cruisers were at the top of the totem pole when they fought people at their same weight... he just was not going to be able to compete at heavy with the skilled big men but his speed and power looked great against a big heavy who had the lack of speed and decent power...
Haye is washed up and was never that great at heavyweight to begin with. No interest in seeing him compete.
