Prime Haye vs Bellew

Haye by decapitation ..early....not a doubt in my mind ...bellew wasn't having much fun with the vegan wreck 1 legged haye....if that absolute ghost was causing him problems then the haye which was faster more athletic and could sit on his punches woulda flattened him

 

Thing is, it's not like prime Bellew fought shot Haye...
They're only two years apart in age, and Bellew only fought once after Haye (the crushing domination at Usyks hands).

Bellew gets underrated - it's understandable because he's a bit of a bellend and unlikeable guys tend to get underrated a bit.

Prime for prime, at cruiser, I think it would've been an interesting fight - I wouldn't expect domination either way, stylistically I don't think Haye would ever have liked fighting Bellew, but he'd have had a better chance of getting the job done by KO than he did when both were older...

Pick'em, for me.

 

I rewatched that first Bellew Haye fight... Haye blew his ankle early-mid rounds and the entire rest of the fight was Tony trying to put a very clearly injured animal down, which he still took a long time to do. Full credit for the second win though

 

Haye would have him out of there by the end of the 5th

 

Think haye aged alot worse though tbh, his style while abit janky was very athleticism based, soon as age hits its basically end of the road..bellew was more no frills basic sorta fighter ....he was probably better than I give him credit for but I just never rated him particularly highly cos he was no frills...I actually think his career is alot of Eddie hearn smoke and mirrors

I just can never see passed a haye ko in first 3 rounds

 

Maybe, it's hard to tell sometimes...

I do think Bellew gets underrated, yes he wasn't flashy but he was a solid fighter and had a decent ring IQ.

While an early KO for Haye would certainly be possible, I certainly wouldn't be betting on it - if he didn't get it, I'd back Bellew to grind him down... And I'm 50/50 on whether he'd get it.

 

Maybe I'm just bitter because I had £100 on Hayes ghost in 3 lol

 

Haye might be better than Usyk. People don't want to have that conversation.

Bellew is not.