Better defense, Eddie Chambers, or David Haye.............

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  1. gooners!!

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    Better defense, Eddie Chambers, or David Haye......

    Since people have been discussing Haye's defense, how does his compare to Chambers? now you can say, well Eddie got brutalized by Wlad, but Haye himself has not fought someone of that caliber. I'd also hazard a guess, that Chambers hasn't been down as regularly as Haye, and even though he lost to Povetkin, got outworked, he did not take sustained beating from what I recall, he just didn't answer back.


    Im not categorically trying to say Chambers has a better defense, just trying to show how you could conceivably compare the two's defense, as though its not a ridiculous question to pose, any, thoughts?
     
  2. Robney

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    Seriously man, it's not even close...
     
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    Chambers by far. He also took Wlad into the very last few seconds. He's rather cagey.
     
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    haye easily.
     
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    Chambers. He's the closest thing to a defensive cutie the division has these days.

    He's also a blown up CW, honestly he'd be better fighting around 200.
     
  8. FromWithin

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    Chamber without a doubt. He faced big punchers and better opponents than Haye, who went down against blown-up and shot SMW and CW. But again they don't really have the same style of fighting.
     
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    "Fast, Fat, Brat, Brad" Eddie Chambers
     
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    Brad? :rofl:rofl
     
  11. tbp82

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    I think Haye's a better athlethe than Chambers and can move around the ring better to make someone miss but in terms of defensive moves ie skillset it is Chambers all the way.
     
  12. RUSKULL

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    Eddie Chambers by a longshot. In fact Juan Carlos Gomez & Kevin Johnson also have better defense than Haye has ever shown.
     
  13. taobum70

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    Haye was hit repeatedlyby fighters who wouldn't land anything flush on Fast Eddie, like Fragomeni, Mormeck, old Ruiz. Haye has good reflexes but no defense technique. Wlad landed very few flush shots against Eddie, most were partialla blocked. Haye until now could afford to get hit because he could overpower his opponents.
     
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    chamber!
    at least he is braver,,,
     
  15. mugen82

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    No point comparing their defenses, Haye actually hits back.