Haye is going to be sparring with Helenius

Not aware of anyone else at heavy with the same speed as haye, probably not at cruiser either.

 

They might use Jonathan Banks..... he's of similar dimensions to Haye, but he's a lazy bum who has only fought one decent fighter and was banged up and stopped, by Adamek.

There isn't anyone that really resembles Haye in either division, plus you don't really know whether he's going to be the balls to the wall puncher which comes natural to him or the manufactured pocket picker that we've seen more recently.

The best thing for Wlad IMO is to spar allsorts, and just get in tip top condition, and plan to dominate using his wingspan.

 

Good choice.

Say what you like about Haye, but he prepares for a fight very, very seriously indeed.

also, the Ruiz victory is a bit underrated. Ruiz and Valuev are two very, very good names to have on the CV given claims that he should have fought better at heavyweight. Solid top 10-ers, even at that stage of their careers.

 

Yeah, Banks and Afolabi are the usual suspects. Not exactly the best, but like you said, it's hard to find a fighter with a style that matches Haye's.

 

It's never easier to replicate anybody thats top class. You can only really take certain aspects of their style at a lower level.

Wlad will be looking for movers, people with handspeed and footspeed, and reasonable punchers.

Haye's made a couple of good choices, Helenius can do a decent impression. So can Price. Thompson has a bit more handspeed with it.

 

Moorer and Byrd were much better than Sanders IMO. Saying that Corrie is the best Southpaw heavyweight is a massive statement, and one that I respectfully disagree with.

 

Byrd was a really effective fighter, especially when you consider that he wasn't much more than an overblown super middle that decided to use his speed and ringsmarts at HW and went all the way.

Only Wlad and Vitali really dominated him - he showed plenty of stones against Ike and also Holyfield too.

Actually if he was five or six years younger he might not be a bad sparring partner for this fight if you got him to go orthodox.

 

well maybe i underestimated sanders manning, but i still think my point stands about wlads chin

 

Hasnt he got Detoney Wilder in as well?

 

Thanks for posting the Sanders v Rahman fight.
Very entertaining, like a lesser version of Foreman v Lyle. Looked like Sanders had no stamina there.

He maybe was among the most naturally powerful HW lefties. Stamina and training maybe were his weak points.

Perhaps Haye thinks the Wlad fight is his blueprint, in that if he stuns Wlad, he won't be able to recover as was the case with Sanders.

We will see. I think Sanders had better offense than Haye. A naturally powerful HW, though Haye is faster.