Bruce Woodcock v David Haye

Haye by early knockout. Way too much speed, power, and timing. Haye is terrible underrated. One of the best punchers and finishers I have seen.

 

Both have shaky whiskers, but Haye has the better speed and the better quality of skills. Like him or not, Haye is world-class, whereas Woodcock (huh-huh-huh) was never better than the domestic/Commonwealth level. IIRC, Woodcock's best win was against Ben Ford, who was around the same level.

 

:good I go along with this. woodcock was rushed far too quickly and picked up some lasting damage that could have been avoided had he been guided corectly. Not saying he was a world beater, not making excuses but he did beat a great fighter and certainly had potential enough to make it to a serious title threat at HW. lesnavich was a great fighter I think he was current ring magazine fighter of the year when woodcok beat him. I dont think haye beat anyone as good as lesnavich.

haye's HW career was was breif, he was impresive against a faded ruiz but otherwise he bypassed a lot of better heavyweights and did no more against valuev than holyfeild and larry donald did. david did not beat the worlds best at HW - and neither did woodcock.

 

you might get a better insight from Boxing people that were actually there in Woodcock's time and who were still there untill the 1980s...

Heavyweight
The best heavyweight I ever saw was Jack Petersen and he'd only box as a cruiser today. He was the fastest big fellow I can remember. He came out from the first bell straight into the attack, and he was never stopped. And what a puncher! I'd have backed him against Bruce Woodcock – both at their best. People who follow the game to a slight extent and believe most of what they read in the papers, have made Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno national heroes. Those people who are really aware of what's going on up there in the ring know different. While I wish both men good luck, they were never really great.


here's the link for the whole piece http://blog.boxinghistory.org.uk/2011/10/best-ringsters-i-ever-saw.html

 

nice piece.

 

Really?

Haye has an incredibly well timed devastating right hand, a powerful sharp left hook, and brutal uppercuts. He also has handspeed, terrific timing and accuracy, he is the complete package as a puncher. He had an ATG superheavyweight Wladimir Klitschko in trouble when no one has come close to landing on him in about 6 years.

Haye destroys Woodcock

 

Jack Petersen must have been good but he could not get past the blond tiger Walter neusel in either of their 3 meetings or ben foord. petersen did KO Larry Gains and len harvey but I just don’t see how he beats henry cooper based on this. O.F snelling must have been young and impressionable at the time. I do remember old timers telling me what a big deal it was when Tommy farr beat neusel - who by the sounds of it was seen as a world beater on the account of his record against the best of British. 60,000 crowds for British HW title fights were common place back then.

 

Haye wins by ko ,bigger,faster ,harder hitter.

 

Haye would be too much for Woodcock.

David Haye vs Tommy Farr would be a more interesting fight.