Kobeisgod seems a little bit begrudging of us having a fighter like Haye. He tries to hide it with his pseudo-magnanimosity, but he's pissed off.
My comment wasn't directed at Haye, it was a comment on the fact that Wilson ALWAYS has a chance in a fight due to his power. Since you bring it up, I'm fully aware that Haye has tremendous power. I think Wilson has more one punch power and a much more solid beard :deal . Frankly, I like Dings chances in this fight... I'm not discounting Haye but I think with his frame he belongs in HW.
i respect wilson, but Haye absolutley destroys him, with the ref stepping in to save him from himself.
When, maybe the first round. :-( Sure I didn't look that great in my last fight, and Haye is not any bigger a puncher than emmanuel(albeit a better skill set). Re-visit Haye's fight with Giacobbe Fragomeni and picture all those punches landing are mine. I don't think you guys realize how great my power is, but its cool, I hope he does not move up because he's another exciting fighter thats needed to continue to brighten the cruisers. I wish there was a way you could see the punch stats of my opponents last couple of fights before they fought me cause you would see that it had dropped quite a bit due to the fact that I'm an excellent counter puncher and they become leary. I can see how some could favor haye but there's one thing I can guarantee, if we fight and he come's out throwing a lot of combo's, it will be an early night with him like..:dead
Holyfield was never known as a puncher at HW - and even then, he had Moorer on the canvas, and lost a razor-thin verdict that many felt at the time should have gone the other way. However hard a 40 year old Thompson hits, he doesn't hit as hard as Wilson. This would, in fact, be a good test for Haye, one I don't think he'd pass. Which is why his handlers will NEVER take this fight, btw.:-(
Wilson's chin is too good to be banged out in short order like the other guys Haye has fought. If Haye wants to stand toe to toe and slug with Wilson, he would be putting himself at greater risk for a huge bomb, and once he gets hit, it wouldn't be long before Wilson would score a stoppage. Haye could win the fight, however, and he could win by fighting smart.
I was just trying to provoke you, succesfully too might I add. No harm intended. The point remains though, having a weak chin doesn't preclude you from winning fights against a puncher and, as the rest of my post was intended to illustrate, Haye's chin hasn't looked like being broken at the merest hint of a power shot; he was stopped on his feet in his only loss. I know Ding hits harder than Thompson, but he wouldn't be fighting the same Haye. Haye's stamina has improved as has his style in that he's more measured and won't burn himself out. As a result, he's not eating those kind of punches so much. I'm not counting Ding out, he seems a top bloke and I certainly wouldn't fancy eating the punch he threw a couple of weeks ago. However, I feel Haye's got the advantage in that more avenue's are open for him as far as strategies are concerned. As for Haye not taking the fight, you're almost certainly correct. If he, as I hope and expect, wins against Mormeck, I suspect he'll look for 1 or 2 marquee names at most to defend against if at all. Despite his current run, I don't think Ding fits in that category yet. That's also 100 posts after only 7 months, prolific or what?
A weight-drained Haye would fight ultra cagey (a snoozer perhaps?) and outpoint Ding in my estimation
Whatever that means :think. At least i made a point and backed it up with logical reasoning unlike 90% of the other posts. Look, I feel right now, Haye is good cruiser and solid hw prospect. Nothing more, nothing less. It's nuthuggers saying he can knockout the whole hw division in one night that's ludacris. Let's just give him some time and see how it goes.