David Haye, his toe and the ringwalk

When Haye took his shoe off straight after the fight i cringed - it was embarrassing, the little pinky toe didn't even look that bad - see 2:30 minutes into the video below - certainly not bad enough to effect the performance of a true Champion - Danny Williams and even Fraudly have won fights with much worse, as have many others.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC9BAawh4aY[/ame]

Then less than 2 days later Haye appears on a UK television programme and shows the toe again - this time it looks much worse - 1:30 minutes in - below

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwfUILOLjYA[/ame]

Its gone yellow and looks really tender and sore - to the point where it looks like it there is a chance it might actually effect the performance of a fighter. Haye says its gone yellow because a fracture blister has developed - it is possible for them to develop 3 weeks after the injury but generally the injury looks much more significant and painfully than it did before. Haye goes on to say his foot may have got stamped on during his ring-walk, which made it worse - he had trained previously with the toe and had no problems - here is the ring-walk, watch closely.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgIgPKIb_jc[/ame]

If you look about 1 minute into the video Haye is begining to get pushed around, he stops singing looks pissed off and seems to be treading carefully and watching his step. Various people jump in front of him and they get pushed away but Haye seems okay, pissed off but okay, he starts singing again and carries on. Then 1:41 minutes in he winces in pain and looks down at his foot - did that big lump next to him just stand on his foot? - maybe.

Let me be clear i don't think Haye lost because of the toe (Wlad was just too good and Haye couldn't or wouldn't get close) and i even think that if his toe was re-injured or more injured during the ringwalk then it is poetic justice for making everyone (including Lennox) wait while he played his pointless and classless "mind games", but what i am saying is that maybe the toe did effect Haye performance and his ability to "spring off" as he said, at least more than it first appeared and that maybe it was a significant injury.

Having watched what do you think?

 

Well i think he winces in pain and then immediately hobbles a bit and he does seem to be missing a "bootie" when he step up onto the ring? - only one is taken off him if you watch closely. Its hard to tell which side of Haye the lump is standing right or left but it certainly looks possible that his toe could have been made significantly worse during that ring-walk at some point even if it wasn't exactly at that second. i agree its an excuse - its just maybe its a better excuse than it first seemed

 

read the post......seriously

 

You got it wrong the security guy is definitely standing on Haye's right - look at the England shirt Haye is wearing - the England badge is on the right of his chest on the new shirt.

 

Here is a link to the new England shirt design (the one Haye is wearing)

http://euro2012shirts.org.uk/england/

what side does it say the badge is on?..........lol

 

Did you watch the first video that i posted - Haye's post fight interview - what does he say at the 4 minute 11 mark? - "My foot is in absolute agony"