If Haye fights the same Chagaev that fought earlier today, no doubt about it. Chagaev was out of shape, slow, he looked terrible. Even the Klitschko Camp believes Haye would KO the current Chagaev. Yes, Chagaev's weight was 6lbs heavier (231 vs 225)...but it looks like some muscle has been replaced by fat. So even though it's only 6lbs, in reality it's a lot worse than what it looks on paper.
Due to their respective temperaments, Haye is likely to stop any common opponents before Wlad. Despite being a bigger hitter, Wlad is super cautious and lets guys hang around longer then necessary.
Haye should. Chagaev is a shadow of who he was when he fought Wlad, when he was a shadow of who he was that fought Valuev. Actually, Valuev ruined Chagaev. His body couldn't handle the stress of such a battle so it contracted hepatitis via airborne. They don't call Valuev "The Body Snatcher" for nothing. Then Chaggy ruptured his achilles, a delayed reaction from an injury he sustained while fighting Valuev. On top of that, he was never a great physical specimen, and his condition is now worse. So there you have it. Valuev may have lost the battle against Chagaev, but he did win the war. Meanwhile, Niko's healing from shoulder surgery and says he feels like welded steel, stronger than ever before.
Nah, Haye's best chance is to take him out early. He spend too much energy early in the fight. If it goes the distance Chagaev will take a decision.
I thought Chagaev was QUITE the physical specimen when he fought Niko! How else would he survive? But, yes, similar to the Jameel McCline fight when SNV ruptured McCline's knee and ankle from a head shot, using the Dim Mak technique, that's how SNV got Chaggy's Achilles. Yes, the version Voidimir got was a wreck of a human being compared to what Valuev got.
Yes Haye is gonna stop Chagaev more quickly than Wlad, because Wlad chewed Chagaev for 9 rounds (giving him a terrible beating) leaving the rest 3 rounds to Haye!! C'mon be serious, Wlad beat the best version of Chagaev, after that kind of beating nobody's the same!! I'm not surprised Gaye stops him a lot sooner but still, what's the point you wanna make, he would still have beaten a second handed opponent, allready defeated by Wlad... Chagaev is done!!
No flab? Seriously??? As I said earlier: Chagaev's weight was 6lbs heavier than the Wlad fight(231 vs 225)...but it looks like some muscle has been replaced by fat. So even though it's only 6lbs, in reality it's a lot worse than what it looks on paper.