yes i seen the fight...............yes he looked horrible against walker no doubt.....but he wasnt flabby.....if u dont believe me go onto youtube and watch the chagauev/walker weigh in..........DAVID HAYE KNOCKS THE **** OUTTA CHAGUEV WITHIN 5 RDS OR LESS........
I love the way the Klitties start playing the 'Chagaev isn't as good as he was a few months ago because Wlad beat him' card.... **** off and do me a favour.... Chagaev is still the limited Hep B riddled fighter that fought Wlad... I appreciate the Klitschkos as fighters but their fans do act like ****s some times
And actually you say 246-248lbs was his best... one of his best performances for me was against tommy Morrison which he was 239lbs I believe? He was 247lbs against Mercer in his next fight and stayed at that weight for years until Vitali. The fight previous to the Vitali fight he was 249lbs against Vitali he was 256lbs and was flabby and slow
Considering journeyman Walker had Chagaev on the brink of a knockout I have to agree here. Chagaev is more than shot and ready to get KOd by anyone in the top 10.
I don't hink Haye would stop Mercer, Byrd, Chambers. I do believe Wlad would have stopped Valuev in 10 and that version of Ruiz in 5.
If Wlad would rematch this bum version of Chagaev he'd take care of him within a few rounds. Chagaev has zero defense left and his timing is completely gone. Look how Chagaev reacts when Walker lands a punch on him. Chagaev freezes. He looks like he becomes paralyzed. To me this looks extremely dangerous. He will get steamrolled and brutally knocked out by any top HW. I'm actually concerned about Chagaev's health.
He looked about same, when he faced Wlad. He hasnt have a good match, since he faced SNV. Before the Wlad fight, he had troubles against another journeyman Drummond.
Watch the Walker fight again. Chagaev didn't react like this when he got hit by Wlad/Drummond or Meehan. Against Walker he literally freezes for a second or so, each time he gets hit. He closes his eyes and stops moving and then his brain shuts down for a second. I am no brain surgeon but he seriously has to get himself checked out. He will get murdered against any top HW from hereon.
How can you say 'Lennox was only 5lbs over his normal weight' [in reality, I'd argue more] and then make a big deal over Chagaev being overweight by the same amount? Subjective hypocrisy at it's finest. Lewis wasn't in good shape, that's the end of it. It's no coincidence that he got sparked the last time he came in at 250 something. He was at a career highest weight and it's the same thing with Chageav. They might not have been that much overweight, but they weren't in good shape either of them. And as for 'Vitali took the fight on short-notice'. Yes he did, but he was already scheduled to fight Cedric Boswell on the under-card and had already been training for that for weeks, regardless of the fact that he always keeps himself in shape anyway. So by that virtue, Lewis also took the fight at short notice.
Valuev and Ruiz beat the best version of Chagaev but were robbed Chagaev was in bad shape vs Wladimir and he was totally out of shape vs Walker. If he fights Haye in this kind of shape he is done after it