Since there is a lot moaning about Vitali fighting Briggs and I dont really get how Haye would be a credible opponent and Briggs is not i´d like to hear how you guys see a fight between them going h2h.:think Both have next to no stamina but can punch. Both dont have the best chin in the sport. Haye hates to get hit and has a very weak defense. Briggs fought way better competition. Briggs showed he still has decent handspeed despite beeing a riod blown mule. Hayes handspeed is pretty much overrated as he has very good and athletic balance and footwork coordination what makes his out of the blue attacks explosive and dangerous but we already have seen him getting countered by journemen such as Ismail Abdoul from toe to toe stance. Briggs also edges skills though hes nothing more than a pure puncher. How much punches does Haye even have in his repertoire that he can throw technically sound and get some drive in, two? aside from his sharp rabbit punches of course. Haye in both of his fights that went 12 rounds showed a total dog**** performance. Briggs was dog**** too in the fight with Ibragimov in the first place but Haye has never faced anyone half as good as Ibragimov was. Briggs KTFO´d Lyakhovich in the 12th to get a belt Haye made Valuev to perform a chicken dance in 12th. SNV, i hate to say it, is a disgrace. The only one who was in a similar close fight like Haye with him was.. wait for it.. Bergeron. :rofl Everyone else beat him actually quite convincingly aside from Lyakhovich after he was destroyed by Briggs. Briggs had some off nights but his losses to Wilson or Fields are about as long ago as Hayes 60 seconds KTFO defeat to Jim Twite. Hayes best win was over powder puncher Fragomeni who he rabbit punched to death after he got his face pizza´d. Mormeck got two beatings from Bell before and Maccarinelli, though it was his 2nd best win, turned out to be a glass jawed journeyman in a weak division. Haye never faced the top dogs at cruiserweight such as Cunningham, G Jones, Wlodarczyk, Bell... and isnt willing to fight anyone remotely good at Heavyweight. Briggs shared the ring with legends. I think Briggs would KO Haye early.:hey
I think this really is a pick 'm fight, but I voted Shannon because I expect him to make a slugfest out of it from the start and catch Haye with a big one before he runs out of steam. Briggs has a lot more punching power than Haye, and has a decent chin to go with it... Not really Haye's perfect opponent. But like some other guys said here... Haye would never, ever fight Briggs and I would actually agree with him on this one. If he wins he beat an old washed up hasbeen (again) with asthma on the side, and the chance he gets KO'd by Briggs is quite big.
Haye by ko. He has a poor defence but I don't think he's scared to get hit at all. If he was he would use his speed to fight in a much more cautious style. Haye's stamina has been questiones but compared to Briggs he has the stamina of a Kenyan long-distance runner. Haye is much faster and simply a better fighter. Briggs would go for an early stoppage, gas out after about 18 seconds and get stopped in the middle rounds.
