Did David Hayes performance last night...............................

On balance, I'd say I'm slightly less confident after that.

It might be just my perception based on past fights, but there is an air of vulnerability about Haye. Maybe it was because I thought there was an Oliver McCall vibe about Barrett. He was mental.

I thought Haye tired a tad as well, not gassed by any means, but still... that said, Barret did pressure him. And however wild, when someone is relentlessly trying to land a money punch, it takes energy and concentration to avoid it.


All in all I think Barrett was fairly poor-ish. Which is what you want for your first foray after permanently moving up.


I actually think Haye is still a green fighter, he could do with getting a few more fights under his belt against diferent types of oppo. But that's not gonna happen.

 

More confident after last night but I still think Hayemaker is destined to go down in a blaze of glory against either of the brothers.

 

That maybe true but what a blaze it will be. I believe that haye could potentially do them both with his three punch combo. But the heavyweight division his livening up and its all due to a brit.:happy

 

**** off....with the greatest of respect :good

 

Come on I was expecting a half decent test form Monte but he looked half asleep and as if someone had been stealing his porridge for the last few days.

At least Monty Panesar would have vaulted over the ropes without falling on his arse.

 

Yes it did. At 215 pounds he showed yet again he can carry the weight, move fluidly, punch fast, stay strong and most importantly of all he has proved for the second time that he can punch ****ing hard.

What he did to Bonin, a guy the size of Harrison couldn't come close to.

What he did to Barret, punchers like Wlad, Rahman and others couldn't.

 

I was concerned at how open he was, but maybe this shows confidence in his chin?????

I agree with Flint (never thought I'd say that), he'd be mental to go after Vitali.

I still think he could spring a surprise on Wlad. Couldn't rule it out.

Either way, hope he does well.

 

From the first bell I had the feeling that all Barret had to do was connect properly once with Haye's little pinhead and it was all over. I keep wiriting Haye off but he keeps proving me wrong, I can't stand the bloke but I've got to admire his take on all comers attitude.

 

I was disappointed in Haye not fighting smart. I wanted to see him jabbing so he was winning rounds while looking for the ko. I also wanted to see him work the body a bit more so that he could really break Barrett down should the fight go far. I was also suprised at his leaky guard considering it was his second fight at heavy. I want Haye to tighten up his guard a little. His footwork and head movement is good but he needs to keep his arms a bit tighter and the chin needs to stay down. These are all easy things to be fixed because he's done it all before. I think it might be rooted in over confidence. I hope not.

 

haye has admited it was a legitamte knock down.

 

less confident really. he looks too easy to hit . throw in a questionable chin and you have a recipe for disaster against the klitcshko's. he'd have a punchers chance against wlad, but virtually no hope against vitali.
he needs to fight more contenders i think, going in too soon against one of those two would end in a thorough beating.

 

Not really - can't read too much into it.

He was probably pumped too much instead of keeping cool and fighting intelligently like he did against Enzo.

The hands have to come up though - even chest high would be a big improvement.

I just think he will get jabbed to death by either.

 

David Haye is a medium heavyweight. He is not small, guys like Wlad and Vitali are just very big.