Bingo!!! An excellent summation here. Wlad is simply one of the best heavyweights of recent times at using his skills and physical assets at controlling pace and distance in the ring. Lennox Lewis another....a coincidence they have the same trainer?
Listen to what he said after the fight about 'first phase, second phase' etc... and then watch some of the exchanges from the fight. Haye is able to land some clean shots and back Klitschko up but he doesn't follow this up with any real work rate. This is clearly the most disappointing aspect of the fight for everyone involved. For Booth, for everybody who believed the hype and for anybody who genuinely wanted to see the Klit dominance end. No excuses, Haye was soundly beaten by a very talented boxer but don't blame Booth - he put together a game plan that his charge just couldn't execute.
This isn't a blame Booth thread, read the first post again, I'm talking about the tactics he employs.