Has nature been unkind on David Haye

Well in the sense that hes been plagued by injuries in recent years, yes, it has been a touch unkind

 

His dominance at Cruiserweight is overstated. He has had two excellent wins over Mormeck and Macarinelli, but he never faced the number two in the division - Cunningham and his reign there was pretty short.

As for his heavyweight adventures - he never gave himself the best chance to succeed there, he clearly could have been a very good number two in the division, but put on a pathetic performance against Wlad and lost his interest in boxing.

 

What on earth are you talking about?

I am confused with the tone of your post, initially you are saying that he was dominant at Cruiserweight and then you are denigrating his dominant win against a WBO holder. Considering Haye's lack of wins against world class opponents in that division, you are contradicting your own claim.

In your desire to argue over the internet, you are confusing yourself!

 

Haye just wanted quick money without risking his health at HW. He has said that many times. He never wanted to be in big, memorable fights. He wanted to cash out, quickly without getting brain damage.

Good for him. He's laughing all the way to the bank.

 

Well, he didn't fight Cunningham, which would be his biggest test in the division. Relatively speaking Macarinelli was a good win - if you look at the odds before the fight, Haye was a favourite, but not an overwhelming one.

In any case the main point of my reply was that he didn't do himself too many favours at heavyweight in terms of legacy.

 

I wish people would stop comparing Haye and Holyfield. One of them is an all-natural athlete who has never been busted using steroids and the other is Holyfield.