My perspective is that Evander Holyfield fits the Booth/Haye criteria more so than any other fighter in the world. He offers the perfect mix of name, low energy, and scant remaining skills. Even after last night's fiasco, the fight remains a promotional dream in the eyes of Booth and Haye because it is still salable in a big way to the gullible casual boxing public even though it is nearly free of the risks that David so fears. I expect they badly fancy the fight and I further reckon their little minds are nigh to spinning out of control about now on how to secure the fight and prevent Holyfield from losing beforehand and creating a bust-up of epic proportions for their intentions. Here are the elements to manage: [1] David avoids Chagaev on the medical angle and "weasels" a stay on his mandatory defense [2] Holyfield "postones" the Nielsen fight due to the "cut" [3] David says that he really has to take this fight because it matches him as England's "knight without shining armour" against the last of the true warriors and great champions (and suddenly we'll start hearing Booth reveal how badly EH actually did beat Valuev and how the decision was thievery) [4] David intensifies the bashing of the cowardly Klitschkos to draw attention to the two real warriors who are willing to risk all to fight each other [5] David provides another dog's-breakfast of a "fight" at Wembley for the biggest payday yet to enable him to once again "laugh all the way to the bank"
I've been saying for a month that Holyfield is the ideal opponent for Haye (from Haye and his handlers' perspective). The only thing in the way is that Holyfield is still far more skilled than Haye, and has seven times the heart. Well, after last night's fight it's pretty clear that Holyfield's skills have diminished even more than people thought, so I could see Haye running to the phone to make this fight. He certainly won't risk his gravytrain on Wlad, Vitali or Adamek.
