I know this question wasn't directed at me but Haye should've done more work. Not saying he should stand and trade,that would've been silly but there's no doubting he could've done more and secured a convincing win. He had the power to hurt Valuev and footwork so superior he could've been in and out,throwing combinations,really step it up after round 10 and Knocked him out.
Yeah,I agree with that but still feel he should've done more. IMO he took a massive gamble fighting that way in Germany. Thankfully it paid off. Even before the injury his output was poor,but I suppose as its only the first couple of rounds,it doesn't really tell us his intensions for the rest of the fight.
Big time but the Beeb were too big for him. Hole in the wall is more popular than David Haye apparently, because people have hole in the wall partys where they get 50 mates round to watch.
You (and the ring piece mag) must be ****ing myopic if you think that anything that the big fella threw actually landed...Valuevs performance was so inept I felt embarrassed for him. Haye clowned him all night. :deal
Sorry mate, I really do respect the vast majority of your posts but you are just plain wrong here...only thing I can think is that you watched it on a dodgy stream, the big man landed next to nothing:deal
My score was thus: 1: 10-9 Haye 2: 10-9 Haye 3: 10-9 Haye 4: 10-9 Valuev 5: 10-9 Valuev 6: 10-9 Haye 7: 10-9 Valuev 8: 10-9 Haye 9: 10-9 Haye 10: 10-9 Valuev 11: 10-10 12: 10-9 Haye Total: 116-113 Haye. I'm loath to give even rounds as I know judges generally don't; but I couldn't seperate them in the 11th.
he is big time, CNN never do boxing stories, especially positive ones. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNvRZO_z77g[/ame]
i'll have to take your word for it mate. although I refuse to believe even the saddest **** on here watched the fight from some sort of nerve centre, with three PCs, two TVs (including German commentary) and the radio on, frantically trying to absorb all information and media perspectives. or even sought to find it straight afterwards... I can't cross check your sources anywhere. But the Telegraph scored the fight for Haye as did some online boxing forums so I'll take your point. This guy from the BBC, Nabil Hassan, gave the fight to Valuev tho: however, he could easily be some trained chimp just sent to cover the event, rather than a switched on boxing fan with an authoritative command of the issues in point. in any case, the Ring Magazine article is the big support for my point. As well as Jim Watt, tons of US spectators and casual fans like Lee Mc. The point is there is a huge case that David Haye did not do enough to warrant the kind of points decision he was given. I wanted Haye to win from the start, so I'm no average apathetic Brit - building a star and trying to smash them (as alluded to in this thread). Hell knows we need a new icon now Hatton's a fat deluded mess. there's nothing better than winning the title in glory and I don't believe Haye did. It's sad to see him celebrating and being worshipped as a hero for a title I don't regard him as having earned. I wanted to see a Hatton-Tszyu style performance and it was anything but. You shouldn't be able to win the title going abroad, throwing a handful of punches per round and forever on the backfoot. Some spirit and sense of urgency should be a necessity in guaranteeing any points decision (involving the winning of a title), and Haye showed none - he was content absorbing Valuev's jabs and staying out of real danger than looking to land properly. As I said before, Haye's injury is unfortunate, but he shouldn't have been able to win the fight fighting like that. But this is all just an opinion. However it hardly seems restricted to just myself.
He doesn't give it to Valuev at all, he says that because the fight was in Germany he would be lucky to get the nod...he is in effect saying that he thought that Haye was going to get jobbed