Haye Seemed So Much More Composed At CW

He does not breath wile punching. This why he can't hold a breath.
And yes, he looked way better in CW.

 

I think a lot of his problems in this fight stemed from his lack of sparing. His overall conditioning and weight probably were affected by that too.

 

Haye is so open for the the right hand its not even funny, Put there Arreola or some1 else with good straight right -adamek maybe too and i dont think David would make it to the final bell. Good, that he adimts it himself (indirectly) , but he has to work on that or he'll get seriously hurt.

 

Haye has never been more composed than against Valuev. Any time he throws flurries, he does tend to look like he's lost controlled, but I think it's more of a variation depending on his opponent. Assuming he fights Wlad, he won't look composed. If he fights Vitali, he will look composed.

As for his weight, he was up 4lbs. It's just part of him filling out at the weight. The only noticable muscle change I can see, us on his beck, but apart from that, he just seems to be ad******g to the division.

 

Haye does need to come in a few pounds lighter. Too much muscle is exposing what I think is his only major weakness, stamina. Chin isn't great, but it's hardly Amir Khan's.

 

He was too heavy for my liking and it showed. He needs to drop about 4 - 6 lbs depending on who he fights next. The lack of sparring and what I believe to be poor preperation (in some areas not overall) showed in patches. Otherwise he was still sharp and looked very capable and entertaining.

 

Totally agree.

I honestly think if he wasn't British, with our terrible tendency to overhype our better fighters, Haye would be more widely respected globally. I think Haye is the real deal, not just a great British fighter but a great fighter full stop.

The truth is we've only had a handful of world champions over the past 25 years who were demonstrably the best in their weight class (Honeyghan, Hamed, Lewis, Calzaghe, Hatton and Haye at cruiser). Of those, only Lewis, Hamed and maybe Calzaghe really have the CVs to deserve being hall of famers, though Honeyghan was my fave fighter for years...

benn and Eubank were fantastic British fighters, but it's difficult to claim that the best overseas fighters were sh*tscared of them.

 

Which is part of the reason we need him around. What would we talk about otherwise? "Oh, did you see Areeola in the weigh in for Klitschko? Yeah, he had a vest on that made him heavier when he is already heavy anyway. Oh, I know! Wahahahahahahahaha".

 

Exactly. He'll be much more relaxed against the Adamek/Arreola winner for obvious reasons. There's also the increased pressure to get knockouts since he's on the big stage now.