Tony Thompson? We could've seen how Haye fared against him in comparison to Wlad. And of course James Toney..
i dont see why haye would want to fight a little fat old man when hes gearing up for a tall lean jabber? i wouldnt bash the ld toney cause he was a dam good fighter but nowadays what he got left?
Thompson would have been the best atm i think but you cant have everything, maybe hell fight him next then vlad
Haye on Barrett: "He's been fighting world-class heavyweights and hanging with them for years. When I beat Monte better than anybody has before, people will start to realise I'm serious about becoming world heavyweight champion." So if he knocks Barrett out in the first two rounds he as as good as Cliff Couser. I humbly agree.
Decent first fight. Can't be reckless in there, Barrett's not a huge banger but he's a genuine heavyweight. He's also a real go-to guy for promoters, isn't he? Have gloves, will travel. Expect to see Monte's knockout over Tye Fields get an awful lot of replay
There was a poll about this some time back here and about 50% of the voters thought that Toney had enough left to beat Haye for instance. I believe that too. But I don't care to elaborate this topic once more, why I think that Toney could beat Haye, they won't fight anyways so whatever... Barrett is alright, middle of the road, I'm not complaining but I'm not exxcited either..
Wladimir Klitschko - Unavailable, fighting Povetkin. Nikolay Valuev - I believe he has to fight Chagaev, only just fought aswell. Samuel Peter - Unavailable, fighting Dr No Balls. Ruslan Chagaev - Currently injured, and then fighting Valuev I believe. Alexander Povetkin - Unavailable, fighting Wladimir Klitschko. John Ruiz - Only just fought, doesn't do anything apart from hug. Vladimir Virchis - Fighting Gomez. Juan Carlos Gomez - Fighting Virchis. Oleg Maskaev - Finished, just fought aswell. Hasim Rahman - Pretty much finished. James Toney - Hasn't proved anything at heavy, shouldn't be taken seriously, pretty much finished. Sultan Ibragimov - Has been inactive since the Wlad fight, I doubt he wants the fight. Tony Thompson - Recently KO'd by Wlad so could of been a good comparison to make, not sure if he really wanted the fight though or wanted an easier way back. Alexander Dimitrenko - Fighting Krasniqi, not really proven enough. Taras Bidenko - Again, not really proven enough. Calvin Brock - Inactive for a while, not sure he would of wanted the fight. Andrew Golota - Apparently fighting Ray Austin. Lamon Brewster - Only just fought. Chris Arreola - Hasn't proven an awful lot, fighting Garcia. Kali Meehan - Only just fought. Eddie Chambers - Apparently fighting Livin Castillo.
Good tune-up fight for Haye. After that, he can take on one of the old timers(toney, rahman...). Then after, its abc belt time.
Decent first fight, good to know something is finally confirmed. After all Monte stopped the great Tye Fields... Assuming he gets past Monte, then i want to see him in there with an ACTUAL top ten HW, say a ring ranked top 10, or maybe he will grow the balls to take Toney up on his offer.
Well what I want to know is how the hell is Haye listed as #5 by the WBC and #3 by the WBO. Explain that to me, Somebody.
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