Two winners of todays games. It could be natural fight bringin one of them closer to the title shot. Would Haye do the same to Dimitrenko as he did to Barrett?
Haye would KO this guy by half time; I'm pretty sure of it. The guy's a plodder with not much sense of distance and his chin doesn't seem to be the best. Given that he's slow and doesn't have much in terms of reactions or defence, he's a goner against Haye. In my view, he barely has a puncher's chance against Haye...
Actually this might be a good idea...Haye in there with an opponent that matches the Klitschkos in terms of size, if not boxing ability. Dimitrenko hits well and is big and solid, but he's also not the most elusive target in the world. If Haye could topple him and inflict his first defeat, that would definitely be noteworthy.
they wanted dimitrenko or arreolla instead of barret. both were offered career high purses and said no
I think this makes sense as a warm up fight before taking on the Klitschkos. Barrett isn't really good preparation for a huge heavy like WK or VK.
Dimitrenko wouldn't help much either, to be honest...the only thing that he brings is the jab, which is good, and the height...he'd do as a sparring partner though.
The Barrett fight was pretty much a formality that allowed us to say that Haye is a bonafide heavyweight even though he had already stopped Bonin in the first round. I'm not expecting to see anymore heavyweight showcase fights for the Hayemaker on his way to one of the Klitschkos. A fight with Dimitrenko would show us how Haye deals with a size disadvantage but it wouldn't do much more than that as Haye would probably stop him. Haye will be fighting a Ukrainain in the near future but it won't be Dimitrenko so it's all a moot point anyway.
Haye wins that one.. I watched the fight yesterday and Krasniki took the first three rounds on my card.
