Haye vs. Thompson

thompson never had the best chin but man was he hard to put away.
haye played the fool and paid for it.

the end was always close with carl. seb rothamann was bullying him and tearing hima new one...but then every couple of rounds carl would come back and get the guy on his toes...

look about 2:30 onwards to show the whole of carls career
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pretty underapreciated...not underated as he hardley had that much skill or talent but he had world class power and toughness along with the my body is a temple type mentality. but underapricieated on how muhc he achieved and how fucing exciting he was

 

I don't think Carl was purposefully playing rope a dope, he was getting well beaten and was hurt repeatedly by Haye's attack, I doubt he would have chosen the first couple of rounds to go that way as there was less inclination at that time to believe that Haye would tire later on.

I do however think that Carl Thompson is very underrated by those who haven't seem him fight. He always came to fight in top condition, had brilliant recovery and heart (plus a fairly good chin) and a good punch. I just don't think Haye had done his homework, he was far too eager to end the fight early and didn't give Thompson enough respect.

 

Depending how James Toney looks in his next fight, If he comfortably wins I want him to call out David Haye...I don't know why but I want to see Haye be put to the test by one of the realist ****in veterans in boxing right now. I'd personally love to hear David Haye's reaction if he was called out by Toney right in front of his face, Not only that I'd LOVE to see the trash talking and promoting that would happen between these two.

 

Carl Thompson was a much underrated fighter. This is the same Carl Thompson that won a razor thin decision over Eubank at cruiserweight, prior to Calzaghe beating him, yet many on here would have you believe Eubank was shot to pieces with the way they talk :roll:

 

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I'm not sure Haye was actually ready for a fight with Carl Thompson, an experienced former champion with a big heart and clever trainer.

 

There's no way he rope a doped Haye, Haye was just pummeling him, because he's so good.

Thing about Haye then was he had no stamina, didn't train properly and only prepared to fight for a couple of rounds.

 

I don't like Haye but he looked awesome for most of this fight.

 

This is right on the money:good

In hindsight it was actually a good thing for Haye that it happened. He takes things a whole lot more seriously now.

 

Haye was too sure of himself and thought he'd get Thompson out of there within the first couple of rounds. He hadn't the stamina if the match went much further. Thompson did well to survive, then took over, he always had durability and he had the experience.

 

It was a great fight that's for sure

 

That fight taught Haye thats he needed to take every single fight super seriously if he was going to make it to the top.

Its the most important fight he has ever had because he needed that loss to buck his ideas up

 

If memory serves, Thompson was favourite for that fight? People were basically praising Haye for having the balls to step up to this level so early in his career.

Particularly when at the time Audley Harrison was 16-0 and telling us he was a future champion!!!

 

haye v thompson was the weirdest fight i seen...haye could have won by tko with another ref maybe 3 times in first 2 rounds...and when haye got stopped, albeit by his own corner..he looked like he was throwing punches back..
what a chin on thomson though..