Oh and Haye beet Quitali Klitchko at this point. Looked old and slow his last few fights Haye will beat him late KO or Points
Haye is the biggest joke in all of boxing. His fans might even be a bigger joke. Vitali beats Haye with two broken hands and a torn ACL.
I did the same thing recently, Wlad was made to work hard, he could not land that much clean and resorted to hitting and then holding and pushing Haye down. Don't get me wrong UD for Wlad but with a stricter ref it could have been a closer fight. Haye is underrated on this board, although that is because of his inactivity in the HW division. Hopefully a win over Fury then another top 10 guy and people will see that he is the 3rd possibly 2nd best HW in the divison
Not really. Haye was actually highly rated, respected and appreciated on this board for bringing some much needed excitement to a dead division. Sadly though, everything took a major turn overnight after his lackluster performance against Wladimir.
Can't really see Haye beating Vitali. Vitali is 42 years old so he is pretty far past his prime. But after watching some of Haye vs Wlad i can't see Haye winning even against an older Vitali unless he gets a lucky cut. Haye talked himself up Huge before the Wlad fight and just did not perform. When he goes on about his broken toe as an excuse for losing I just think of that line from the Kick Ass 2 trailer -'Pull your tampon out Dave!'
A lackluster prefomance against the best HW in the division. He is clearly 3rd if not 2nd best HW in the division he gave Wlad a tough fight I know it was not pretty to watch but Haye fought a clever fight he just did not manage to land the bomb he was looking for. He never looked in that much trouble hisself.
even old vitali still has the awkward style, i can see haye getting frustrated, always off balance, i can see vitali countering haye as he tries lunging in, i can see haye always off balance however if hes lucky he may land some shots and vitali not going down but overall old vitali winning by UD, as Haye only looks to counter all the time, his work rate is always low. Further unlike wlad, vitali will punish haye and go after him after he finishes his flurries, i can see haye becoming tired because of this. Vitali UD
Haye is underrated for a reason. He doesn't have many wins at HW against top 5 opposition. In fact I am counting one only: Valuev. And that one was a stinker and very close fight.
I agree 1 top 5 fighter and a good win against Chisora who I would look at as a top 15 fighter. A win against Fury and then another top 10 opponent though and suddly his resume at HW would look a lot better. That combined with what he did at CW would be a good record for anyone.