Haye clearly thought that Valuev was too good to get close to. Imagine the running he will do against Klitschko. A Prime Ruiz would have had Haye out of there in 2.
Why would it be? Wlad has never seriously drained himself for a fight, like Haye was doing. That really affects punch resistance, which is probably why he took a few good punches from Maccarinelli. Since moving up to heavyweight, not only is he not draining himself but he's also added much needed muscle to his neck. As a cruiser, he had a pencil neck but now he's added, probably 2" there, it should help him take shots.
david haye if u look at the 3 times he has been droped in bouts wiv MOCK 'THOMPSON & MORMECK they was all temple shots that dropped him never chin shots check out if u dnt believe so its nta weak chin it was him having weak legs but yeh he does seem abit stronger now