Why not at heavyweight..? Herbie Hide's prime was a heavyweight..... [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yrh_DaosxE[/ame]
I think CW was probably his more natural weight, PK, I'm not sure that Hide was ever a real heavy, though he made more than a fist of it.
80-20. No real reason for those numbers, just a guess. Roughly. Herbie could have done well at cruiser, he showed glimpses of quality at times i.e. early in the Bowe fight that suggested with the added power at cruiser he really could have done something. He was a big, big hitter and had genuine speed. Nowadays he's slow and telegraphs all his punches. Haye is a few levels above him skills wise, and more importantly has far more nous than Herbie in the ring. Haye is about as relaxed as anybody in the ring, whereas Herbie fought on nervous energy. Hide's chin was also worse than Haye's and so was his stamina, because of that nervous energy he was burning. So its basically only the handspeed/power of Herbie Hide thats giving him this chance, but the thing is he's even more vulnerable than Haye and every other conceivable factor is in Haye's favour.
I think its a 50/50 fight , Herbie was always a small heavyweight but a very solid cruiser . Huck and the rest of the top cruiserweight gys want nothing to do with him which tells its own story . If they thought he was an easy nights work then they'd give him a shot because he's a decent name to add to the record . Even at heavy weight it would be a close call . Hayes still to fight a decent heavy weight .
55/45 in Haye favour. Not much in it. I reckon Haye is overhyped, he's handpicked his opponents bit-time, especially at heavy. I mean looking at Haye's record who has he actually fought? His opponents since Mormeck are hardly any better than the guys he was fighting in his 10th fight. He started off fighting guys most novice pros would not fight, but since has cleverly handpicked his way to near the top. Old journeymen like Barrett and Ruiz and then Fraudley are not good preperation for fighting a Klitschko. I reckon he'll get battered by either Klit just as bad as Hide did against Riddickulous Bowe, who was a better fighter than either Klit too.
