How fast is Haye really?

In reality he doesn't do these things, he talks about them because he's a hype merchant, and some internet types have latched onto him because they are bored of Wlads solid but unspectacular approach and are willing to jump onto any band wagon that comes along.

 

i admit i dont like vlad but im glad theirs finally a RING champion, imo the vlad that fought chagaev would be kod by haye simply because he was too willing to go backwards

 

Quick hands but slow and sometimes sloppy footwork. Nice upper body movement but his idea of a guard is to scratch the side of his left knee.
Either Klit will knock him out and I am in no way a big fan of those boring overated bozo's!

 

his speed of foot isn't anything special, he has decent reflexes that help him avoid incoming punches but you'd have to be blind to not notice that he does have pretty impressive handspeed for a guy his size.

that right over the top of his opponents jab is a killer.

 

Hands - damm fast for a heavy but his real power shots are usually fairly wide so that takes some speed away

Footspeed isnt lightning but he used what he has and he is faster than most heavys still.

His upper body movement is very good and he was obviosuley working on keeping his hands high up while training for Wlad almost tyson esque which is ideal to cause Wlad problems because once you get past the jab all he can his hold. Haye is a bit of counter puncher more often than not - he waits for a missed shot then lands 1-2s of his own and with his power thats all he needs most of the time

 

what im trying to say is someone with power,speed and a decent reach can take advantage of this, Haye anyone

 

from what I've seen of Haye, skill-wise he ain't much better than Froch. Don't get me wrong, i like Froch, but he's hardly SRL.

 

I would have to review some tapes to look at his head and foot movement but I know he has great hand speed.

 

If Haye chases him with a big shot while he's going backwards he leaves his self open for a counter. Going backwards the way he did isn't bad at all when it's obvious he plans to fire back now unlike before.

 

im not really trying to say haye is better or worse im saying styles make fights and i just see haye chasing him down all night, vlad goes backwards in straightish lines and haye will know the only punch coming back will be jabs or straight rights, haye can slip thoughs and go in hard, haye reach is only four inches smaller than vlads it not like he wont be able to find that chin

 

but vlad doesnt counter, in all honesty haye will leave himself open but, his reach isnt too much shorter than vlads, its not like he has the same reach as chagaev