Honestly think Haye can win this fight. His defence and speed will be too much for Vitali. However with it more than likely being in Germany, a knock out may well be needed.
Vitali is lighter puncher than wlad and he is also slower and getting slower every day. Make no bones about it if Haye doesnt fancy getting hurt then he won't, he'll run around for 12 rounds and Vitali will win a UD simmilar to Wlad. The only aspect vitali is better in than Wlad Now is toughness, he's more Wlad 0.8 than Wlad 2.0 these days
Vitali wont hurt Haye. Haye will dance around and potshot for 12 rounds and get robbed of the decision. mark my words.
Haye wouldn't get badly hurt as he's still quick, in great physical condition and is still young so his reflexes are still sharp. He's not been in too many wars so there's no cumulative effect of damage taken from previous fights, and you can tell from how he speaks that boxing hasn't had any detrimental effect on his health. Haye loses aganst Vitali on points after getting jabbed to death and having his head knocked back by sharp rights. He puts in a slightly better performance than Wlad but still loses by a good margin and leaves with a face covered in welts and bruises - but no long term damage. He then goes on to make some fleeting cameo appearances in Hollywood movies before starring in a straight-to-DVD extravaganza alongise Vinnie Jones and Danny Dyer.
Haye has ALWAYS been scared of fighting Vitali. Whenever questioned, starts stuttering and saying "i dont have any beef with him, its Wlad i want to fight". Haye knows he's got next to no chance of knocking out Vitali, and even less so getting a decision.
If Haye comes back for this fight then I truely hope he leaves everything in the ring this time. From round 1 he needs to put it on Vitali and go to ****ing war for the title. Haye I belive does have the punching power to knock out any heavyweight in the current h/w division, but with the reach and size disadvantage I dont think boxing on the back foot is the right way to beat Vitali, so i hope he does not adopt the same causious approach that he with Wlad. Who was the last fighter to cause Vitali any problems in the ring??? If Haye really wants to win this fight then he should be prepared to get hit and hurt.
I was a majority decision and as bad a fight as it was I'm yet to hear a decent reason to award the decision to Valuev. The best reason anyone can come up with is that Haye only landed one or two shots per round. This only proves he won when Valuev landed sweet FA.
I would fear alot more for Khans if he ever stepped in the ring with Pac/May.....he would be anihilated Haye/Vitali will be boring as
When people claim Valuev won its entirely agenda-led, not based on any scoring criteria. Certainly none that I know. They also tend to be K brothers fans.
I think Haye has a great chance of winning, I think Vitali's body is going to give up on him, look at the way he mysteriously collapsed in the ring against Adamek.