Least number of punches thrown in a title fight

As long as you agree it was a boring abortion of a fight and Haye is a disgrace for fighting like that during a title fight, my beef is not with you :good

 

I think you may be right, Holyfield did WAY more and didn't get the win. Somehow Haye felt no incentive to do much.

 

Just for shits and giggles I will rewatch the fight and score it. My unofficial "glancing" score was 120-119. I replayed everything that landed a few times without the sound to make sure I wasn't scoring blocked punches. I've been generously awarding rounds instead of scoring them draws because the difference was so small.

Round one:
Valuev: 1 right hand to the head and 1 jab
Haye: 2 right hand bodyshots and 3 jabs to the stomach

Nothing happened really.

Draw (10-10)

Round two:
Valuev: a few soft jabs
Haye: a few jabs to the body, 1 right hand

Again **** happened. Haye landed a right.

Haye (19-20)

Round three:
Valuev: a couple of jabs
Haye: few jabs, a barely connecting left hand, and a glancing right hand to the neck

Again nothing at all.

Draw (29-30)

Round four:
Valuev: barely connecting left hook, weak right hand, patting right hand, right hand body punch
Haye: nothing at all

I stopped counting the silly petty pat jabs from both men. Valuev "threw" his first right hand. Haye landed one single left hook on Valuevs right glove, the rest was thrown too scared and he was fleeing before the punches could land.

Valuev (39-39)

Round five:
Valuev: glancing pathetic right hand, two body punches and a right hook
Haye: right hand arm punch

Loved the Sky commenting about 1.30 minute in, Haye needs to do a "bit more" when he did not land anything for a solid 4:30 minute already. Haye attempts a left hook right hook combination almost 20 seconds later, but it's blocked and all he lands is an arm punch right hand after it. Haye starts his dumb sumo posing at the end of the round and misses some more.

Valuev (49,48 )

Round six:
Valuev: right hand body shot to the kidney (Haye was running away to the other side so it scores)
Haye: patting right hand body punch, good left hook

First attempted punch by either man is a Valuev right that's blocked, about a minute into the round. Another blocked left hook about 30 seconds later. Haye throws a blocked left hook and a missing right hand after that. With a minute left in the round, Haye connects a solid lead left hook to the temple, probably the best punch so far. Haye almost connects another right but hits Valuev with his lower arm instead because it was telegraphed and the slow Valuev almost ducked it. Haye throws a left right but it's blocked, the drunk crowd goes wild though. Haye lands his lower arm again a second before the bell. A Haye round, and that's extremely generous again, because of a single left hook.

Haye (58, 58 )

To be continued, can't believe I'm still watching this abomination.

 

In between rounds his corner told Haye not to get drunk from the success he was having

Round seven:
Valuev: partially blocked right hand, patting right, partially blocked left hook, right hand, touched Haye with a right hand
Haye: weak right hand with the inside of the glove, left hook to the neck, soft right hand

Valuev partially lands a right hand about 20 seconds in. Another Valuev pat on the head lands when Haye ducks to about knee level on the ropes a minute in. Sky commenting notes that Valuev is by no means a puncher according to Holyfield, Haye in the meantime is on his bike. About 1:30 minutes into the round Haye throws his first punch, and barely lands the inside of the glove on Valuevs head after a blocked left. Valuev lands a partially blocked left hook. Haye lands a soft right hand to the chin. Haye lands a left hook to the neck with 50 seconds left, Valuev counters him with a right that hits the jaw. Haye blocks a Valuev right on the ropes, 20 seconds left. Valuev barely lands a right, Haye wildly swings at him and misses because Valuev was fast enough to duck. I'm giving it to Valuev as he was more aggressive and the only real punch was his.

Valuev (68, 67)

Round eight:
Valuev: right hand, glancing left hook,
Haye: glancing left uppercut

Valuev lands a right hand around the two minute mark. The crowd goes wild on a Haye jab to the chest with 1:40 left. Valuev lands a glancing left hook with 1:10 still on the clock, Haye did not even throw a power punch so far. Haye attempts his first body punch but it's blocked, so is the combination 2:10 into the round. A lead left uppercut barely touches the side of Valuevs face, meanwhile Sky commenting calls it his best round so far because he's much more accurate, wtf. Haye lands a jab and misses a right with 10 seconds left. Another Haye punch is blocked with 5 seconds left.

Valuev (78, 76)

Shocking so far really, I can't believe I have Mount Valuev ahead. The crowd goes wild on some Haye punches but in replay they clearly miss or get blocked. They even cheer his jabs, while the Sky commentators marvel at how Valuev misses.

 

Rewatching the last round because according to the between rounds replay I missed a Haye right hand that did land.

 

Can't find it. Must have been from an earlier round.

 

I'll continue later, I can't stomach this much ***gotry in this short a period.