"I cannot really explain what happened tonight. I don't know. I felt I was not in the rythm of the fight. My jabs were not stiff. Haye is mobile. He moves well in the ring and he has massive punching power. He was the best boxer. It's the sport... I will take a break. But I won't retire. It was not my last fight. I want to thank people who have supported me and I say : see you soon and sorry for today's performance."
What I notice is that Mormeck had the feeling to be completely dominated even before the KO. He KDed Haye etc. but it seems he never believed he could win the fight. He said something like "Was he far ahead on the cards ?" . It's strange as on TV it seems Mormeck was in control. People in the arena may have the same feeling than Mormeck. The sound of the punches etc. Haye probably hit much harder than Mormeck in the fight.
My thought throughout that fight was 'when is Mormeck going to feel those body punches?'. I think he felt every one of them and despite knocking Haye down, still felt battered.
Mormeck has had stamina issues in his last 2 fights with Bell and Haye exploited this by going to the body early. All those big shots took a lot of steam from the low steam reserves that Mormeck had. By the 6th round he only had enough in him for a couple of assaults. After that it was all over.
Mormeck is gonna take a break, how long is the break, 1 year. He only fought once last year and even the year before that. He fought twice this year, but the length in between are about 8 months. I like him as a boxer but he needs to get back in the ring within 6 months.
I'm not surprised really. Muscular fighters like Mormeck tend to gas out rather easily. I wanted him to win but I knew in my heart of hearts that he was outmatched against Haye and I think he knew it as well. After the 2nd Bell fight the main focus was how the scorecard rule made Jean Marc put it in reverse to remain on his feet and while this may very well be the case, I'm not so sure he would have been able to commit to any type of sustained attack at that point anyway. He just had the luxury of knowing he was ahead whereas if he hadn't known this I could have seen him selling out in 2 or 3 more assaults only to completely gas out and being stopped by Bell in the 10th or 11th round. This is the classic case of the guy who you want to take out to deep waters and drown. Haye didn't even really have to do that. The 7th round is still a bit shallow.
Mormeck just puts his hands above his head and walks in blindly, rarely throwing punches. The when he feels he is close to his opponent he throws hooks to the body or an overhand right. Its a stupid tactic, and Haye figured him out.
