I just saw a good article on the front page, I suggest Klit fans go read it. Whilst the gap in size between Klit and Haye is bigger than the one between Hatton and Pac the speed gap is very comparable. I'm still going with Haye by BRUTAL early round knockout, I know I'm in a minority which is going to make it even sweeter when Haye wins. P.S. RUSKULL & Widdow_Maker, Avatar bets please!
I am not convinced about Hayes power at all. I think it is overrated ? if you watch a few of his fights most notably thompson he was landing flush full power shots on these guys and not making a dent. And much more worryingly enzo mac i swear slightly wobbled Haye with that left early on ! And the barret win looked pretty weak ? barret just seemed to give up really he was knocked down yes but he wasn't all over the place like he'd been put on ***** street. I hope Haye can do it but I think he is in trouble if he lands a flush punch and wlad isn't wobbled. What I am looking for when I think big KO puncher is a guy knocking people CLEAN OUT not knocking them down, especially at heavyweight.
I'm not sure its the same. Klit doesn't fight like Hatton. Hatton was diving forward trying to get in close and wasn't putting much effort into his defence. Klit is much more cautious, esp early in fights. He will know that he's at a disadvantage in the speed department and will instead try to fight to make the best of his size advantage. I still think he will get caught at some stage, and that could be the end of him, but he wont be getting caught as much as Ricky was.
Why do people keep going on about the Thompson fight? Anybody who knows the first thing about The Cat will tell you that the guy had an insane chin even at the very end of his career (just ask Seb Rothmann). As murderous a puncher as Haye is it didn't surprise me one bit that he bounced them bombs of The Cat's head to no avail. Haye merely demonstrated what a lot of young dumb and full of cum fighters do - NEWB Tendencies.
No chin can stand up to true KO power and hey i am a fan of haye and a fellow Londoner and i have seen almost all of his fights and I am telling you his power is overrated it really is please believe me. He caught enzo bang flush on the chin full power with a shot not the eventual Ko but before that and enzo wasn't wobbled. Yes he ko'd enzo in the end but even so makes me wonder just how really powerful he is.
This is simply not true mate. Mike Tyson had true KO Power, so did George Forman yet many, many fighters went 12 with them without getting decked.
I take your point but I don't Think haye vs wlad can be mentioned in the same breath as Tyson and Foreman and the boxers that stood up to them.
The list of fighters who went the distance with great, great punchers is endless, those are just the most obvious examples. Carl Thompson was exactly the kind of fighter who could often stand up to big punchers, you needed more than that to beat the Cat, Haye came up short that night, very easy adjustment to make after a very harsh lesson though.
