Steve Cunningham: Haye fights like an amateur

And the way you become a somebody is by beating the best champions out there. You can't fault Cunningham for calling out Haye, although the fight won't happen.

Steve is a great fighter, who if he keeps at it will get his due, ala' Bernard Hopkins. Hopkins absolutely does not have a crowd pleasing style, but kept at it for years and got his payoff. Hopefully Steve can do the same.

Cunningham is currently the most skilled of the Cruiserweights and he's a perplexing puzzle for any of them, Haye included.

 

Yeah that is true, I'm not bashing Cunningham, just stating the facts that he is an unknown. But this fight just is not gonna happen. Haye struggles to make weight and is moving up for an assault on the HW division. Cunningham may be a good fighter, but he is just not on Haye's mind right now.

If Haye were staying at cruiser for a year, then fair play. But he is moving up for a crack at the HW's and you simply cannot fault him for that.

 

Reg that may be the most ******ed post you have ever made.

He would need to spend years beating top 10 HW's to get the shot he needs, fine. Better start now, :good.

 

Getting wound up Reg?

Haye will get a high ranking by the WBA, WBC and WBO when he moves up, so he will be able to fight for one of those soon enough.

Why the double standards man? What about Cotto, has he not beaten enough challengers to get a fight with Floyd?

 

Steve's going to have to suck it up and realize that he's not going to get the benefit of winning every belt in one fight, but at least his trash talking should increase his visibility a little bit and lead to some bigger paydays. I think Haye would stop him, anyways, but that's beside the point. Macca-Cunningham would be a closer fight than Haye-Cunningham.

Cunningham's career path from here on out should be trying to re-unite the titles. He doesn't have the $$$ to bring to the table to get the Haye fight to happen now, so he may as well focus on unifying the hard way if that's legitimately what he wants. Whatever he does, he should step to it now because prospects like Godfrey, Flores, and Banks are all going to become serious contenders within the near future and Cruiserweight isn't a talentless division. He'll have his work cut out for him.

 

we're going off topic. Haye - Cunningham is nothing like PBf Cotto, its more like Calzaghe - Mundine, a nice lil match but nothing to get the pulse racing...

 

Why doesnt Floyd fight Cotto then?

Haye is moving to heavy, if he was staying at cruiser or hi next fight is announced to be at cruiser and he is not fighting Cunningham then you would have an argument.

Who said rankings mean nothing? Belts mean nothing pretty much when there is an obvious number 1. Haye, Calzaghe, hell Pac doesnt even have a belt, Klitschko(arguable), Hatton (needs to fight somebody).

 

Hmm, this looks like a made-up claim.

I don't remember one post where anyone claimed that there were any other Cruiserweights that Haye should face. A number of people, including myself, have stated several times that Cunningham would be the logical next fight for Haye, were he staying at Cruiserweight.

But nobody, apart from you, thinks that the fact that a number one contender exists is a reason for a champion not to move up and face new challenges. There'll always be another number one contender.

 

I just saw the USS/Huck fight again on youtube. USS looked good but man I dont know if I would put him in the same class with Haye. Haye just looks to big and too strong for USS. To me, Haye looks far more impressive skill wise too. But hey, styles make fights so i'd still love to see this one, but its too bad it probably wont happen.

 

Floyd's left loads of divisions without being anywhere near undisputed by your standards, criticise away.