Haye needs to fight a top10 HW contender before getting a title shot. He needs to get used to HW punches. Haye is also killing himself to make Cruser and is naturally a 220lber, he was not going to stay at Cruser but the Big Mac fight brought big money. A Cunningham fight would be a good defense (it wouldnt be a unification Cunningham is paper belt holder) BUT if Haye wants to be a HW Champ he needs to fight at HW now. Maybe Cunningham can fight Bell or Mormeck or Big Mac
Have you seen the Haye v Abdoul fight? He didn't even try to go for the KO, he was just proving he can go 12 rounds and won every round on every card - though I think it was a pointless thing to do, it didn't prove anything fighting at such a pedestrian rate.
That's just complete bull****. Nobody can dispute that Haye is far and away the 'man' in his division. He has three of the four belts, as well as the ring belt. He beat the man, as well as the top challenger. By your reckoning, Calzaghe is not the undisputed SMW champ then? Proper fans realise that the belts are worthless anyway. Haye is the man in his division. and that is the end of it. You saying him or Calzaghe are not 'undisputed' champs is just based on a technicality, its just a pathetic attempt to justify why Steve 'paper champ' Cunningham deserves a shot.
No,I didnt watch Haye vs Abdoul! No shame to go the full distance with that Arab.The who is who of the cruiser weight division has gone the full distance with Abdoul.However,Haye couldnt stop him either for whatever reasons.Haye doesnt play in a different league. There are some fighters at cruiser who could give him hell.He hasnt cleaned the division as some people tend to think after his very convincing victory against Macca.But lets not forget that Macca for sure wasnt and still isnt the undisputed nr.2 behind Haye. There are dozens of good fighters at cruiser who have a very good chance to beat Macca.
Haye hardly threw a right hand in that fight, he never tried to stop him. It was just for the experience of going the full 12.
I like Steve, but Enzo and Mormeck are better than anything on Cunningham's record. Guillermo Jones ir probably his best win and even then many people consider that a robbery. Wlodarczyk was terrible and Huck wasn't much better. Cunningham is irrelevent right now and I consider myself a fan. His IBF title is a paper title, plain and simple. He couldn't draw flies to **** and he knows it - hence the trash talk, which isn't like him at all.
This guy is hilarious :rofl :rofl Who did Enzo beat, yet Marco Huck is an 'undefeated powerhouse' He sounds like a dick. The only reason you have that shitty belt is because O'Neil Bell vacated it, before losing to Mormeck, who Haye beat. Haye is THE man in this division, he doesn't need to prove ****
Good post. While I'm impressed some aspects of Haye's boxing abilities I think he's getting overhyped a bit on this site. I think what may be lost in the post-Haye/Macarinelli analysis is the distinct possibility that Macarinelli may have been a little overhyped himself. The guy I saw fight Saturday looked confused and overwhelmed by his situation. He looked like a deer staring into headlights. He was right there to be tagged at will. I think the biggest question mark with team Macarinelli might be his trainer Enzo Calzaghe.