Tony Bellew vs David Haye 2: weigh in (1pm)

I'm not impressed by Haye's weigh in. Being cut like a statue doesn't matter if you don't use your brain in the ring. In the first fight, he fought like an idiot, throwing shots with recklessness. He's a better boxer than that, but his ego constantly gets the better of him.

He should win this fight easily (provided that his legs don't give way) if he fight smart. But knowing Haye, he's going to get himself in trouble because that's what he does.

 

So what would impress you about a weigh in?

 

Hayes has boxing skills, but his ring IQ was never much to write about.

 

Ew, I thought you were only 37. Now you're that much closer to the frightful four O.

 

If it was held in an underwater kingdom, where strange creatures from another time live alongside mermaids and mermen, ruled over by a giant man with tiny stars where his eyes should be and a deep voice that shakes the very foundations of the earth when he speaks.

Oh and if the boxers had wings and the scales were made of gold and after the weights were read out the boxers flew around the hall throwing exploding firecrackers at the opposing teams managers and promoters.

I'd be impressed.

 

Yeah just seemed strange hearing somebody say...

Literally the only thing you can take from a weigh in is the condition the fighter is in, Haye literally can't be in any better condition, To make the point of "not being impressed" of a fighter who can't physically be in any better condition is just a very odd thing to say about one fighter and not the other.

 

Feck me...I'm impressed...can I have some please

 

I guess the only way you could draw a negative inference would be if you thought a fighter was too muscular and thus prone to gassing later in the fight?

Frank Bruno would be a good example. Looked incredible, started well, then he tired....

 

Frank Bruno vs Tim Witherspoon being the prime example here. Even against Oliver McCall, Bruno was hanging on for dear life in the 12th from a combination of being severely fatigued and from being rocked by McCall.

 

Haye looked like Haye normally does.....You can't see a 80% fit achilles.


That's the best Bellew has ever looked in fairness.