Will David Haye Be Considered The Second Greatest Cruiserweight Of All Time?

Audley Harrison is awesome.

But you are fully aware that your list is a disgrace.

 

I said he'd beat you if he fights sensibly, but you're right, that is a big if. Haye's the kind of guy who wouldn't want to be seen as being negative so you could well draw him into a scrap which evens the odds quite considerably. That said, he's been fighting increasingly cleverly since his macho style cost him the Thompson fight.

I'd quite like to see you in against Enzo but I fear Warren's going to either scupper the plans entirely or insist on basically taking control of your career which is what caused the Enzo-Haye bout to fall apart. I think it'd be an interesting fight, Enzo seems to have improved under Calzaghe and he answered a few questions about his chin against Braithwaite. Good luck to you.

 

You cannot list Haye that highly on the back of one fight, over an old man. All Haye is winning is some kind of linear title.

I think you also have to place Joe Calzaghe over Haye at cruiser, certainly on a H2H basis. Calzaghe would obviously beat Haye at Cruiser where David is weight drained. How would Haye cope with Calzaghe's speed, and stamina? He couldn't. Calzaghe beats him on points, thuogh we cannot rule out the possibility of one of Joe's famous left hooks landing.

Haye's equalizer (his power) wouldn't be a factor either. He'd have little chance of landing on the evasive Calzaghe and Joe's chin is too solid anyway.

And can Haye fight inside? No, Calzaghe can beat him up there and at range with a superior jab. The other thing to consider is Calzaghe is weight-drained at supermiddleweight, so imagine how much better he might be at LHW and possibly cruiser.

Calzaghe, arguably the best LHW of all time can no doubt do Haye in. So long as his china hands hold out for the 12 rounds. If Calzaghe broke his left hand, thanks to his new found cruiserweight power, then yes, I'd favour Haye.

 

No he still had a lot to do to be considered a great Cruserweight, damm he was stopped by a old past his best gatekeaper.

 

Couldn't Calzaghe outbox Haye with one hand though If Haye's drained at Cruiser?