Lets be honest David Haye was causing Wlad no real problems with his power and it looked such a mismatch in size and strength. Time and time again Wlad would be lining Haye up with that right hand but he would just not throw the damn thing. Every time he would get close to Haye I would fear for his life, at points Haye was even egging Wlad to throw it by putting his hands by his sides and taunting him. And if Wlad did throw it more often, David Haye would of been left to looked very foolish. With Haye’s lack of lateral movement and head movement a huge right hand would of landed for sure because Haye was often left in daft positions which would of prevented him from throwing a counter if Wlad missed. Also i was completely shocked at the difference in speed because quite frankly there was none. Haye was no quicker than Wlad, was alot smaller and alot less powerfull. So why didn't he KO him? because he fights like a coward. It’s just such a shame Wlad fights with his safety first approach because he has so much more boxing ability than he often displays. He has no one to blame but himself for not achieving his 50th knockout. After the fight he blamed Haye’s cowardly fighting approach for not getting it but truth is Wlad could of stopped Haye when ever he deemed fit. And I’m sure that will always play of Wladimir’s mind now despite winning the fight. Haye did completely disgrace Klitschko’s family with the t-shirts etc. after all so it was more than just achieving the win for him I feel. P.S Haye staaaaay well away from Vitali lol David Haye was a great cruiserweight but he just wasn’t big enough to cut it at heavyweight. Shame really.
Of course he could have KO'd Wlad, but he has to take a risk if he wants to give it a shot and he decided to try another Valuev style "masterpiece" and it backfired badly. Wlad can be beaten but you have to put your chin out there and try to go out guns blazing. Sanders and Peter I tried, both took huge risks with one winning and one ending up losing after a dramatic fight. Take a risk, try knocking him out or be knocked out yourself. You can't beat Wlad by just potshotting like a little ***** and then throwing huge amateurish looping punches that looked like a drunk highschool kid threw them.
Wlad has shown to be very athletic and well conditioned thus far. He has technique, timing and sense of distance, power and reasonable handspeed in those one-twos but the thing I was not expecting him to have at that weight and against Haye was very light feet to step back and come back to press Haye. Haye's good chance was to break him physically by increasing movement and the pace so that the big man couldn't keep it up with reflexes and on defense and nail him with a fast well placed punch. Congrats Klitschko cause he kept it up until the final bell and outperformed haye of course.
Wlad got too tired. He had 9, 10, and 11 round to finish Haye, who was there for the taking. He was too tired, and in 12 round it was too late. Up to the late rounds Haye avoided Wlad's punches well.
