No doubt he does, however the majority of people don't rate his chances, because his only chance is landing that power successfully. Not too many give him a chance of consistantly outboxing Wlad. Look at it this way if you will, if Wlad and Haye were both featherfisted who'd win, from a stylistic perspective. Haye doesn't quite have the basic fundamentals perfected to the same degree as Wlad does and has somewhat erratic balance and a fairly low punch output. When you consider it from that viewpoint the conclusion that most come to is the only chance for Haye is to land that big shot...and probably land it early, whereas people can see several ways for Wlad to win.
Haye couldn't avoid shots from Fragomeni, Mormeck and Ruiz, now he is going to make Wlad miss all night? Byrd and Chambers have better defense than Haye and couldn't avoid being beaten up. Haye's chance is an early, explosive attack but to think he can nullify Wlad's offense is crazy. Nobody can do that, the way to beat him is either to be able to absorb inhumane punishment and outlast him (Purrity, Brewster) or explode early (Sanders). Haye isn't going to duplicate what Brewster did and Wlad isn't going to take him lightly as he did with Sanders.
Do you honestly think jab and grab works against a skilled hard hitting fast counter puncher? I dare Wlad to chase Haye and try to grab him, see if he doesn't eat a a jab himself followed by a quick right hand. Wlad will look like a lumbering fool if he tries to enforce those tactics. And he sure as hell won't open up too much. He will stay outside and try to pick shots but he will need to get in some leg work, as Haye wont stand infront of him. People are so used to seeing Wlad batter statues round. Actually to nulify Wlad's offense isn't as hard as people think. It's excecuting it that's the problem. It takes a type of fighter who carries, speed, power and a BRAIN. Those jokers who fight him, stand right in Wlad's hitting zone, literally just stand there to eat right hands, ZERO LATERAL MOVEMENT, ZERO HEAD MOVEMENT, ZERO FOOTWORK, POOR SHOT SELECTION, HORRIBLE TIMING AND SHOCKING BALANCE. The list can go on. Wlad got so comfortable fighting these guys I wonder if he even has a second gear when he needs to try something different, what experience can he call upon? every time he's needed to do something else, he got beat. Wlad will be dangerous no doubt about it, but he's certainly not unbeatable, he just hasn't had the type of guy who can upset his game.
:good Since Wlad worked with Emanuel Steward he improves as a fighter. Very good defensive now, gameplan and so on. Wlad knows to handle pressure. He will KO Haye. Haye is not a pressure fighter and i doubt that Haye can take all the punches Peter took in the first fight. This was unbelievable! The best fight of heavyweight boxing in the last years. Very hard fight for Wlad, but he shows he can win this type of a "war" fight, not only boxing matches.
ok...so now its obvious that both these guys dont plan to knock each other out but to make this fight very technical from the outside. Bet the farm on the over.
What makes you think the taller fighter has to chase Haye and grab him? Wlad will stay where he is, punish Haye from the long distance and whenever Haye takes a step forward Wlad uses his left hand to (illegally) push down Haye's head so he stumbles towards Wlad's chest for a nice hug. Rinse and repeat. If Haye and Booth are smart they will ask the ref beforehand to pay attention to Wlad's pushing rather than Wlad's alleged excessive hugging. The push comes before the hug.
Nobody thinks Wlad is unbeatable. Haye just doesn't have a great chance of beating him due to his own limitations.
Haye's best chance to avoid the jab is for Jack Dempsey to show up in cornrolls and Hayemaker trunks.
The sad and funny part of that Fight will be Wlad can propably KO Haye with his Jab. Look Haye's Punch resistance against super middleweights, there isnt such thing called punch resistance with Haye.
Wlad will excessively use the 'jab'? Would never have guessed Doesn't matte he's going to get KTFO anyways