Boxing Discussion thread *spoilers* (part 2)

redcat1

good knockout by david price last night. He's got some power

emcor99

Let the hype start

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YouTube - ‪NEW: HBO Face Off - Wladimir Klitschko vs David Haye‬‏

DIPESH14

excellent little doc- looking forward to the tussle!

Spligsey

Thought that was pretty cringe-worthy to be honest
At least this fight seems to have galvanized the heavyweight division - which, has been pretty devoid of action for a few years now
We have quite a gathering for fight night on July 2nd - should be a good night!

emcor99

Wladimir Klitschko vs David Haye

So with just over a week to go before the fight, who do you think will win? For the life of me I just don't see how Haye can win this fight. Wlad's just to big, to strong and to experienced.

I really hope Haye proves me wrong, I just can't see it happening.

wezzywebb

Yeah I'm thinking the same thing, just can't see how he's going to do it ,I think even if he puts him down there,ll be a long count !!! And there's no way he's going to get a decision in Germany , I can see it ending up like the Carl Thompson fight!!

richp007

IMO, Haye is nowhere near as good as he thinks he is. I can see Klitschko knocking him out.

The heavyweight division is awful these days anyway. I can't say I'm too fussed what the outcome is.

Iccz

Haye will beat Wlad.

There, I said it.

How?

Haye needs to use his speed and combinations to make Wlad uncomfortable, this will totally throw his confidence off and make him a lot weaker in the ring. People always seem to ignore the power that Haye actually has - everyone sees him as a fast mover with little power, if Wlad does this he will really be in for a shock.

The problem for Haye is Wlad is always clinching, so he's going to have to get in and deliver - fast! Which we know he is capable of doing. The early rounds will reveal all for me, Wlad isn't the most confident of fighters, and if you knock that early on you've got a huge chance. He's notorious for being a very weak fighter mentally. Haye will know this, and he has already started working on the mind games months and months ago.

But if you knock his confidence early he wont get his rhythm with the jab, if he doesn't get the rhythm with the jab he's not going to do the damage.

Vitali on the other hand... that's a different fight.


For me, Haye beats Wlad - I'd even go as far as to say a late KO.

wezzywebb

I wouldn't reguard Haye as a massive puncher at heavyweight

Iccz

And this is the same mistake that Wlad could make.

He nearly put Valuev down - that surely has to tell you something.
What about Ruiz? Only been KO'd twice, once by the huge hitting Tua and once by Haye.

We've not seen a lot of Haye at Heavyweight but for me his power is underrated by too many people.

You only need to see the Brewster fight (first) to see how it's easy to rock Wlad if you catch him flush and when you do, bang goes his confidence - Haye will jump on this. I know Brewster was a fairly big hitter, but I'd say Haye throws pretty big punches and could really surprise Wlad.

But you're right, he's not a massive puncher, he's not that kind of figher, he's a boxer and will use his power in combinations and with speed. Just like Wlad isn't a massive puncher, he just uses barrages of firm jabs.