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Just out of curiosity seeing how Haye seems to be the flavor of the month and he has been heard on more then one occasion comparing himself to Holyfield..
What do the masses think the outcome would be if Haye faced Evander during his prime?...
Would the Hayemake beat the Real Deal or would Evander be to much for him?....
IMO Holyfield takes him to school before scoring a brutal KO....
anyone else?
Haye has done nothing to make me think that he would be competitive against Holyfield.
Evander all day and twice on Sunday.
If this is Haye's prime....well I see a Prime Holyfield smothering him, headbutting him, and wearing him out physically while beating him from pillar to post.
Holyfield by TKO 8
Haye seems to be like if the light heavyweight version of Michael Moorer came to heavyweight only this time, right handed. Haye has power and handspeed maybe add a little Roy Jones Jr. in there as well....he likes the positive attention of the fans.
I don't think he has it mentally and psychologically to beat Wladimir seeing what i have seen of him. He's got a bad attitude and talent but there is something missing in him....maybe I am just jaded from seeing Audley Harrison after he was so built up
Has Haye even reached his prime yet?? Have'nt seen enough of Holyfield at CW 2 make the call,but just going by the post title,nobody can make the call!
Can I see Haye going 15 brutal rounds in his 12th fight??Holyfield dropped,Badly wobbled or gased At Prime Cruiser...Thinking...No.I think Holyfield could handle Hayes speed and right hand Power and methodically break him down for a late TKO.
Holyfield by late ko.
Holyfield usually negated speed and/or power by his style of offense which lest anyone forget was at times very ugly to watch...always tying up and working to try and get his hands in position so he could reel off some combination punches.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Zow-kexuI
I always wondered how Holyfield would have done vs Morrison, Ruddock, and Golota and maybe even how would he have done had he not headbutted Rahman.
Good call on the combos.That purpectual "Hop" & slide would set up those combo burst's.Imo he has always had a pretty under rated Left hook.Did not Ko many with it but Buzzed alot of Guys bigtime.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
Oh yeah....with or with out the Headbutt and the small third shoulder growing on Rahmans forehead....Holyfield would have taken a W.12 ;D
He was kicking Rahman's butt when the headbutt occured. I would have loved to have seen him against any of those guys in his prime. He was a notch above them all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
I think he and Bowe basically ruined each other with Bowe getting the far much worse of their trilogy. Bowe won 2 out of 3, but was finished as a fighter afterwards. Holyfield lost much of what he had, but soldiered on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
You saw both of their primes arrive and get taken away in that short span.
Holyfield gets a solid top 5 spot in greatest heavy's to ever lace up the gloves. Many will disagree with me, but he was an incredible athlete with incredible heart.
Oh yeah I totally agree with you, I am just saying Morrison and Ruddock had a bit more pop behind their punches and had they hurt him the way Cooper hurt him it would be goodnight sweetheart.
Holyfield would win. Haye would look good for a few rounds, but once he figures out he can't hurt Holyfield,Holy makes it look ugly and brutal in the second half, and kos him.
Bid Daddy in my opinion hit harder than Morrison. Ruddock hit really hard, but was not able to put punches together like Bowe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
Both great matchups.