Quote Originally Posted by ono View Post
I disagree, i think Audley would beat Peter, like he did in the amateurs. You could make a case for Audley beating all of those. Of course you could make a case for them all beating him. What you have to decide is which is worse...

A) - Haye fighting Audley, after fighting Ruiz and after travelling to fight Valuev

or B) - Wlad Peter (despite already beating him fairly easily), Chambers, Chagaev, Rahman, Thompson

In all honesty there's little in it. So it's hypocritical to call Haye for taking on an 'easy' fight when Wlad's recent resume is a who's who of decidedly average heavyweights.
Even after this loss I doubt Sam Peter loses to Audley....look at their ages Sam Peter 30, Audley Harrison 38...8 years doesn't seem like much now, but 20 vs 28 is a HUGE difference.

Everyone in A) was protected except Audley who just plain sucks. Chagaev (undefeated), Chambers (undefeated), Thompson (underrated), and Sam Peter was the mandatory after the #1 Contender backed out, and the best part Wladimir stopped them all even the ones that had never been stopped or even beaten before.....so I can't see how anyone can defend group A.