David Haye vs. Vitali Klitschko.

[ninjaspy3]

Someone should stick up for 'ol David Haye, so I guess it's going to be me.

Haye remains the only one to have KO'd Chisora... something neither Vitali nor Fury could do.

Haye handed Audley an early KO before it was the in thing to do.

Haye did not get KO'd by Wlad nor did he even get badly damaged as is usually the case when someone fights Wlad.

Vitali hasn't been looking so hot lately. Haye takes him in his advanced age.

Fury fought the undefeated Chisora, Vitali may have taken something out of Chisora.

Sprott put Harrison proper to sleep 3 years before Haye did it. He was limp before he landed face first in the canvas. SPROTT VS HARRISON - YouTube

Haye didnt get KO'd by Wlad because he didnt try to win. He had said it before how he expected to have a Sanders type result. He just doesnt have that gung ho style. Hes too carefull because hes well aware of his chin.

While I regard your comment about Fury and Vitali's fights with Chisora as speculation, I must admit that you've got me regarding the Sprott KO of Audley. I had forgotten about that.

But I still think Haye takes Vitali now because Vitali's punches have lost some power and his offence just isn't on par like before. He still has the solid chin though and the height of course.

[justaguy]

I want to be clear that I am not saying David Haye is a bad fighter... I'm saying he's not a beast at heavyweight like he was at cruiser. I have listened to his fans wait for his speed and power to be demonstrated at heavyweight, along with his aggressive mentality - the aggression is just not there. I don't know why he's hesitant, but he is. As was said, he did not even try to win against Wlad once he saw that he wasn't going to land a home run blow, which must have been what he thought his only chance was. He talked WAAAYYYYY to much about what he was going to do to Wlad for him to perform the way he did.

The fight against the Yeti was boring. You could have given that fight to either guy legitimately, but Haye was the first to pull the trick of beating him and he did so to take a belt. But it was not even close to in impressive fashion, and his trash talk belied the performance that got him the belt. Harrison was never the guy he could have been, and Harrison really looked shot in that fight from the very beginning, and not because of anything that Haye did. I thought Haye could have closed that fight out sooner than he did, but it was a stoppage that looked fairly impressive on paper - the fight itself was rather sloppy and Haye was not as impressive as he could have been. But you can never really throw salt on an early KO - he did what he should have and I give him credit for that.

Chizz was a laugher... he really didn't have a resume that belonged with the top fighters at heavyweight and yet he was built up because he was 'glassed' and there was bad blood. For my money, he was a clown - heavyweight's Ricardo Mayorga without the surprise KO victory that marked Mayorga's claim to fame.

Again I will say - I don't call David Haye a bad fighter... he's just not what he says he is or what many of his fans appear to be waiting for. Just watch Haye fans call for him to use his quickness and apparently incredible power to knock a guy out in the heavyweight division, including Vitali, Wlad, and even Fury, and you'll see what I mean.

Sad thing is, if USS Cunningham can hurt Fury, I do think that Haye has the opportunity to have a defining win that makes a statement in the way that I think he really wants to. We'll see if he shows up and does that or if Fury, who leaned on Cunningham pretty well as a big man, has something for him.

[ross]

Fury beating the undefeated Chisora is not speculation and its not beyond comprehension that Chisora went in to the Haye fight a far less motivated fighter on the back of 3 losses.

If Fury is so shit acording to the majority on here then even a fat Chisora should have beaten him. I dont think Chisora is ever destined to be a champ. He will put up good solid performances but he just doesnt have that bit of extra will to turn things up and win rather than just do well, which I why I dont put a lot of stock in Haye beating him over a year ago in his only fight since losing every round to Wlad over 2 years ago.