David Haye-Arnold 'The Cobra' Gjergjaj - May 21/London 02

[Kirkland Laing]

I was incredibly stoned when I saw this. When he knocked him down with a jab I laughed so hard I thought I was going to injure myself.

The jab was fake but the right hands in the first were real.

Even the finish looked pathetic. Haye was stood so close he couldnt get any leverage on his hooks and was cuffing almost with his palms and that Aronold just falls over without really taking any clean shots. It was pathetic, especially after that jab.

After he knocked him down the first time and realised just how shit his opponent was Haye carried him as long as he could. He could have blasted him out in a few seconds if he'd wanted to, it was like the Audley fight in that respect. We can't tell anything about the current level of Haye's skills from that fight.


There are many levels of opponent between that guy up through tomato cans to a level which would give Haye a decent workout but not present much of a threat. He really needs to fight one of those guys next, somebody better than Briggs or people will stop coming and any fight with Joshua is going to lose its lustre from the Haye side of it.