Quote Originally Posted by hattonthehammer View Post
Dont think hayes a smart enough fighter yet to beat klitschko.

Similar power to Wlad but definetely not the same level of ring smarts that i suspect would see klitschko dominate with the jab until he is in a position to take haye out.
So far no SMART fighter has beaten Wlad....Wlad has either beaten himself (Brewster and Purrity) or just made it hard on himself to win by giving up his natural size and reach advantages (Sanders).

David Haye is going to have to be technically solid and well I hate to say it but he's going to have to have a horseshoe up his ass to have a shot vs Wlad because in order for Haye to catch Wlad (who has really improved his defense) he's going to have to get past Wlad's 1-2, keep his hands free as Wlad will either try to tie him up or push him off, and then be able to land cleanly....it's a tall order for Haye who is still quite flawed as a fighter.

I would like to see Haye fight Ray Austin first...Ray isn't a great fighter but he's tall and he's done well in the division or Larry Donald a tall athletic fighter who is very difficult to KO....it took Vitali 10 rounds to get to him and Povetkin couldn't stop him either....maybe a fight vs Dimitrenko would be beneficial as well as Dimitrenko is tall doesn't have great power but is a very good boxer and is trained by Fritz Sdunek Wlad's old trainer so he probably fights in a similar manner to Wlad which would tell us a little bit about Haye and his ability to cope with a good 1-2