Haye vs Maskaev ??

[Fenster]

Haye thinks Oleg's easy pickins. I hope that Oleg can turn back time a bit and hands Haye his ass.

As for Haye, for a guy who talks like a world beater, he is sure taking what can be perceived as a softer route to Wlad.

Who should he have fought first then?

He could have fought Ibragimov, Povetkin or someone with fresher legs. Oleg is so long in the tooth and injury prone. Even Eddie Chambers would have been fine. We don't know what is going to show up with Oleg, but it is a start I guess.

Povetkin has the Wlad fight lined up. They are not going to risk fighting Haye. Ibragimov was just in a total borefest - he's no better an opponent than Maskaev. Is Chambers in anyones top 10? He's not rated by The Ring.

Barring an actual "world" title challenge, any top 10 Ring ranked heavyweight (Maskaev is 7th) seems MORE than fair for Haye's foray into the plodders.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Who should he have fought first then?

He could have fought Ibragimov, Povetkin or someone with fresher legs. Oleg is so long in the tooth and injury prone. Even Eddie Chambers would have been fine. We don't know what is going to show up with Oleg, but it is a start I guess.

Povetkin has the Wlad fight lined up. They are not going to risk fighting Haye. Ibragimov was just in a total borefest - he's no better an opponent than Maskaev. Is Chambers in anyones top 10? He's not rated by The Ring.

Barring an actual "world" title challenge, any top 10 Ring ranked heavyweight (Maskaev is 7th) seems MORE than fair for Haye's foray into the plodders.

I'd have to agree... It's actually an admirable choice...

[CountryBoy]

Haye will knock out the Russian in the first round, Oleg is very gun shy with a suspect beard, With that said. That just presents Haye with more punch connects.

I would like to see him fight Peter's.

[Tysonbruno]

Wlad ain't that good won't be long before he is KO'd again

[Wayne]

Wlad ain't that good won't be long before he is KO'd again

By whom? And how? As much as I like him more than Wlad I still think Peter is the last best hope against Klitschko and I don't think his recent improvement is better than Wlad's. And I think because the HW division is so sparsely talented right now that we're all too ready to throw the best guy in the division in the garbage heap. I'm not saying he'd beat all-time greats, but Klitschko could definitely give every HW in the past at least a run for his money. His 1-2 is second only to Lennox's in my opinion and you have to actually get to his chin to hit it. Klitschko's defense as of late has been like a Brinks truck- he doesn't let anyone in.

I've only heard about Tony Thompson, I can't say he will or won't win. But I don't see someone who doesn't have KO power beating Wlad. You have to have something that takes him out of his game and being the same height as him ain't it. Brewster had a chin from hell and pressure, Corey Sanders had a SCUD missile for a left hand and Peter had KO power in both fists. Thompson better be hella fast or something to make Wlad uncomfortable otherwise it's either lights out or he'll become content to take 2nd place.

[Bukom Battler]

This is a decent second (Haye stopped Bonin in 1, Fraudley stopped the same guy in 9) test into the heavyweights for me. Who has Fraudley fought that was this good. Dominic Guinn?

This is a fight he will win in my opinion. If he gets past this I will then be intrigued to see who he fights next. Maybe somebody like Ruiz or an Eastern European like Virchus or the looser of Chagaev/ Valuev.