David Haye vs Wladimir Klitschko eyed for early 2009

[Shroomy]

Haye Wins...

[ssss]

I just want an exciting Heavyweight champion i think if David Haye beat Wladimir Klitschko then we could finally see some excitement again in the Heavyweight division......

Can you imagine Samuel Peter vs David Haye ? that would be explosive.

[killersheep]

So i guess title eliminator fights have no meaning.

Anywho, I'm going with Klit at this stage. I do think Haye will make it exciting early, but he's gonna be SOL when he can't KO Wlad early.

Love the sig JT, musta killed Danny to do it.

[JT Rock]

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Love the sig JT, musta killed Danny to do it.

Thanks... You know he was bitter the whole time doing it... I could assume he would have rather ate a bag of shit than do a Floyd sig

But he was a good man and handled his business and obligations

[Fenster]

If Wlad is prepared to come to England for the fight I reckon that proves he's scared of getting KO'd.

The only reason for him to take the fight in England is MONEY.

Maybe Wlad has retirement on his mind...

[Mikkel_K]

So i guess title eliminator fights have no meaning.

Well, Thompson won a WBO-eliminator, and Klitschko fought him. Povetking won an IBF-eliminator, and Klitschko will face him next (the articl says).

So a bit confused by your comment? You want Haye to win an eliminator first?

[killersheep]

So i guess title eliminator fights have no meaning.

Well, Thompson won a WBO-eliminator, and Klitschko fought him. Povetking won an IBF-eliminator, and Klitschko will face him next (the articl says).

So a bit confused by your comment? You want Haye to win an eliminator first?

I think he should at least fight someone ranked by either the IBF or WBO that Wlad holds. At the frequency that Wlad fights, it is unlikely that will fight Povetkin late this year AND fight Haye early in '09.

[Wayne]

You guys like counting chickens before they hatch? Now I hope this fight comes off. Some people have a warped perception of reality and come fight night they will be reset. You don't know how good Klitschko is because you haven't seen him in against stellar comp. Haye isn't it and Wlad will have another relatively easy night.

[Shroomy]

You guys like counting chickens before they hatch? Now I hope this fight comes off. Some people have a warped perception of reality and come fight night they will be reset. You don't know how good Klitschko is because you haven't seen him in against stellar comp. Haye isn't it and Wlad will have another relatively easy night.

No he has been in with bums and he looks crap against them...

[The Fightfan]

Klitschko in seven. My final answer.

[Gandalf]

What a joke. Haye will be jabbed to death for a few rounds and then Wlad will open up on him with the lead right. Haye is overrated.

[Plopeater]

Haye in 4

[JT Rock]

What a joke. Haye will be jabbed to death for a few rounds and then Wlad will open up on him with the lead right. Haye is overrated.

Remember you said that

[ross]

This is where Haye starts having sleepless nights, loss of appetite and a loose sphyncter

[Wayne]

You guys like counting chickens before they hatch? Now I hope this fight comes off. Some people have a warped perception of reality and come fight night they will be reset. You don't know how good Klitschko is because you haven't seen him in against stellar comp. Haye isn't it and Wlad will have another relatively easy night.

No he has been in with bums and he looks crap against them...

Here's my question to you: who has David Haye been in with who is better than either Klitschko or his best opponent? I went through his record and saw 3 names I recognized and none of them are better than the best Klitschko opponent and all but 5 were 200 pounds or less. Mormeck is crap in the 2nd half of any fight, Glen Kelly hasn't done anything amazing except give Roy Jones a spectacular KO win and Enzo Mac looked mundane (although that was because Haye completely overwhelmed him). But who else would you describe as "good" on Haye's record? They don't hit softer in the heavyweight division and they don't hit harder than Wladimir Klitschko.

On the other hand, Klitschko has fought, and beaten:

Tony Thompson
Sam Peter
Lamon Brewster
Chris Byrd
Sultan Ibragimov
Calvin Brock
Eliseo Castillo
Jameel McCline
Ray Mercer
Francois Botha

Granted, the last 3 weren't that good when he fought them, but you've at least heard of them. All the other fighters had winning records when he fought them, 3 of them had belts he took and he gave 4 of them their first loss. Klitschko has an 83.33% KO percentage after 54 fights and Haye has a 90.91% KO percentage after less than half that.

But somehow David Haye looks better to you, right?