Haye to fight Kevin Johnson?

[El Kabong]

Johnson has SOME names on his record but Rahman and Maskaev are guys who won at the TOP of the division and he hasn't done that yet and despite where they are in their respective careers that experience matters.


If Johnson is able to take a punch then he's going to give Haye a lot of issues.

[Kev]

Johnson has SOME names on his record but Rahman and Maskaev are guys who won at the TOP of the division and he hasn't done that yet and despite where they are in their respective careers that experience matters.


If Johnson is able to take a punch then he's going to give Haye a lot of issues.

I agree completely that Maskaev and Rahman would be better fights for Haye and bigger names on his record.

But seeing Maskaev labour to a win over Hawkins and Rahman barely get past Zuri Lawrence you'd have to say a young, unbeaten, live opponent like Johnson is a much stiffer task than either of them.

Rahman certainly is trading on name only these days, he's fat and out of shape, Maskaev is fat and slow and Haye would be highly fancied to beat both of them imo.

This Johnson fella could be tricky.

If I was Haye, or part of his team I'd choose to fight Rahman or Maskaev over Johnson any day. This is a difficult fight for very little recognition.

[Spicoli]

The thing Im seeing in Williams that might give Haye some concerns is speed of foot & hand.Matching Haye it would seem,Haye would shine against ,In contrast to himself, a slow lumbering Heavyweight.Power would be a threat but his chin is not going to get any stronger than it already is,He could really polish his footwork early on.what an initial party crashing impression it would be to TKO or descision a former "in the now" champion.

Risk reward ratio ?

[OumaFan]

Kind of an odd choice IMO. A big guy without much name recognition that could be difficult to fight cause he's very safety first and pretty much just jabs his way to UDs, with actually a very good jab that Haye could have a lot of problems with.

[Pugilistic]

Johnson is a tougher fight for Haye than what i thought he would of taken for his first fight at heavyweight.

if he gets the fight then good on him.

[rjj tszyu]

People are talking about Johnsons poor power but surely he has more power than Carl Thompson??

Anyway I like Haye and I hope if he does get this fight he blows him straight out and sparks some life into the supposed glamour division of boxing!

[killersheep]

I hope Johnson starts out smart and uses his great jab, if Johnson tries to get cute Haye will make quick work of him. Not a bad entry fight for Haye though.

[skel1983]

People are talking about Johnsons poor power but surely he has more power than Carl Thompson??

Anyway I like Haye and I hope if he does get this fight he blows him straight out and sparks some life into the supposed glamour division of boxing!

Carl Thompson? Haye was stopped in that fight due to his stamina not the power of Carl Thompson, Carl Thompson was teeing off on Haye in that Haye and he was still standing? Haye in that fight was badly conditioned threw the kitchen sink at Thompson then folded because he was gassed, similar to Cotto/Margarito.