Explain how Haye has shown you more than Arreola as a heavyweight boxer.
Arreola won the 2001 national golden gloves in the 178 pound class.
His record isn't padded anymore than any other heavyweight. He has had 25 fights. After fighting against journeymen in his first 15 fights, he stepped up his competition. In his last 10 fights, other than Cliff Couser (who he knocked out in 1 round and Derek Berry who he knocked out in 1 round), his opponents have a combined 200 wins and 6 losses. Of those ten, two fighters retired after being knocked out by him. His knockout percentage is 90% and out of 26 fights, he knocked out 23 of his opponents.
Again, he ain't the second coming, but he isn't half-bad. Why the hate? He has an entertaining personality. He is loud. Exciting. He is pretty likeable. I just don't get it.
Speaking of David Haye...
Who has David Haye beat besides Jean Marc Mormeck and Giacobbe Fragomeni? (Mormeck is formidable. No doubt.)And his biggest victory at heavyweight is Monte Barret?
Thus, it is baseless to assert that Haye would steamroll through Arreola. He hasn't fought that quality of boxer, or heavyweight, yet.
Haye is starting to grow on me a little but even so, i don't even think haye himself inside knows if he can steamroll any of the top heavy's, so i sure as hell don't. I know he like to belive he can, but that is only good pre-fight. In the ring that's another thing. I couldn't say who would win whoever got hit first i guess. Both would be capable of winning this fight.
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Haye hasn't proven he can hang with any top level heavyweight. The Barrett fight was a farce, and even that looked unconvincing.
What Haye should really do is have a couple of fights against top 10 ranked opponents to see if he can really hang with the big two. The fact that he is wanting to get to the top over the HW division without challenging some tough opponents first, makes me question him. There is little to suggest he can hang with the Klit brothers.
An opponent like Areolla would be a decent test for Haye, as would Sam Peter, or Thompson. or even (double ahem) James Toney.
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