Meet the new WBA Heavyweight Champion of the world

[El Kabong]

My main issues with Haye (other than his antics outside the ring) are his size and his style. His size is nothing special in the current heavyweight division where the major title holders and Nicolay Valuev (he, Don King, and the WBA itself has made his title less meaningful) are all over 6'5 meaning guys like David Haye are already at a disadvantage when it comes to size/height/reach and the only way you can make up for that in the heavyweight division is to either be a technically better boxer or be able to take punishment and still dish out punishment. Haye's style in the cruiserweight division was one where he would land a big bomb and drop his opponent OR stand and trade with his opponent those may work vs limited competition in the heavyweight division but I would recomend that he decide to do something other than what he is currently known for...backing up all the time isn't going to help him much either

I don't want to totally deny the guy all credit, he accomplished good things in the cruiserweight division, but that should be viewed the same as his amateur record...it means NOTHING in the heavyweight division, I know I've been taken to task for posting that before but it's true! Other than Evander Holyfield who else has been a successful heavyweight after being a cruiserweight? James Toney? Vasiliy Jirov? Dwight Qawi? Bert Cooper? Those guys did pretty good at cruiserweight but never really did all that great at heavyweight...maybe David Haye can prove me wrong but history is against him.

Right now David Haye is a circus act and I won't take him seriously until he proves himself to be a true heavyweight.