He showed good reflexes and movement and was able to dart in and score against a much bigger, albeit lumbering, opponent. He also seemed to have carried his power up to HW. If he can keep Wlad moving and not let him get set (easier said than done) and manage to dart in and out of range to land his punches he has a shot against him. I'd still heavily favor Wlad but it is by no means a foregone conclusion, I think Haye would make things very uncomfortable for Wlad, like Emmanuel Steward said, Haye would force him to fight.
Great thread by Amat, although I have to say when I first read it I missed the point & was planning to call him a hypocrite until my headache from catching too many left hands in sparring subsided.
Anyway, I can't see how anyone could justify last night's win for Haye & not Dirrell's against Froch or vice-versa. While Dirrell pissed about complaining, he had a far better punch output. The size of Valuev is no excuse, that's the issue with the HW division, any man above is in your weightclass. I thought Haye took it 116-113, was an awful fight but glad to see my boxing club get our first HW Champ
Haye fought a very good tactical fight & in that 12th showed he has serious power, but must glad he was in Nuremburg & not Nottingham
End of the day, Haye won, but he had no worries on the cards because Sauerland & Don King know who is worth more money to them in the future (Sauerland have some options on Haye for definite). I thought it was pretty fairly judged. Hopefully Haye now gets rid of the quietman & sets up a clash with a Klit (no pun intended).![]()
I scored the fight for Haye but not for Dirrell. Tough one and I've seen the comparisons on many sites.
The main differences seem to be that Haye didn't spend his time diving on the floor, holding on for dear life, getting a point deducted and complaining to the referee. Froch closed the gap (sometimes) where as Valuev couldn't.
Was Haye running? He moved when he needed too but that is not running. His eyes were constantly focused on the prize and his upper body movement was key to evading shots - he also was setting his feet to throw shots - Dirrell was just running.
As for your hint that the fight was fixed. Well the press conferences in London didn't have Team Sauerland there or Don King but Goldenboy Promotions. While Sauerland will have some say in his next fight it is Goldenboy who are in control - not King.
And King has never given away control of a Heavyweight belt. He maybe getting old but he is not about to change the habits of a lifetime.
Although i felt the giant edged it. I have no problem with the punches haye did throw. They were very accurate and hard. The problem i have is when he only landed maybe 8 punches a round and people want to give him rounds. Valuev landed more than haye, but what comes around goes around, valuev has won fights he didn't deserve too.
None of those have any effect on how you score a fight. Dirrell threw far more & did a lot less running than Haye. Froch didn't close the gap any better, but he did land more shots on thin air & to the back of Dirrell's head in a clinch if we're now scoring fights on what they almost did.
Oh & Sauerland do now have options on David Haye's next fights. I wouldn't be surprised if King does as well, he seemed happy enough at the end for Haye to get the decision in what appeared a close fight.
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