Vitali Klitschko claims 'preliminary agreement' to fight David Haye

[Kel]

With the way Vitali looked Saturday I fancy Hayes chances of winning a decision to be honest. Vitali had no snap in his punches and was quite predictable.

[killersheep]

Well I will say this time is definately on Haye's side. Vitali has been dominant against his opposition, but you can still see slowing in his punches and footwork. I still favor Vitali, but Haye's day may be coming.

[Majesty]

All these small heavyweights should be fighting each other instead of the Klits. We have Chambers and Haye and Arreola if he gets on a treadmill that could be considered heavyweights in more exciting fights then these giant 6'7 7 foot fighters are having. That match between Minto and Arreola is one of the best heavyweight fights ive seen in ages, that should say something.

[piye]

Could be one of very few good HW fights hope Haye knocks the big guy out.

[gudnite vienna]

im backing haye after that showing by vitali.. No power for some reason.

[Rantcatrat]

To the people who picked Haye, why? What makes you think Haye can beat Vitali?

[Zilla]

Wow, a guy has one dominant performance that doesn't look as good as you think and he's ready for the garbage heap, eh? So Vitali didn't have as much 'pop', that can be overrated at times. First off, you're discounting Johnson, who was pretty good, defensively. Second, Vitali may have realized he had this fight in the bag early on and knew it would be difficult to KO someone who wasn't going to mount any kind of offense and so 'cruised' to a win. Remember Arreola was only a couple months ago and that was a PUNISHMENT. Fully expect Vitali to look more like that than against Johnson when they clash. Vitali's only got, what 40 wins and 2 losses? That's somewhere around 15 fewer than Wlad with that several year layoff. He isn't shopworn because the guy doesn't get into brawls and he's a 'fresh' 38.

[Violent Demise]

With the way Vitali looked Saturday I fancy Hayes chances of winning a decision to be honest. Vitali had no snap in his punches and was quite predictable.

Not like Haye looked great in his last fight either

[Zilla]

With the way Vitali looked Saturday I fancy Hayes chances of winning a decision to be honest. Vitali had no snap in his punches and was quite predictable.

Not like Haye looked great in his last fight either

That must mean Haye is shot!!!

It's one thing to be able to predict is going to punch you in the face and another entirely to prevent him from doing so.

[Violent Demise]

With the way Vitali looked Saturday I fancy Hayes chances of winning a decision to be honest. Vitali had no snap in his punches and was quite predictable.

Not like Haye looked great in his last fight either

That must mean Haye is shot!!!

It's one thing to be able to predict is going to punch you in the face and another entirely to prevent him from doing so.

Don't you actually got to be good at one time to be considered shot?

[Fenster]

The difference is, Haye is 29 with possible improvement likely.. Vitali is 38, already been forced into retirement through injury, and looked "old" on saturday. Look how his eyes marked up.

It might not be such a long shot that Haye smashes him up.

[Violent Demise]

The difference is, Haye is 29 with possible improvement likely.. Vitali is 38, already been forced into retirement through injury, and looked "old" on saturday. Look how his eyes marked up.

It might not be such a long shot that Haye smashes him up.

Of course. Just look at the way he smashed up an even slower, less active Nikolay Valuev.

[Fenster]

The difference is, Haye is 29 with possible improvement likely.. Vitali is 38, already been forced into retirement through injury, and looked "old" on saturday. Look how his eyes marked up.

It might not be such a long shot that Haye smashes him up.

Of course. Just look at the way he smashed up an even slower, less active Nikolay Valuev.

I said it's a long shot.

Vitali isn't the mountain that Valuev is. Improvement vs decline. Youth vs injury prone fossil. There's been bigger upsets. Fact.

[eagle]

The difference is, Haye is 29 with possible improvement likely.. Vitali is 38, already been forced into retirement through injury, and looked "old" on saturday. Look how his eyes marked up.

It might not be such a long shot that Haye smashes him up.

Of course. Just look at the way he smashed up an even slower, less active Nikolay Valuev.

I said it's a long shot.

Vitali isn't the mountain that Valuev is. Improvement vs decline. Youth vs injury prone fossil. There's been bigger upsets. Fact.

Name 5 bigger upsets in the last 20 years?

[Pugilistic]

I still favor Vitali over Haye.

Vitali didn't look so great against Johnson but that was because Johnson threw literally no punches and was only concerned with defending himself than actually trying to win.

It's hard to look impressive against a fighter like that.

From what i remember, Vitali did look old against Gomez as well. Gomez was a fighter with superior speed and movement.

Vitali at this point is more impressive and dominant against pressure fighters (Peter, Arreola) but fighters who have superior speed and use movement ( Gomez, Johnson) will trouble him more. The funny thing is, Vitali didn't look dominate against Gomez or Johnson but if you watch both fights, he clearly won every round against both.

Haye has both good movement and superior speed but his chin isn't good at all, I see Vitali catching him and getting him out of there.

One problem i do have with Vitali is how he throws punches now. His punches don't have the snap on them like they used to because he throws arm punches.