I'm an American and my only knowledge of Adam Booth comes from Haye, and just recently with George Groves (I watched 2 episodes of the Sky hype program that was like 24/7 on YouTube, then watched the fight on Epix), but I kinda like the guy. His confidence seems genuine. And I was really impressed with the strategy he employed against Degale. From what I knew about Groves he was more of a come forward banger. Even if you thought Degale won, you'd have to admit the change in style definitely left Degale confused and allowed Groves to build up points. I like trainers who aren't afraid to ask their fighter to do something new if they think it will benefit them against a certain opponent.
If Haye manages to win Saturday (a big if) I'd say Booth manages to get an honorable mention for trainer of the year. Not saying he'd win, but he'd be one of the 10 trainers or so mentioned on espn.com and others.
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