WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko discusses the twelve round decision win over British rival David Haye in their highly anticipated heavyweight unification encounter.
Former two division champion David Haye discusses the twelve round decision loss to Wladimir Klitschko in their highly anticipated heavyweight unification encounter.
WBC super middleweight Carl Froch has told talkSPORT that David Haye’s broken toe should not be used as an excuse for his defeat to WBO/WBA/IBO/IBF heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko, who won a twelve round decision over the British star on Saturday night in Hamburg, Germany.
David Haye has told the BBC he will make a decision on his boxing future "in the next few weeks" after losing to Wladimir Klitschko in Saturday's heavyweight unification clash. The Londoner battled for the full 12 rounds before losing by a unanimous decision after the judges scored the fight 117-109, 118-108 and 116-110 in favour of the 35-year-old Ukrainian.
Wladimir Klitschko's manager has ruled out a rematch between his fighter and David Haye but said a contest against brother Vitali Klitschko could happen. Haye failed in his bid to unify the heavyweight division after a unanimous points decision defeat by Wladimir on Saturday in Hamburg's Imtech Arena.
Imtech-Arena, Hamburg, Germany - Before a crowd of nearly 60,000 fans, Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over David Haye (25-2, 23KOs) to unify the WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles. The scores were 117-109, 118-108 and 116-110.
CompuBox takes a detailed look at the past four fights for heavyweight champions Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye, who in a few hours will collide for the WBO/IBO/WBA/IBF titles in Hamburg, Germany. Klitschko has a big advantage in activity, throwing more jabs per round than Haye throws total punches per round. 67% of Klitschko's landed punches were jabs and 70% of Klitschko's thrown punches were jabs. Both landed only 6 power punches per round, which is half the heavyweight average.
HAMBURG, GERMANY - After two years of trash talk and bad blood, David Haye of England (R) shakes hands with Wladimir Klitschko during the post-fight press conference after their heavyweight unification match at the Imtech Arena. Klitschko won a twelve round unanimous decision to unify the WBO, IBO, WBA and IBF titles. Wladimir's older brother Vitali carries the WBC title.
David Haye insists there was "no way" he was going to pull out of tonight's showdown with heavyweight rival Wladimir Klitschko despite a toe injury which he blamed for the one-sided defeat.
Hamburg, Germany - Once again Wladimir Klitschko dominated a fight with his jab. He averaged 42 punches thrown per round - 31 of which were jabs. Of his 134 landed punches, 105 were jabs. David Haye averaged 24 total punches thrown per round- half the heavyweight average.