Rate Haye's performance against Monte Barrett

He was too eager to KO Barrett to impress people, so he tried to bomb him out. Bit sloppy in places but it was a good entertaining performance.

The most dangerous thing about what Haye was doing in that fight was..........when he was backing out he was not stepping over to the side, he was going straight back and shifting all his weight onto his back leg, which can leave very open if the opponent doubles up on the jab and puts a right hand behind it. True, there is one monement where he backs straight up, into the ropes and corner and Barrett gets a chance at him. If that had gone any worse and/or was against a different opponent, Haye could have had some real trouble.

The most dangerous thing about what Haye was doing in that fight was..........when he was backing out he was not stepping over to the side, he was going straight back and shifting all his weight onto his back leg, which can leave very open if the opponent doubles up on the jab and puts a right hand behind it. I noticed that as well, and his hands didnt come up either, i ve just got visions of Wlad's 1,2 catching him as hes moving backwards. Little worrying....

I gave it a 3 he did get the KO but you can tell he was trying to catch the Klit brothers attention and was a little wild on some punches.

The most dangerous thing about what Haye was doing in that fight was..........when he was backing out he was not stepping over to the side, he was going straight back and shifting all his weight onto his back leg, which can leave very open if the opponent doubles up on the jab and puts a right hand behind it.

I agree! He completely wanted to put on a show and send a message. Unfortunately a lot of the knock downs were glancing blows which didn't look good even though they were effective. I also agree with the fact that Barrett had seen better days! I'd give him a 3.5 because he did get the job done.

A mixed bag; he got the job done and looked quite comfortable for the most part. Negatives: he was sloppy and appeared a little overzealous and almost amateurish at times. However, given his performence against Enzo Mac prior to this fight I think a lot of it came down to nerves/the occasion/wanting to make a big statement. Also, he was noticably physically weaker than Barrett, he was getting pushed around a lot, and Barrett isnt exactly the strongest HW out there. Positives: Haye's punch power is still something to be fearful of, and his hand/upper body speed are still frightening at times. Overall, with dedication and ironing out some creases he could become quite the force at HW. Can he take out Wlad and Vitali? long shot but it's possible. Can he take on the rest of the HW division? Yes, and for the most part with ease, I would say. I give his performance a 4, decent.

was way 2 eager to impress,better to watch than any of wlads recent fights though lol

Difficult to say because Barrett was so bad/shot. As soon as i saw Barrett's balance after the first 30 seconds i knew Haye was gonna win easily, it kinda reminded me of Rahman when he fought Wlad not long ago.

I personally thought overall he was sloppy, He got the job done but he showed alot of flaws that will cost him against Wlad Klitschko.

If Haye comes like that against Vlad he gets planted in the canvas and early

I gave it a 2 Wladimir Klitschko destroyed Prime Barrett 10 years ago Haye KO'd an old, shot Barrett that was coming off a 2nd round KO loss to Cliff "19 losses" Couser. Haye got the job done, but he showed his flaws and weaknesses in this fight. He showed his glass chin, Barrett knocked him down with a glancing shot. He was weak in the clinches, Barret is a small heavyweight and he was pushing around Haye. And Haye was sloppy and wide open, he was throwing amatuerish combinations, looping wide punches and was leaving himself wide open to get cracked. You Haye nuthuggers will be surprised at how easily Wlad destroys Haye. You missed out the fact that it showed Haye still has big power even at heavyweight he was knocking Barrett down with glancing shots, anyway i thought Haye did ok but it was not his best performance.

voted 2, would say 2.5. I remember watching this the day of the fight in anticipation after hearing so much talk about Haye and thinking "this is the guy everyone is so excited about?" :thinking:

Can't see haye beating Vlad after that.

Only his 2nd fight at hw. 3.8

If there was an option, I would have given it a 2.5

I give it a 3, it could have been better, but he got the job done Gave it that same score, I heard that he also admitted he was knocked down by a punch and wasn't slipped don't know how accurate that is. Barrett still has some pop in him though, so that isn't too much to be embarrassed about. They say the last thing that goes in a fighter is their power.