These 2 men should be ashamed of the performances they put on in their last bouts. I still cant decide which performance was worse.
very difficult to say who..........
both may be just on survival instinct.....
who can question the importance of that? survival instinct, i mean
Hayes performance was more disappointing in that he was in his prime so he should have done more.
Anyone who knows boxing knew that an old washed up Mosley had no chance in the pac fight and was only there for a pay cheque.
They were both pretty lame efforts. Haye threw punches occasionally though and but Shane didnt because he wasnt able to pull the trigger and hasnt been able to for many years.
Well from my perspective you can't compare the 2. Mosley never showed up in the Pac fight. He did physically but not mentally.
Haye definitely did. But he messed up. Except for the 12th round, he showed no will and no heart to beat Wlad. He was tricked by his own trashtalking into believing, Wlad was another gorilla from the east, but he was wrong. Wlad came to fight and made Haye desperate. I'm a bit surprised Haye didn't follow his own announced plan to attack Wlad early because I'm sure that would've worked. You saw what happened in the 12th round. If that happened a few rounds earlier, Haye could've pulled out an upset (or get KO'd himself). Really going pressure on Wlad is the only way to force him to open up.
And yes I don't wanna see Haye-Wlad II. Haye is blaming the swollen toe, but the fact is he showed no heart and no will to beat Wlad. Defending 11 rounds, and throwing 6 punches / round with as little as one in the 10th, is not how you win.
Mosley's performance was pretty bad, but take into consideration that he was probably on the wrong side of shot with no choice but to run in order to survive. He knew in his heart that if he stood and tried to fight, he wouldn't make it through one round of toe-to-toe action.
Haye's situation is a little different. I think Haye had the right idea early, try to frustrate Klitschko, pick spots here and there to take risks and wait for Klitschko to make a mistake.
But when he failed to make a mistake in the first seven-eight rounds, he should have realized that this wasn't going to work out and altered his plan. He never went for broke and let the fight slip by him.
I'd go with Mosley.
Haye was pathetic, but he was massively out-sized and outclassed and still at least was throwing with some spirit the whole 12. Mosley's whole game plan was to not get hurt too bad.
Mosley was worse....crying in the corner, begging, etc....just watch him run in round 11 again- never seen anything like it.
Haye was horrible. The only thing worse than in "performance" in the ring is the ongoing excuses after it. My god man, have you no shame?
Haye had a bad fight plan, Mosley didn't plan to fight. Both guys showed that they have no heart. Haye looked like that one HW that was on HBO a week or two ago that KO'd Thompson... Looking for a 1 punch KO all night and showing no boxing skills.
Neither guy wanted it. Big picture we can forgive Shane because he was old and had been in tough fights and shown his grit more than enough. However when you compare just the fights you can argue Haye put up more of an effort. At least Haye attempted some big punches every once in a while. Wlad's defense was really just on point most of the fight.
and for those of you using the whole Haye was in prime Mosley is shot blah blah....
put Mosley back in the ring and you'll see that he can still do some things. he just was afraid to get knocked out.
Mosley's performance was worse. Haye actually gave Wlad a couple of scratches even though he fell way short of living up to his promise. Mosley didnt even try.
Haye...
1. haye is in his prime, mosley is shot...
2. haye is all words but can't back 'em up... mosley literally kissed pac's ass for respect...
3. pulling his foot to show his "injury" during post fight interviews... what an idiot... mosley also showed his injury, but days after the fight...
4. haye got knocked down by a push... mosley got knocked down by an actual punch...
5. haye is going to be the 3rd boxer to join Dancing with the Stars... that's just what he did on the godamned fight...