When Vitali Klitschko fought Briggs he was slaughtered on NSB.
Now Haye wants to fight him, almost 6 years later, its suddenly fine.
I guess posters have such a low opinion of Haye, that it is acceptable. Perhaps it's because Haye has often shied away from legitimate opposition at HW.
When Fury has beaten Wladimir again, then who do you think he will fight? His WBA mandatory, Luis Ortiz, or his WBO mandatory, Joseph Parker? And how do you think he will do against either?
He won't.
And if, by some miracle (like the first fight), he does, Ortiz will KO him.
I pick Joshua to win that fight by KO. His straight punches should come right up the middle and nail Wilder in between Wilder's extremely wide, around the world swings. It's a good fight and Wilder has real power and hand speed and a great jab so he has a chance to win. Neither man has that great of chin so one way or the other it probably ends in a KO.
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Really? Did I miss something?
Well, Joshua looks to be improving with each fight. His footwork, though still not great, has come on. Likewise his jab and guard.
Wilder, meanwhile... Hmmm. IMO, he's still very hittable and open to counters, and his footwork is all over the place.
Also, given that he had lessons, all those years ago, on how to box behind the jab, you'd think he'd have greater incorporated that into his style. Sadly not.
H2H, my pick is Joshua.
Let's be just be honest here, we see these kind of decisions/shady actions week in, week out. Its nothing new.
I had the fight pretty close, with Kovalev ahead by a couple. Ward had the momentum down the stretch, and clawed back some rounds. Still, my gripe was the officiating. The damn holding is a staple of Ward's career; yet he's NEVER called out for it!
He's always been mad, so this isn't especially surprising.
I suspect he realises he lucked out last year, against a mentally-vacant opponent (Wlad had personal issues throughout and really should have postponed), and is now doing everything possible to avoid being shamed in the rematch.
I don't see what qualifies AJ to fight for the WBA title. He's not ranked by them.
In fact, he's only ranked by the IBF - off the back of buying a title, effectively.
I can see why any boxing org was hesitant to put AJ into a shot for their strap - he'd have to leap frog everyone.
What qualified Wilder's recent foes?
They can shoehorn AJ into the top 10. It depends how much Hearn is willing to pay.
I can see why Wladimir is kicking up a fuss about this, and, frankly, its bizarre that the WBA are wavering on this.
Time is now very much against Wladimir. He's fought once in the last year, and doesn't have the legs to get himself into a mandated position for each of the respective straps.
I see, from the latest IFL interview, that Hearn is pinning this all on Team Klitschko. That's a little unfair, given the many contradictory statements he has made. Both sides should be pushing hard for this fight to be sanctioned.
they gave the fight to the guy who landed less, landed less cleanly, the guy who was hurt when hit, and the guy who was being dirty. or in other words.....THE SLICK BOXER
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To Kell's credit his fast hands and flurries made me think he could make a sizeable impact at 154 having to really failed to make anything of his time at 147 but for win over an extremely limited cave man brawler Porter.
This ^^^^^^^.
Paulie was the only one I was even listening to. He was accurate and seemed unbiased, giving good insights from a boxers point of view. He would talk about openings and mistakes be saw, and adjustments being made.The only thing of value I heard from Froch was when he said (in the 4th I think), that it looked like Brook had broken his orbital bone
That was Paulie, not Froch.
Don't get me wrong I love his input. He gives a great insight to what is actually going on in the ring and points out the little adjustments both guys are making but you can never hear him.
Everytime he talks that irritating twerp Adam Smith butts in and talks over him.
Surely I'm not the only one who finds this irritating as f*ck.
Its not just Adam Smith either its the entire commentary team during the GGG vs Brook fight for example there was literally 4 guys talking over each other the whole time.
I agree, completely. I watched the fight back yesterday (I was at the o2 on Saturday), and found Smith and Froch infuriating.
Smith is a nice guy, sure, and he knows boxing, but he's so hyperbolic.
Froch was worse still, and frankly added nothing as a co-commentator - apart from stating the obvious.
Paulie was great throughout, but, sadly, his insights didn't prompt discussion.
They need to figure out how this new dynamic is going to work. At the moment it appears massively disjointed.
Decent comeback fight, who would you prefer he face someone one the level of Harrison, Ruiz or Chisora. ? All three are useless at least this 'Marko Monk' guy looks after himself even if his talents are lacking.
Haye has always been selective whom he faces, it isn't an exciting match up but if he fights a live dog next I'll be happy with whoever he fights next, is it really any worse than who Fury and Wilder have faced to date with the exception of Stiverne. The answer is a conclusive no.
I had low expectations, already, but this guy is a joke. The doorman at my local boozer would put up a better fight.
Heck, Haye probably has better sparring partners.
Who is promoting the fight? I am yet to see footage of the presser.