prime for prime i think roy would win a fair few rounds but haye is good enough to eventually land a big punch on him and when he does haye is a great finisher.
P4p i see Roy winning a clear UD.
Or perhaps you tend to favor the puncher? Might you be giving Haye the same treatment?
How did I know that you picked Lacy? Might you be showing a clear bias towards a puncher, and showing a pattern for neglecting the pure skill and athleticism of a fighter like Roy?
Lacy and Calzaghe were in the same weight division though
Haye by KO. Ruiz is just really a crappy heavyweight fighter who happened to got lucky and won a belt. Roy is not going to hurt Haye, who's hits harder than Ruiz. Roy's skills is definitely better than Haye's, but Haye is not too shabby himself as a technical boxer, good enough to land those haymakers on Roy, and once it does, it's night night for Roy.
Roy would not hurt Haye but yet Carl Thompson is not known as a power puncher and he stopped Haye. The punches that you dont see is what hurts you the most and Roy is simply too quick. I think you are underestimating Roy's power. His power affected Ruiz but he never followed up on it because he did not want to run into anything big. If he would have placed him punches together, he could have stopped Ruiz.
a fighter who has fought his entire career at british level and just finally moved up to world level.
Quite a lot of spin on your assessment of Haye.
"his entire career" amounted to 19 fights before Mormeck. Five of which were as the European - not British - champion. That's winning the cruiserweight titles in 20 fights.
Oh, Thompson was over three years ago, and Haye wasn't "knocked out cold" - he was TKO'd and still on his feet, and admits he neglected his training.
lol would Roy circle on the defensive like that while not throwing punches? or would he throw left hooks and continuously circle the much, much, much slower David Haye who is not known for his speed in any way.
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