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** Holy was a small cruiser compared to Haye.
It's a valid comparison, but hard to make because of changes in boxing. Haye is still developing as a fighter and not only training down to fit in the division, but dehydrating to make weight. The guy's ring weight is comparable to Holy's highest career ring weights. Lot more evidence also points that Haye didn't need steroids like Holy seems to have.
Match couldn't have been made in Holy's cruiser days because he's too small. As a heavy, Holy was fortunate to have enough legs to get away from ol'man George, but Bowe hurt him several times and got him once, so let's not make like he's bulletproof. That's the real reason why he stayed down at cruiser rather than challenge Tyson at his best. He could barely get by Qawi back then, so what basis do you think he could take on a quicker, stronger, younger KO artist heavy like Haye? Must be false assumptions about the Thompson fight I guess.
Haye will mature around the 220-225 mark, completely shredded, and already is a KO artist, much like LH legend Michael Moorer who also moved up and did a number on Holy. Haye doesn't yet have Holy's heavy credentials, but he's started out rightfully as a legend in the making. Take away Holy's "alleged" steroid advantage, and I'd take Haye hands down at a comparable age. Guy hits a lot harder than Qawi, Ricky Parkey, or Tillman and bigger/stronger to boot.
Haye has to prove himself in a new era of heavies, so we'll see if he can make the adjustment. Best just keep to the rhetoric about Wlad and save the ringwork for the other fall guys like Chagaev who really doesn't want to fight any more and looking for an excuse to bail. Like to see Haye develop some footwork and just move around and pop Peter Pants in the mouth at will. That'd be fun, so we'll see where he sorts himself out at.
It's a valid comparison, but hard to make because of changes in boxing. Haye is still developing as a fighter and not only training down to fit in the division, but dehydrating to make weight. The guy's ring weight is comparable to Holy's highest career ring weights. Lot more evidence also points that Haye didn't need steroids like Holy seems to have.
Match couldn't have been made in Holy's cruiser days because he's too small. As a heavy, Holy was fortunate to have enough legs to get away from ol'man George, but Bowe hurt him several times and got him once, so let's not make like he's bulletproof. That's the real reason why he stayed down at cruiser rather than challenge Tyson at his best. He could barely get by Qawi back then, so what basis do you think he could take on a quicker, stronger, younger KO artist heavy like Haye? Must be false assumptions about the Thompson fight I guess.
Haye will mature around the 220-225 mark, completely shredded, and already is a KO artist, much like LH legend Michael Moorer who also moved up and did a number on Holy. Haye doesn't yet have Holy's heavy credentials, but he's started out rightfully as a legend in the making. Take away Holy's "alleged" steroid advantage, and I'd take Haye hands down at a comparable age. Guy hits a lot harder than Qawi, Ricky Parkey, or Tillman and bigger/stronger to boot.
Haye has to prove himself in a new era of heavies, so we'll see if he can make the adjustment. Best just keep to the rhetoric about Wlad and save the ringwork for the other fall guys like Chagaev who really doesn't want to fight any more and looking for an excuse to bail. Like to see Haye develop some footwork and just move around and pop Peter Pants in the mouth at will. That'd be fun, so we'll see where he sorts himself out at.
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