David Haye vs Carl Thompson

[Albo Da Kid]

Who knows if Haye is the next big thing at heavyweight? He is making a splash though, and the reason he's making a splash is that his personality, his bravado and his knockouts make the heavyweight division fun again. There's too many safety-first monosyllabic operators who are mailing in their fights. Haye is brash, puts it on the line to try for the big finish and wants to be the guy that beat them all. What's not to like?

well put......

[Dorian]

Who knows if Haye is the next big thing at heavyweight? He is making a splash though, and the reason he's making a splash is that his personality, his bravado and his knockouts make the heavyweight division fun again. There's too many safety-first monosyllabic operators who are mailing in their fights. Haye is brash, puts it on the line to try for the big finish and wants to be the guy that beat them all. What's not to like?

I agree with you 100% props to haye for calling out the best, wanting to fight the best and goes out there throwing bombs putting on a show!

[My Name Is...]

[Dorian]

Props to haye, we need more fighters like him would fight the best there is

[bluemax]

Based on assessments I've been reading MANNY PACQUIAO would make a great heavyweight because like Haye he has a lot of knockouts and has never fought or beaten nor has any interest in competing as Heavyweight.
Somebody needs to reming Haye you can't win fights with his mouth

[rusticraver]

lol @ this thread. He punched himself out.. he was green as **** in this fight. ricky you are a serious prick.
Your boy JC took 43 fights to unify his division.
Your boy Enzo got seriously sparked out by Haye.

you should have some respect for what Haye has done and what he is trying to do

[squealpiggy]

I think he's funny as ****. He talks crap in the same manner as a Floyd Mayweather but there's a sly wink in it all like he's really sort of taking the piss out of himself. While someone like Floyd really believes his own hype, Haye seems to be having fun playing the heel.

[11player]

What a fight, had not watched it yet.

Great display of resistance by Thompson, Haye had him out of his feet for most of the fight, but he refused to go down. Just incredible.

True, Haye gassed out, he has poor puch resistance for a HW, but I won't take this fight against him bc I think he has learned from it and is conditioning himself better nowadays. It doesn't mean he won't get KOed by the top HWs though.

[squealpiggy]

It might also be a good idea to keep in mind that Haye was dropping 15 - 20 lbs of water to weigh in for Cruiserweight, and that will always have an effect on punch reception. Look at Miguel Cotto who was chinny at 140 lbs but at welterweight seems pretty iron-jawed. That's a 7 lb difference. With Haye it's more like a 20 lb difference.

Wait and see is what I say but don't forget that a certain W. Klitschko has already proven himself to be chinny at Heavyweight, Haye has not.

[RichCCFC]

It might also be a good idea to keep in mind that Haye was dropping 15 - 20 lbs of water to weigh in for Cruiserweight, and that will always have an effect on punch reception. Look at Miguel Cotto who was chinny at 140 lbs but at welterweight seems pretty iron-jawed. That's a 7 lb difference. With Haye it's more like a 20 lb difference.

Wait and see is what I say but don't forget that a certain W. Klitschko has already proven himself to be chinny at Heavyweight, Haye has not.

That's a fair point, I can concur with that.