Haye at heavyweight - currently non quantifiable

[Nacho_Analstain]

He looked good against Bonin though, What weight was he then? Around 210-220?

[Duke McKenzie_]

very true.

liston , foreman , marciano and dempsey were close though......

i remember hearing people say shavers was a poor man's danny williams.

**** that ****, next you'll be telling me that Ali was as good as Michael Sprott.


As for the topic, people place too much reliance on Haye getting stopped. Yeah, he gassed out (though was still firing back when the ref stepped in, it wasn't like he was totally sparked) and learnt from the experience. I mean, this was his TENTH fight. And The Cat ain't no slouch.

[Duke McKenzie_]

He looked good against Bonin though, What weight was he then? Around 210-220?

Yeah, but it didn't answer any chin/stamina questions.

You could also argue that it didn't answer any power questions.

[moofo]

Yeah, but it didn't answer any chin/stamina questions.

You could also argue that it didn't answer any power questions.

The Bonin fight tells us he is at least better than Fraudley who struggled with Bonin for 9 rounds before getting a dubious stoppage.
Haye wiped the floor with him in one round.

[Scott9945]

The main thing people doubt him about is his chin, and chins usually get better when you stop starving yourself to make a weight you're not really comfortable at, so it should improve quite a bit with the move to heavyweight.

That logic is usually sound, but when you are talking about heavyweights you're talking about taking punches from guys who are a LOT bigger and more powerful. It's not like Miguel Cotto going from 140 to 147.

[Duke McKenzie_]

I always need to know that people are better than Audley. It's such an exclusive club.

[moofo]

I always need to know that people are better than Audley. It's such an exclusive club.

Just pointing out that is so far the only yard stick we have for Haye at Heavyweight.
Not saying it is anything to rant about sweetheart.