If Haye takes Tune up fight who should it be against?

[Silencers]

As TheMachine said, Dimitrenko has some stylistic similarities to the Klitschkos, especially Wlad so that would be a good fight to prepare Haye for the Klitschkos but a guy like Peter would be a pretty big test right now as well.

[sylvestersweet]

I'd like to see him fight Dimitrienko. He's young and very big but from what I've seen not too fast. The size of Alex will prepare Haye for the Klitschkos and give him a big win at heavyweight because Dimitrienko is considered by some to be the future of the heavyweight division

[Joe2608]

I agree that the money is a big issue, his chin didn't get tested last night so we still don't know if he can take a Heavyweight punch, though he should be fast enough to avoid most of them. But he won't be prepared for the champs if he doesn't fight someone like Dimitrenko.

[TheGreatA]

the problem is any big heavyweight would be risky for the smaller haye.

if he loses that's a lot of money down the drain when he could have just fought a no threat , former name to keep busy and sharp.

but if you want someone big......

lance whitaker and jameel mccline still around? ray austin is pretty tall isn't he? how about michael grant? they're americans too. get people to know haye against an american sells the ppv better.

Ray Austin the WBC USNBC International Heavyweight champion would be a great opponent for Haye.

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I was quite impressed that Austin came in at around 225 lbs against Golota when he had been 250 for almost all of his other fights.

[elbonzoseco]

Off of that list I'd pick Maskaev, he's really shot. Haye looked really ordinary last night and I don't want anyone to spoil a possible Klitschko bout.

[djsygo]

Dimitrenko would be a good test...Austin as well. I wouldnt put him against David Tua tho...he might be slow now but still great chin and amazing power against an impatient Haye could be recipe for disaster.

[hookoutofhell]

elbonzoseco - i dont think haye looked ordinary at all i think he looked quite good. i think he could have had monte barrett out of there anytime he wanted to if he'd thrown an accumulation of punches. instead he was looking for the one punch KO, imo he might have had the one punch KO power at cruiser but at HW its a different story. i think he did look good though - relaxed, confident and sharp.

i think he does need one or maybe 2 fights before he takes on a klitchsko. personally i think jams toney would be a real test for haye, haye looks good against fightes who are slow and methodical, fighters like rahman, holyfield, valeuv who david would just tee off all night long. it would be interesting to see how he does against someone like toney who is crafty and would force david to think about his punches, toney wouldn't hurt him either imo toney doesn't have a heavyweights punch.

toney at the minute is a bit tied up with thompson, another opponent that david should look at. thompson is a very big heavyweight, a good southpaw and has a good jab. another fighter who would force david to think about his punches.

i actually think david would do better against bigger heavyweights, he is sharper and quicker, his footwork imo is underrated. he has said beforehand that he prefers it when he can see the chin - he did well against big cruisers ala enzo maccarineli but not quite so good against others like mormeck. another reason why toney would be a real test.

dimitrenko is being mentioned alot - id like to see david take him on as well. he is cut from the same cloth as the klitchsko's and would be a good tune-up for vlad.
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[hishaam15]

None of them. Toney would be the best tune up IMO. a stiff test for Haye, but no danger of being KO'd, and we can see if Haye can become the first guy to KO Toney.

[djsygo]

None of them. Toney would be the best tune up IMO. a stiff test for Haye, but no danger of being KO'd, and we can see if Haye can become the first guy to KO Toney.

that would be a great fight to watch, also something that could sell. Not the right style to prepare him for Wlad, but still very worth it. I actually think Toney could pull the upset if he trains hard and doesnt get lazy in the ring

[kenso]

i say the winner of valuev holyfield.