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by T.K. Stewart - Let me say this right off the top - I was looking forward to the big fight on June 20th as much as you were.
But when David Haye went down in flames and pulled out of his fight against IBF/WBO heavyweight titlist Wladimir Klitschko earlier this week due to a bad back – he lost his place in line - so to speak. The way I see it is like this; Klitschko is the champ and in my book the champ calls the shots and holds all the cards.
David Haye claims he can be ready to fight by July 11th and he wants Wladimir to wait around for him. Haye figures if he lays off for three weeks or so that he'll be ready to go. But what if his back doesn't heal quickly enough? What if he begins to train again and on the first punch he throws at the heavy bag or the first time he wings a “Hayemaker” at a sparring partner the back goes out again? Then where are we?
If you've ever done anything to injure your back, you know it is a tricky part of the body to get right again. For all of you guys that have ever bent over to put on your socks and felt a twinge, twisted your back on a golf swing or woke up one morning stiff and sore – you know what back pain is and how long it can sometimes take to go away.
So when Haye and his camp claim all will be well and they hope he will be ready to compete on July 11th that sounds like a lot of wishful thinking to me. It's like one of my former mentors once said: “Hope is not a strategy.” [details]
But when David Haye went down in flames and pulled out of his fight against IBF/WBO heavyweight titlist Wladimir Klitschko earlier this week due to a bad back – he lost his place in line - so to speak. The way I see it is like this; Klitschko is the champ and in my book the champ calls the shots and holds all the cards.
David Haye claims he can be ready to fight by July 11th and he wants Wladimir to wait around for him. Haye figures if he lays off for three weeks or so that he'll be ready to go. But what if his back doesn't heal quickly enough? What if he begins to train again and on the first punch he throws at the heavy bag or the first time he wings a “Hayemaker” at a sparring partner the back goes out again? Then where are we?
If you've ever done anything to injure your back, you know it is a tricky part of the body to get right again. For all of you guys that have ever bent over to put on your socks and felt a twinge, twisted your back on a golf swing or woke up one morning stiff and sore – you know what back pain is and how long it can sometimes take to go away.
So when Haye and his camp claim all will be well and they hope he will be ready to compete on July 11th that sounds like a lot of wishful thinking to me. It's like one of my former mentors once said: “Hope is not a strategy.” [details]
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