David Haye Plans To Spar With MMA Fighters For Valuev

[-Boxzilla-]

he needs to find a yeti to spar with ...

I don't see that sparring with opponents of ANY size will help. They would basically be amateurs as far as BOXING goes.

And I think that the report isn't correct-Haye isn't any more than
6'2-3", not 6'5".

ya he aint 6'5 ... boxrec has him listed as 6'3 but i dunno if hes even that tall ....

[Jim Jeffries]

Valuev would only be able to compete in Asia as the heavyweight limit in the US and most places around the world is 265lbs.

Wonder where you found this little gem.

he needs to find a yeti to spar with ...



ya he aint 6'5 ... boxrec has him listed as 6'3 but i dunno if hes even that tall ....

I agree, Haye looked shorter than 6'3" Monte Barrett, and downright tiny next to Wlad, who claims to be 6'5" (though probably is more like 6'6".)






Haye should spar with Hong-Man Choi:

[vitali1999]

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David Haye, 28, is hoping to overcome his height disadvantage by sparring with MMA monsters ahead of his November showdown with Nikolai Valuev. [details]

First of all Haye is not 6 ft 5 like the article says, he is 6 ft 3. And how in the hell is sparring with a MMA fighter going to get you ready for any HW? Haye is ****** !!! Thats like a football player getting ready for the superbowl by practicing with baseball instead of football practice.

[MANGLER]

Dunno why he'd go that route. Surely he knows better than to wrestle inside wit Val in clinches. Speed should be enuf to avoid that. Optin to work wit MMA cats is a bit odd.

[Heru]

Mma fighters have amateur boxing skills at best, the only thing they bring is some toughness in the ring. Haye can already pace himself well, all he's gonna need to learn is how to get past Valuev's jab. He's lightspeeds faster than Valuev so it shouldn't be a problem.

He needs the sparring partners Chagaev before the second fight.

[joe90210]

what does he hope to accomplish doing this? the only thing I can think of is maybe the clinching aspect

[shadeyfizzle]

Wonder where you found this little gem.




Weight divisions
See also: Mixed martial arts weight classes

The UFC currently uses five weight classes:

* Lightweight: 145 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg)
* Welterweight: 156 to 170 lb (71 to 77 kg)
* Middleweight: 171 to 185 lb (78 to 84 kg)
* Light Heavyweight: 186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg)
* Heavyweight: 206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg)


Haye should spar with Hong-Man Choi:

Awesome. Bring on the gym battle of Haye vs Hong Man Choi!!!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_man_choi

Yes...he should spar with the gigantic korean man that Brock Lesnar ducked.

[#1Assassin]

First of all Haye is not 6 ft 5 like the article says, he is 6 ft 3. And how in the hell is sparring with a MMA fighter going to get you ready for any HW? Haye is ****** !!! Thats like a football player getting ready for the superbowl by practicing with baseball instead of football practice.

hes not doing mma sparrin hes doing boxing sparring with a guy who does mma. if he can get arlovski or kongo it would be good, but like ppl have mentioned most ppl in mma cant box for ****. it would be better to just spar with real boxers and get them as big as possible.

get used to the height more when hitting the pads and heavybag, to prepare for the reach is whats gon be hard though. but i dont see how sparring a 6'8 charlie z is gon do him any good.

[Phenomkidd]

Haye would do more harm than good if he does that. The only MMA heavyweights that have decent to great stand up are Kongo, Arlovski, and thats about it. Otherwise he will spar with guys who throw haymakers all day.

I dont watch Valuev but I would believe he doesn't throw wild arching punches. Or am I wrong?

Since when does Kongo have great stand-up? He's alright I guess but he "stutters" a lot and in his last fight he failed to finish off Velasquez on two prime occasions.


But besides that why goto MMA to look for a boxing partner? Only people that might be able would be Arlovski and Vitor, Vitor doesn't have the height though. Why not go somewhere purely stand up oriented like kick boxing. You got tall guys like Remy Bonjasky, Alistaire Overeem(also MMA), Badr Hari, etc.

[Breakbeat]

This is probably one big joke by Haye to get people talking about him, he's probably having a good laugh reading these posts.