Comments Thread For: Vitali: Haye is Too Light, He's Not a Real Heavyweight

[Jedi Vader]

I think a lot of people are missing a glaring point here.

Vitali is clearly ****** and is setting himself up for potentially destroying Wlad's legacy indelibly.

Haye is too small, has a Crusierweight body and all the rest of it. With those disadvantages, how will that make his brother look if Haye beats him?? He should be saying that Haye is an excellent boxer, quick and easily the toughest fight for his brother. No, he devalues Haye. I pray for him that his brother comes through or we will be erasing Wlad and his 'legacy' permanently from the Heavyweight archives.

[D4thincarnation]

Shannon Briggs said Vitali hit harder than anyone he's faced, including Lennox Lewis. "Vitali hit CRAZY hard" is the direct quote.

And I would say Wlad is a the harder puncher of the two, Vitali being an accumulation KO artist.

Both brothers are among the hardest punchers in HW boxing history, as the numbers prove.

Level of opponents below some champions, and not others. Certainly not below Larry Holmes, who had a long reign feasting on bums like Tex Cobb, who either K-Bro would KO in one round.

Tell yourself whatever helps you sleep at night, though. By this time tomorrow Haye will be history.

Thats why Vitali could not stop and old Briggs that Vitali found down and out in a Las Vegas cafe out of shape at 320lbs and offered him a fight.

But Lennox put down a prime Briggs 3 times before stopping him in 5.

Number do lie, or do you think Tyrone Brunson is p4p the biggest puncher ever?

[Vadrigar.]

Vitali has indirectly shot his brother's foot by saying that. In that case Wlad's best wins would be over fake heavyweights, or blown up cruisers to play devil's advocate. Just like Evander Holyfield and Roy Jones, I'm sure David has built himself into this division by adding muscle mass. It certainly showed at the weigh in.

i suspect David to be on HgH though.

[Jedi Vader]

Thats why Vitali could not stop and old Briggs that Vitali found down and out in a Las Vegas cafe out of shape at 320lbs and offered him a fight.

But Lennox put down a prime Briggs 3 times before stopping him in 5.

Number do lie, or do you think Tyrone Brunson is p4p the biggest puncher ever?

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[Cash Cow]

They said the same thing about Holyfield Vitali when he left the cruiseweight division as the unified champion and we all know how that story ended.

Haye is no Holyfield...

[D4thincarnation]

Haye is no Holyfield...

Yeah Haye never order a shipment of drugs from BALCO under a alias.

[Mr. Philadel]

Vitali Klitschko has questioned David Haye's credentials as a heavyweight ahead of Saturday's fight with his brother Wladimir.

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Haye will be bringing a plan thats built for speed....the writing is all over his weight

[qcd]

he's around the same weight as Ali and Tyson in there prime were they not real heavyweights cuz they were light? both would spark vitali out

[edgarg]

vitali is trying to convince himself that Haye won't kill his brother.

Well Taaj I haven't had any answer from you yet. You only tried to get me to give you a 2-1 odds on the fight, and because I said EVENS, i haven't heard from you since..............

I've written to you 3 times at least and not a whisper...... Even if I had agreed to give you 2-1 and still won, you Don't inspire confidence that you would pay me. I'm sorry to say this.

[NEELZ]

I love Holyfield so I would never disrespect him, but if there is a fighter out there today who has got the attributes to get to Klischko and beat him, I think it would be David Haye. It seems to me that most of Klischko's opponents are of the big lumbering type, that are overweight or not very athletic or not in great shape. He wears them down with the heavy and ponderous jab. Wladimir very seldom winds up and lands big KO punches. If a big heavyweight loads up and throws big shots and misses those, it takes a lot out of him. That is why I don't think it likely at all that he will KO Haye within 2-3 rounds like some people think.

To do so he would have to load up on his shots. With Haye being quick and elusive, it would be unlikely that he would land something like that very solid. I think Haye is like Pacman in a way, that his speed is his power. He is not big in today's world as a heavyweight but he is well muscled with a nice reach and speedy. Haye's punch with a lot of velocity will have an impact as much or more than that of Wladimir's slower punches.

The one think I do wonder about Haye is whether he can dig deep and take some punishment and still stay strong. It would be an incredible disgrace if he goes down easily. He has talked himself into such a corner, that I don't believe he would disgrace himself that way.