im afraid rematch with wlad is the way to go

[BoxerDood]

No.

If Haye really wants anyone to take him seriously he basically needs to start over at heavyweight and work his way up the ranks fighting guys like Povetkin, Chambers, Adamek, Boystov, etc, to sort the division out and show where he stands.

Out of the 4 mediocre fighters Haye fought to get to Wlad, all 4 (Barrett, Valuev, Ruiz, Harrison) were retiring due to age or medical issues and just had some leftover "name value".

This wasn't some sort of a coincidence, it was obviously planned around that from day one, and with all the retirement threats on his own part, seeing that easy road to huge $$$ was probably the only reason he jumped to HW in the first place, because the WBA would allow him to barely beat retirees then make a massive payday losing to Wlad.

How does a guy who didn't deserve a title shot in the first place deserve an rematch after losing by easy decision?

On the other hand fights with Povetkin, Adamek, Chambers are actually somewhat interesting.

On a related note, that is one good thing Haye did; we're finally done with that ridiculous separate WBA heavyweight champion who was always ranked like 10-15 spots below the main champion.

I completely agree with this post. I'd love to see him take on guys like Povetkin, Helenius, Solis, *******, Thompson, Peter, etc. and also get a new trainer and conditioning coach. Roach and Ariza would be perfect for him. If he does that, I guarantee a Klitschko fight will be much more competitive than it was yesterday. I'd actually even give him a shot at the upset.

[Nautilus]

with or without broken toe, Haye made that fight exciting. at least for those who understand boxing. he had some wild punches, but he was landing on Wlad indeed. with that said, I hope he doesn't retire, get few wins over Arreola, Povetkin, Boytsov and CHambers. Then he can rematch Wlad for his last paycheck. Or he could of talk his way to Vitali now, since big Vit about to retire in 1-2 fights

I don't want to see any rematch. That was boring as it gets. A lot worse than Ibragimov-W. Klitschko.