Is David Haye the 2nd Best Cruiserweight of ALL TIME.

[yoz]

Spotted this on ESPN.

When asked what his legacy in the sport would be, Haye said he will be remembered as one of the greats by boxing fans should he decide to retire now.

"Hopefully they will remember me as one of the best cruiserweights of all time - I think I'm second behind Evander Holyfield," he said.

http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/sport/s...zZfmIdiGAWs.99

Poll added.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

No,, he would be top 10 maybe top 5 but i think holyfield, jirov, toney would all beat him

I would have liked to seen him at cruiser vs adamek, cunningham, huck and lebedev

[bojangles1987]

Absolutely not.

[soul_survivor]

No, but he just barely misses out. Nelson, Holy, De leon all above Haye but other than that, I can't see anyone better than him, Qawi? Toney? Jirov? No, no, no. I think it speaks volumes of a division where a guy with 2 world championship fights is in the top 5.

[LacedUp]

I don't think he's necessarily number 2, but I don't see many who could say they were absolutely a greater CW than Haye. It's a weak division anyway, and nobody cares. top 5 though, for sure.

[Simurgh]

strong argument that he is can be made..

cw is not very deep anyway.

[LacedUp]

No, but he just barely misses out. Nelson, Holy, De leon all above Haye but other than that, I can't see anyone better than him, Qawi? Toney? Jirov? No, no, no. I think it speaks volumes of a division where a guy with 2 world championship fights is in the top 5.

Nelson is not a greater CW than Haye.

[MrTambourineMan]

Lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Sugar Adam Ali]

No, but he just barely misses out. Nelson, Holy, De leon all above Haye but other than that, I can't see anyone better than him, Qawi? Toney? Jirov? No, no, no. I think it speaks volumes of a division where a guy with 2 world championship fights is in the top 5.

I gotta disagree with you, at least with toney,, toney 02-03 would murder haye,,
I think haye has a punchers chance vs jirov, but jirov had a great beard at cruiser and i think haye would gas and jirov could break him late,,,

Qawi, i think is about 50/50,, qawi was better at lightheavy, but i think he has enough in him to take haye into a deepwaters war and drown haye, much like i think jirov would have done to haye

Haye best chance vs all the top cruisers in history is to beat get the ko early, and if he doesnt get it, i think he would be in trouble in the later rounds IMO

[Enzo Mc is SHIT]

Yes, but it's always been a pretty crap division.