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I believe David Haye is a better fighter than Tyson Fury, I think a lot of people would agree with that. Is he a better heavyweight though?? I don't think so.
I always believed the same in regards to Haye and Klitschko, the size difference was insurmountable for a fighter that fights off the back foot himself. He is a back foot athletic counter puncher who fights at long distance. I think he only ever had a punchers chance against Wlad, but Wlad fought a perfect fight that night, and didn't give Haye any looks. He kept at a distance and took very few risks. Haye got a lot of stick at the time, but you can't change a fighters natural style in the middle of a fight, people thought he would fight an aggressive fight and get inside, why??? They obviously knew absolutely nothing about both fighters.
Wladimir landed a handful of meaningful punches in that fight himself, everyone wanted to blame Haye for the boring fight, probably based on all his talking. But if you analyse things on just boxing, both guys were wary of each other, Wladimir was definitely scared of the speed and power. In the end neither guy delivered what they said they would.
In terms of Fury - I think everything has been said already. I knew this would happen to Wlad as soon as he was in with a fighter his size with good ability, someone who could touch him and get out rather than the other way around. He wasn't able to adjust, it has very little to do with age, Wlad just can't do anything in the trenches, he has no clue what to do when someone invades his space, he only knows to grab. So when it came time to push the fight he couldn't do much because the fighters often got close to each other and Wlad couldn't' take advantage of that, all he could do was what he has been doing for most of his career which was clinch. He needed to be able to in-fight because in those situations when you are chasing you can't keep the fighter exactly at the range you feel comfortable, he literally has no clue on the inside, the couple of times he did try and punch in the 11th Fury clipped him twice with left hooks and clearly stung him.
Wlad has always been limited in his style, he is a great champion but for me you can't compare him to the best of the best heavyweights because of the limitations to his style. Can you imagine him in a battle like Lewis-Vitali? Two heavyweights who in my opinion are far superior to Tyson Fury, and who both possess the size to get to Wlad's chin. I think a punchers chance aside, he would have got massacred.
I always believed the same in regards to Haye and Klitschko, the size difference was insurmountable for a fighter that fights off the back foot himself. He is a back foot athletic counter puncher who fights at long distance. I think he only ever had a punchers chance against Wlad, but Wlad fought a perfect fight that night, and didn't give Haye any looks. He kept at a distance and took very few risks. Haye got a lot of stick at the time, but you can't change a fighters natural style in the middle of a fight, people thought he would fight an aggressive fight and get inside, why??? They obviously knew absolutely nothing about both fighters.
Wladimir landed a handful of meaningful punches in that fight himself, everyone wanted to blame Haye for the boring fight, probably based on all his talking. But if you analyse things on just boxing, both guys were wary of each other, Wladimir was definitely scared of the speed and power. In the end neither guy delivered what they said they would.
In terms of Fury - I think everything has been said already. I knew this would happen to Wlad as soon as he was in with a fighter his size with good ability, someone who could touch him and get out rather than the other way around. He wasn't able to adjust, it has very little to do with age, Wlad just can't do anything in the trenches, he has no clue what to do when someone invades his space, he only knows to grab. So when it came time to push the fight he couldn't do much because the fighters often got close to each other and Wlad couldn't' take advantage of that, all he could do was what he has been doing for most of his career which was clinch. He needed to be able to in-fight because in those situations when you are chasing you can't keep the fighter exactly at the range you feel comfortable, he literally has no clue on the inside, the couple of times he did try and punch in the 11th Fury clipped him twice with left hooks and clearly stung him.
Wlad has always been limited in his style, he is a great champion but for me you can't compare him to the best of the best heavyweights because of the limitations to his style. Can you imagine him in a battle like Lewis-Vitali? Two heavyweights who in my opinion are far superior to Tyson Fury, and who both possess the size to get to Wlad's chin. I think a punchers chance aside, he would have got massacred.
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