Comments Thread For: Photos: David Haye, Mark De Mori Jacked, Promise Fireworks

[SthPaw]

De Mori is a top 10 WBA ranked guy through winning a regional belt. Haye will crush this guy in a round or 2 unless he carries the fight. De Mori is usually in way better shape as he was a bodybuilder but he has a weak resume. He did have an exciting 8 rounder with Alex Leapai years ago. Haye takes this guy out then will be in the top 10 of the WBA. If his shoulder holds up then he makes things very interesting in the HW division. His career can still get back on track. He was injured for 3.5 years not inactive for no reason. He's giving it one more go so let's see what happens. Can his body stay healthy is the biggest question. 227lbs is big for him so I wonder if he loses speed? If he wins & stays healthy I suspect he goes the WBA route to Fury or he will have to take another route to the WBC or IBF. The one thing he won't have on his side this run is the ability to talk his way into a title fight. With 3 cancellations from injury most fighters will take a wait & see approach before negotiating with him. Let's give the guy a chance. His disposal of Chisora was quite impressive. I expect 2-3 rounds at most against De Mori.

A pretty fair enough summary of things, I just feel as though the interest in Haye is never going to reach the level it was pre-Klitschko. I'd even think that should he reach Fury, the majority of people may even support Fury. Yeah, he could generate some buzz again but given his steam has ran out so much when it comes to momentum and his image being tainted somewhat, I really doubt many people will buy into his 'heavyweight saviour' act if it ever picked up again...Especially now we have a new champ, AJ and Wilder generating interest. Back when Haye was hot it was pretty much just Wlad that people wanted to see him beat and now the situation is different, his injuries and time off, letting down fans etc I just feel as though his time has gone. But of course I may be wrong.

In terms of this fight I agree. If this goes further than 3 or 4 then I'd have to wonder if Haye is taking his time and trying to ease into it again. There is no solid reason as to why De Mori should be going too far into this one or indeed winning it.