Comments Thread For: Tony Bellew Says He Knew in First Round That Haye Would Lose

[hammyholdup]

Flabby Bellew should just fight Stevenson again and shut up

Stevenson awaits Bellew at any weight class and Bellew avoids the man who destroyed pencil neck Bellew via violent embarrassing KO. Bellew is a nothing.

[hugh grant]

Had enough of this **** now. Was losing the fight, won because of a freak injury to his opponent and ever since mouthing off like he's ****ing Ali. Just please, someone Ko him so we don't have to hear him talk anymore.

The talking is good. That means he has to rematch haye

[bluepete]

Stevenson awaits Bellew at any weight class and Bellew avoids the man who destroyed pencil neck Bellew via violent embarrassing KO. Bellew is a nothing.

That's a bit rough David.

[Travycat]

Lol gotta love Bellew. They need to stop interviewing him about this, though. Guy gives himself another round every time you talk to him.

[FrankieBruno]

trying way too hard to convince himself he won fair and sqaure

[muzzo]

Haye went in that fight injured,Haye is lying by saying that he was'nt,you can even see in his move around in the ring pre fight he put on his IG he wasnt bouncing on his right foot,credit to Bellew for boxing smart the first 5 rounds,showing balls and taking Hayes power but Haye was still up b4 the injury,a fully fit Haye and the fight would have went differently.

[Jkp]

Stop giving this moron attention and he will go away.

[Kilrain]

Yeah, sure you did, Tony. Presumably you still knew after the 5th round, even though Haye had been outboxing you and dictating from the centre of the ring before that.

Bellew actually shouted something at Haye when the bell rang at the end of the fifth, if you ask me it was frustration because he couldn't land a glove on Haye and was starting to gas himself.

The injury changed the course of the fight entirely. Prior to that, there was no sign of Haye tiring and he looked like he was content to keep Bellew on the back foot, look to take him out with a right but if the punch never came, cruise to a wide decision.

Tony acts like Billy big bollox but he was very cagey and defensive-minded until Haye's injury, that's the only time he sprung to life. And even then, he didn't look that impressive – lost the 9th round, didn't apply that much pressure, took him several rounds to get a one-legged opponent out of there. He never buzzed Haye once even after the injury, let's be honest, which is no surprise given he's a blown-up cruiserweight with a not especially impressive KO record.

If Bellew had badly injured an ankle, do you think Haye would have taken 5 rounds to KO him? No, he would have been blasted out in one or two rounds.

Hopefully there's a rematch. If Bellew believes he'd have won anyway, he should have no problem with accepting it and earning another £3 million+ payday.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Tony Bellew deserves credit for negating David Haye in the opening 5 rounds, but it was apparent to me? that David Haye was the physically stronger fighter, and during that 5th round he was starting to think his way through the fight! instead of just loading up on shots, with zero creativity (Paulie Malignaggi picked up on this change during his commentary).....

David Haye offensively actually produced better work, when he was injured! (And i think this was because, things just got real for him! he was being more creative with his attacks, and this technical fortitude impressed me)....

But overall as a David Haye supporter, he underestimated Toney Bellew! from a technical perspective, Bellew looked like the better trained athlete! (Haye trained for fitness, where as Bellew trained for an absolute war!)...

This entire match up has shades of George Groves vs Carl Froch I, and just like that match up? i think the rematch has the potential to be THE BIGGEST domestic heavyweight match up since Frank Bruno vs Lennox Lewis!

It would be great to stage this fight, in the millennium stadium cardiff! (Under the dome in the winter time!)......i am not fancying Goodison Park!

[removed]

The bomber got ya'll shook. Wilder don't want that work. Bellew outboxes him with ease and bombs him in the late rounds.