I'm going to a 50th birthday bash this evening but will be hoping to sneak into the bar next door for the big fight. It will hardly be a classic as "man fights bear," but I am a big fan of David Haye and this is the fight that could catapult him onto the world heavyweight stage. To do it, he will need to go for it and beat the Russian decisively. Valuev has used his size in 50 fights to avoid taking too much direct fire and he tires his opponents by smothering them. Haye will need to use all of his power and speed to get through to Valuev's midriff which sits where other boxers chins normally are. If he can get Valuev to bend forward he might be able to attack his head which looks uncannily like Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Haye is an engaging speaker and comes across as a good bloke. If you have ever seen him skipping, you will know that he's taking his sport very seriously indeed and that he has been waiting all his life for the title fight he gets this evening. Going one better than Evander Holyfield would give him genuine options in terms of challenging for other belts and possibly unifying the title once again.
If he fails, he faces following Audrey Harrison down the slippery path to an inglorious career although I believe Haye has too much about him to end up a laughing stock. My money's on David to slay Goliath and go to show us what he can do against ordinary sized heavyweights.
Once the public got a view of Valuev at he weigh-in they syarted backing him. Hate has drifted from1/2 to 4/6.
ReplyDeleteHis suspect stamina worries me but he is a dedicated pro & I am sure has worked on it. I guess it will have to be a points win.
I like Haye a lot but Valuev's sheer size worries me.
Haye is an offensive and cocky individual. His actions and comments are reminiscent of muhammad ali. When you back it up, people will accept your immaturity, however for Haye its both tiresome and annoying. In the current recesion actions like this are important for the public to part with their money. Tonight's fight is nothing more than a panto, so i suggest you do the honourable thing and stay at the party. Valuev is a genuinely nice guy but there is no place for him in the boxing world. Holyfield who is well past it thrashed him in his last fight, but for some miraclulous reason the points went valuev's way. Haye would have fought one of the Klitchkos if it wasn't for Setanta going bust, then we would have had a fight on our hands.
ReplyDeleteBut he proved his doubters wrong...not a unanimous decision, but the points came his way.
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