Haye-Klitschko: The Key to Victory for David – Pressure Wladimir
May 27th, 2009
By Chris Williams: For months now, David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) has been saying how he wants to get close enough to IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46 KOs) to land a big shot and knock the Ukrainian out in their June 20th bout at the Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen. I think this is the wrong strategy for Haye to be using on Wladimir, mainly because Haye really doesn’t appear to hit all that hard compared to the other heavyweights in the division.
I’d say that both Purity and Brewster are bigger punchers than Haye. Wladimir was able to take their shots for a certain amount of time before wearing down and getting knocked out. Haye seems to be going about this fight all wrong if he thinks he’s just going to go out and land a homerun punch and be done with it.
That kind of thing might work in the cruiserweight division against the dreadful opposition that Haye was fighting for most of his career, but not against a good heavyweight like Wladimir Klitschko. If Haye tries to knock Wladimir out with one punch, David will get hit with something on the way in as he’s trying to punch.
And if Haye does land something big, he’ll likely only anger Wladimir and cause him to fire back with a shot that will likely take Haye’s head off. The last thing that Haye needs with his glass jaw is to try and turn the fight into a war.
This is why Haye needs to back Wladimir with a jab and once he gets him to the ropes try to land some moderately hard punches to the head. Again, I wouldn’t load up with a shot because it won’t be necessary and it will only get Haye tired much quicker and knocked out when Wladimir fires back the first big punch.
In reality, Haye is only one step removed from the typical British regional heavyweight, and probably not even world class when it comes to the heavyweight division. Haye’s whole thing was his accomplishments as a cruiserweight over a handful of mediocre fighters.
When you take a British heavyweight that hasn’t been in with the top level fighters and then throw them in with a good heavyweight like Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko, bad things happen. Case in point, Danny Williams’ demolition by Vitali in 2004.
With Haye’s lack of quality opponents in his career, it is imperative that he doesn’t just try to bum rush Wladimir like an imbecile and get knocked out. Haye needs to try and be smart by focusing on gradually wearing Wladimir down rather than spazing out and trying a primitive attempt at knocking Klitschko out.
Haye needs to try and keep his fragile glass jaw protected in the early rounds as much as possible. Once Haye gets Wladimir to the 10th or the 11th, then Haye should try and go for the knockout, if Haye lasts that long. I doubt Haye will because he’ll try to take Wladimir out immediately and end up getting knocked himself.
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Froch is better than most given him credit for, not the most talented guy in the world but well conditioned with a good heart. By the way Arreola is fat and will get flantened by any decent heavyweight. The US can only put claim to having two excellent fighters in Mosley and Mayweather and lets remember that all of the good American super middleweights/light heavyweights avoided Calzaghe for years and finally got flatened by him when they needed a pay day.
Not even you Brits think Froch is any good just like none of us Yanks think JT is any good.Amir Kahn and that’s it.So sorry for but its a sad day in boxing for you Vrits.We have Arreola(who isnt that great but at least he’s a contender),Chad Dawson,Floyd Mayweather(who KTFO of Ricky Hatton),Bernard Hopkins,Kelly Pavlik,Andre Ward, and Kevin Johnson.You have Amir Kahn.LMFAO!!!
haye’s stamina is supect not his strength and he cannot pressurise vlad none stop for 3 minutes a round and not leave himself open. haye pound for pound i believe is one of the strongest punchers in the world. he has to be agressive but not reckless in his approach trying to get past vlads jab and land shots on the inside i think its going to be very tough for haye and perhaps underestimates how difficult it will be vlad just needs to do the usuall boring jab jab and more jabs to keep haye at distance and fininsh haye towards the end of the fight when he starts to tire. HAYE TRAINS FOR KNOCKOUTS he will not be trained to go through 12 rounds and will tire if he misses those big shots he throws. would love haye to win to make the heavy weight divsion worth somethin but i cant see it vlad to win by knockout late on round 10.
whos favourite?
David Haye cant afford to try pressure Vlad, he will eat Vlads jabs if he trys it and thats the last thing he needs.
In a perfect world Haye would counter Vlad but Vlad is a counter fighter himself and just can not be swayed to do anything else until his opponant is hurt.
I really dont know what tactics hes guna use, im stumped on this one.
Maybe the fact Haye hangs his gloves so low may be a little tempter for Vlad to open his gaurd for him but Vlad is so cautious i doubt it.
Klitschko will knock him out in the thrid round….without much fuss and after being set up with a great jab that will rock him before the knock out!
gud comment anthony i agree but maybe the 2nd
haye to destroy big ugly wlad in the 3rd round.
All im sayin is ill be traight in the bookies the morning after this fight, then i gonna laugh you guys off this page-peace.
haye will batter vlad…chris you will see hayes power when he knocks vlad out. but then will you put your hands up and say your wrong?…nope you will write some yank biased article about how vlad was over the hill even though hes been battering all of your heartless yankee heavys. hahaha your such a lil yank fckr who was probz sexually abused by his british step father…make the bad man stop, make the bad man stop hahahaha
The galling (t-shirt / crude language) Mr. Haye will not get very far with his flawed style of mastering opponents come the 20th of June. Haye will do what he has always has done in the past as a cruiser, come out swinging throwing everything but the kitchen sink, however this time Haye will run into a wall, a wall named Wladimir Klitschko. Unlike the walls of stone this one can hit back and then some. With the arrival of June Haye will have met his match in Gelsenkirchen with Haye having to realize glumly and too late that he is in over his corn row gussied up head with the likes of the magnificent boxing icon Wladimir Klitschko who will be more than happy to punch Haye’s lights out for the entertainment of the fans in attendance. 65,000 plus fans will applaud this triumph with merriment minus the lonesome little troupe of fans from the small island off the coast of Europe who will be once again reminded that successful boxing has its epicenter in the heart of Europe these days.
The Chris Bird fight was 3 years ago, are you telling me that Wlad hasn’t slowed in 3 years? Watch the the last three fights of his and show me the speed, it took a full 17mins for the right hand to move!!!!!!!
Haye being lighter has its disadvantages, but he will also have an advantage with faster feet.
Very few people that know boxing are giving Haye much of a chance, but as Magician says above, nothing is set in boxing, Haye has a chance to upset the odds here and he does have the tools to do it.
And another brilliant article Chris.Keep up the good work.
The Haye supporters have to hold on to the preminition that Haye is faster than Wlad because they wouldn’t have anything else going thier way.the fact of the matter is that Wlad is much faster than Haye and hits much much harder.Wlad has taken punches from boxers much stronger than Haye and walked through them for victory.This is a hyped fight and is gonna be an annhialation.Wlad wins out in every catagory.Speed,Skill,chin,strength,experiance, and heart all goto Wlad favor.This fight won’t even be close and after this fight the only fighter the Brits will have is Amir Khan.LOL…
A dummy dum dum, nice…
I think Brettchko, when two guys get in the ring nothing is for sure. We have all seen the upsets in the past, Tyson V Douglas, Smith V Witherspoon, Duran V Hearns etc..
You have to remember when Tyson fought Douglas he was 42 – 1 to win and lost.
Nothing is for certain..
M
haye is not faster than wlad. for real man go watch the fight with chris bird and watch the left right combo and tell me haye has ever thrown anything that fast ever man if you think haye has any chance here whatsoever then your a dummy dum dum
Pressure tactics are all wrong for Haye, he gives up to much weight, approximately 35lbs, in old money that’s 2 stone!!!
His chin isn’t as suspect as its being made out, nor is his stamina, but I would agree he doesn’t carry the same KO punch he had at 200LBS. His only loss came from being unfit on the night and punching himself out, two things h hasn’t done since. He has bounced straight back up from knock downs since, purely due to increased fitness.
One thing proven from the Barrett fight is that Hayes power shots aren’t effective on there own, it takes 4 or 5 on the trot or an accumulation over a period of time.
To beat Wlad, Haye needs to fight a more intelligent fight than just pressurising, he needs to be slick in avoiding Wlads left jab defense and slip his left hook as he moves in whilst at the same time, landing his own shots. Not an easy job given that Wlad has fought the same way for a while now and is very confident with it.
Haye is by far the quicker and he should be able to use the speed to his advantage.
Rather him than me!
What ARE u on about Chris Williams.
1. For Haye to fight a PRESSURE fight, he’s gna have to exept that he’s gona take shots. Haye can not afford to take too many shots.
2. His stamina is NOT his strongpoint. So he cud not throw punches for 3 minutes of every round.
3. He DOES have a knockout punch.
Haye knows whats hes gota do, n that is to be TOO quick, slip Klits jab and land his bombs.
Haye will KO the bum
Hayes stamina is suspect but he does have a knockout punch and Wladimir has a suspect chin as well as Haye, which means this fight is not as certain as some might think.
I have Haye as the underdog going into the fight but with Wladimirs chin anything is possible. I’m really looking forward to this.
M