Will Haye Make Excuses When He Loses to Wladimir?
May 25th, 2009
By Chris Williams: In looking at how David Haye has come across as supremely confident about being able to knockout a “boring” IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, I’m wondering what Haye’s behavior will be like if he’s beaten by Wladimir? I don’t know why but I get the sense that Haye is the type that will start offering up immediate excuses after the loss rather than kissing Klitschko’s backside like he should be doing after a loss.
If Haye does give Wladimir any kind of credit for the victory it will likely be a backhanded compliment, something along the lines of “Klitschko’s height and reach was too much for me. If I were his size, I’d have destroyed him.”
That’s so sad when fighters like Haye resort to coming up with make belief excuses, as if the victory doesn’t count because of Wladimir’s size advantage. If that was the case, then why fight Klitschko at all? It’s like Haye will get credit whether he wins or loses to Wladimir, and won’t take the responsibility for having been beaten by a better fighter than him.
I suspect that Haye will pull his ace excuse out of his back pocket when he’s beaten, saying “I should have prepared better for Wladimir by fighting some other heavyweights before taking on the best heavyweight in the division.”
Gee, you think so? Haye’s lack of heavyweight experience no doubt will be an important factor in his June 20th fight with Wladimir, because Haye decided to fight only one heavyweight before facing Klitschko, and unfortunately for him the heavyweight was Monte Barrett, a fighter that I consider a 2nd level heavyweight. Haye will get what he put into this fight.
He prepared poorly by fighting no one and will get bad results because of this. Hopefully, Haye learns from his beating and focuses on trying to see if he’s good enough to beat good heavyweights before moving up to great ones like the Klitschko brothers.
I’d like to see Haye come back from this loss to fight heavyweights like Kevin Johnson, Chazz Witherspoon and Kali Meehan. You’ll noticed that I chose some flawed heavyweights, but in Haye’s case that’s what he needs right now to prepare himself to fight better fighters like Wladimir and Vitali.
Ideally, Haye needs to start from the bottom against the worst heavyweights that can be found and then move in a step by step progression upwards. However, due to his late start at heavyweight, Haye can no longer afford to go about learning how to be a good heavyweight the normal way.
I wouldn’t want to put Haye in with any quality fighters like Alexander Povetkin, Alexander Dimitrenko or Chris Arreola because Haye will very likely get knocked out again and that wouldn’t help him at all. So what we need to do is put training wheels on Haye and let him inch forward with baby steps so that he can learn the skills that he needs to compete against the best in the heavyweight division.
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Don’t hold your breath for an apology from the writers on here, its blatantly obvious that there are a few anti-British guys who like nothing more than to rile and rattle cages.
No muzza,I’m Irish,from Horse Trading stock.
Russian/Ukraine,whats the difference!! I can’t see Haye lasting too long,he’s shorter,lighter,and after watching his last fight against the american,he was very nearly dumped out of that fight.
Don’t misunderstand me,if haye doe’s catch the lad from the Ukraine,it will become very interesting.
1 he isnt russian and 2 hes gonna win cant wait 4 u all 2 eat ya words
Liam hes not Russian hes from the Ukraine and are you American by any chance??
I beleive David Haye will be knocked out by the russian.
Haye has a chin made of fine china, and that will be shattered, during the midsection of the fight.
The russian will be too big,too strong, will tie haye up,frustrate him,and then knock him out.
I’d like to see him win,but as they say,”a good big un,will always beat a good small un”.
chris you dont like david do you you are so going 2 be shocked!!!!
Scott, your articles are amusing.//
klitchko is a force to be reckoned with.
But, as Haye says, he is very beatable adn Haybe can BANG! it will be a close match but i take haye to win by tko around 6th round….we will see, do we get an apology for your bias article after haye wins?
Like we did NOT get an apology after froch beat taylor! funny that isnt it chris!
I have totally respect for Haye, for fighting WK. Haye is less experienced than WK. but i dont see haye losing so easily to WK. WK is taller but haye has been sparring with boxers taller than WK. i am sure Haye is well prepared to get into the ring and give a good show to the world and show that the Klitshko’s are beatable.
Haye will give WK problems in the ring on the 20th, i hope haye wins and wil b ready for the VK. but all in all, its going to be a great boxing show, after tyson-lewis.
And if Haye wins will all of you haters be back on here making excuses for Wlad?????
Ridiculous article, predicting something thats not set in stone, Haye has as much chance as any other Heavyweight at beating Wlad. If Haye loses, he will admit he was wrong and likely retire knowing he wasnt capable of clearing up the division as easily as he thought.
And Adam, the contract will be void should Haye lose, meaning he wont be fighting Vitali, or one of the uncles!!!!!!!
He already has started making excuses. Why do you think he is always complaining about Klitschko’s style? Because in David Haye’s bizarre world of boxing, the champ is supposed to fight the way that the challenger wants which is utterly ridiculous. Wladimir is the champ and it is Haye’s job to TRY to make Klitschko fight his fight, not the other way around.
Every great fighter does it. Hollyfield knew Tyson liked to charge across the ring, so in round 1 he was waiting for him and it set the tone of the fight. Sugar Shane knew Margarito would always come forward leaving himself open for Moseley’s quick hard right hands, so Shane absolutely dominated Margarito with superior hand speed and accuracy.
So, come on, Haye. If you are as good as YOU say you are, make Wladimir fight your fight or prepare to pay the price and get KTFO.
Haye has never been one for excuses as far as i remember. Whether win or lose hes honest about everything.
He may have the T-Shirt, he may call the Klitchkos boring but hes not wrong and at the same time he also shows them alot of respect, admits to this being a huge challenge and even admits that if he gets lamped with a good one hes goin down.
Some of you may get stiffys over the bad taste of the T-shirt but in reality its a T-shirt. But other than that, If Haye loses he will put the defeat down to exactly what beat him and not any nonsense that you hope for him to come out with.
Chris Arreola lol. We will see how good he is when he fights Vitali and gets his fat arse Ko’d
I THINK HAYE CAMP SHOULD HAVE PAID LENNOX LEWIS TO TRAIN OR SPAR WITH HAYE.THERE BOTH BRITS AND TO GIVE HIM THE FEEL OF HOW IT WILL BE IN THE RING WITH SOMEONE WITH SIZE,POWER AND EXPERIENCE.
Well done Chris. Very wise article.
Voice from sunny Russia.
He (Lennox) was born in Britain and had a British passport so we can call him a Brit. I love all of the Haye haters here as it makes the fight all that more interesting. I agree Haye is / has been very mouthy and sometimes distasteful, Vitali & Wladimir are the best of the current bunch which isn’t a huge compliment but aside from that they are good guys, always polite and respectful of any fighter.
That for me is where Haye has made a mistake, he could have said all that he has but without the T shirt, without the rudeness. In the UK we had a fighter called Frank Bruno, he was okay, he was never going to be a great but we loved him for the simple reason he was a gentleman. Tyson in his early days was a soft gentleman outside of the ring, granted an animal inside it but none the less he showed respect.
If Haye wins I truly hope he shows some humility and respect to Wladimir and if he loses I hope he again shows respect and apologises for the bad mouthing. I doubt he will though?
Regardless what looks like a boring unimportant fight has now become something I cannot wait for.
M
i agree with you rick. english boxers get no respect i remember when honey fought curry even after beating him up and totally outboxing him the commentator was acting like the cut was the only reason lloyd won the fight. its typical but its because the brits like to powder puff certain fighters who can sell tickets thru easy fights then when they get a live opponent they come unstuck, see hatton, khan, bruno……but there are and have been real top boys from england like honeyghan, calzaghe, marsh, watt i’m not sure whether or not to categorise lennox as brit tho
wow! not only have you totally written off haye you’ve even decided to rile his behaviour after a defeat that hasnt come!!! firstly wladimir is not the top heavy his brother vitali is much better. secondly i think its a pretty even match up haye can punch, wlad can punch and both have suspect chins. i reckon haye will beat wlad and lose to vitali but lets wait and see….
And what will your excuse be if Haye does knock him out seen as though you’ve already written him off in the same way you did Carl Froch.
Very good article Chris.Although you have to remember,after Haye gets his face beaten in,he’ll have to go take another beating by vitali before he does anything.He’s not gonna be able to run with his tail between his legs beacause he will be raped in the ring and in court.that’s what he gets for disrespecting the world Champs.