Haye: Fight Against Vitali Is Close
July 5th, 2009
By Erik Thomas: British heavyweight David Haye (22-1, 21 KO’s) is saying that a fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is close and feels convinced that the fight will be signed and he be fighting the older Klitschko brother on September 12th. This is good news for fans of Haye, who will finally get their chance to see whether Haye has the actual talent to back up his words.
While other boxing fans felt that Haye simply lost his nerve when it got close to fight time with Wladimir. I seriously doubt that Haye would back out because of nerves, although I can understand why some people might feel this way about Haye, because when he had a chance to fight a top heavyweight in November 2008, Haye picked an easy opponent in 38-year-old Monte Barrett to fight rather than facing a more dangerous heavyweight.
I suppose it’s the equivalent of Wladimir Klitschko hand picking someone weak to fight. If Wladimir had crowed long and hard for a month beforehand how he was going to be fighting a dangerous top 10 fighter like Haye had done, and then picked out B-class fighter, he would have been ripped apart by the boxing media.
However, it won’t matter once Haye gets his shot at Vitali, whether it be deserved or not. Haye will finally have fought a good heavyweight and if he’s able to pass that test then he’ll get a lot of credit and probably become the most sought after heavyweight in the division.
Haye, though, isn’t doing himself any favors by rushing into the fight without a warm up or two against some credible opponents. A good opponent for Haye to have fought would have been someone like Eddie Chambers, who just defeated Alexander Dimitrenko.
It might not have been a fight that would have prepared him for a fight against 6’7” Vitali in terms of fighting someone of comparable size, but it would have kept Haye busy and would have given him and fans a good indication as to whether or not Haye belongs in the heavyweight division.
Vitali, 37, needs a big named opponent to fight and with Haye he gets exactly what he’s been searching for. Haye might not be as popular as he could have been had he chosen to wait a year before fighting Vitali and instead fought a couple of top 10 fighters, but then again Vitali would be a year older and who knows how much longer the injury-plagued Klitschko can fight before his body gives out on him completely.
Vitali had been considering fights against several potential opponents with Haye, Chris Arreola and Nikolay Valuev being the top three names that he had been thinking about. Valuev might be slightly tainted because of his poor performance against Evander Holyfield in December after beating the 46-year-old Evander by a 12-round majority decision.
Arreola, 27, has fought mostly no named fighters and has been having problems with his weight in his past few fights. He’s actually been looking worse instead of better in the past year as a heavyweight prospect and needs to show some more improvement to get boxing fans excited about a Klitschko-Arreola fight.
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I know Haye doesn’t deserve this fight, I know Haye will most probably lose this fight, I know Vitali is so much more likeable than Haye.
But i can’t help thinking how much more interesting the Heavyweight division would be with Haye as a champion, as well as how good it would be for Britain.
david hay is a skillfull fighter! its fighters like klitschko brothers that makes hevey weight boxing shit! hay can bring new life 2 heavy/weight boxing ! evander hollyfeild was said too be too small but he made up 4 it with speed and a good chin and giant heart! haye is best we have right now! please dont put down heavy weights as its seen great fighters like ali forman /tyson/lenox/frazer/bowe/ and manymore! i understand its dieing abit now but a new era will soon be hear! (s starr)
haye has the skills but not the chin to beat either klitshko.
why do you clueless americans insist on giving your opinions on everything? you make youselfs look stupid, it’s no wonder every other nation hates you.
america rocks, whoa yeah, usa usa.usa
boring tho brett,effective but like watching robots
ahhh!you guys just think it sucks cuz the klits. are in there.
i love the hw div. i love watching the two bros. kick everyone butt.
they are much more superior athleits than any hw ever!
fast ed though he looked realy good if he can keep from getting knockt out and take wlad all 12
he would still get beet but it would be a good fight on paper!!!
At the end of the day who actually cares,heavyweight is worst division and is gettin worse by every defence of so called titles
gratulations to eddie. did a great job.
i always knew alex dont have the balls to fight with the big guys.
as a ukrainian i am ashamed of what he showed saturday.
the last 5 guys for the klitschkos.
haye, povetkin, arreola, valuev, chambers.
in autumn will be haye and povetkin. this will be a slautherfestival.
dowswedanje.
I say that Haye is a candy ass suckie baby. He is not a heavy contender. Fast Eddie Chambers just blew past him. The only thing great about Haye is that he
has a great mouth and thats where it ends.
That fight was bull
bitter yanks if he was one of yours he would be refreshing and the next best thing but he isnt so all we get is blah,blah,blah why do we have keep listening to these no nothing yanks…..
This will be exciting to watch, i commend Haye to go after no.1 which many boxers today do not.
haye dont deserve this fight but here we go anyway, its going to be interesting i am a huge vitly fan but he is getn older and haye dose have power so it will be interesting fight
if vitaly can cut himself down a bit and work up his speed then haye has no chance, pluss vit. can graz u with a shot and put you on qweer street so it will be inter. to see how hay deals with that.
pesonally i think wlad, is a much more danger. fight for haye cuz of his pin piont punching and fast stiff jab, but i have seen vitaly get his strait right moving fast as hell to so one of those on the chin and its night night for haye
I think Vitali struggled slightly with Gomez’s speed… Haye is faster, more athletic and powerful than Gomez so Vitali may just have his work cut out.
Yes Haye has a weak chin but how often does it get hit? If haye boxes with his brain he can win this one… if he tries to do a hatton and come out all guns blazing (which i have a feeling he will) I can see him getting sparked v.early.
I dont think winning is enough for Haye, he wants to do it in style and he wants the KO. I hope he does…but i cant see it happening
Ivan, you need to go back to school sucker.
really want to see this fight happen.i rekon david haye will win and cause a huge upset
Not only haye’s fight against Vitaliy is close! haye’s DEATH IS CLOSE!!!
Very well written. I do hope the fight comes to fruition. Regardless of how he fares, with the sun setting on the careers of Messrs Hatton and Calzaghe, this would be a more than welcome focal point for British boxing.
Dangerous fight for Haye, but hope he wins! I think Vitali is past his best, but its still risky for Haye. Come on David!
Everybodys sayin Haye has more chance against Vlad. Im not so sure.
Vitali HAD a stronger chin, he aint really been punched in about 5 years. And Vitali doesnt have the water tight jab defence that his brother does.
I personally dont think Haye would beat either brother but if i am to believe he has a chance against Vlad then i have to believe he has one against Vitali too.
It may only take 1 shot to put Haye out of the fight but until that happens Haye will be throwing fast heavy bombs from angles that you wouldnt know were coming. Either brother has not had that to deal with for a long time in this stale division.
Haye may not beat Vitali but give hime some credit for having the balls to try, this site regulalry criticises fighters particularly europeans for taking soft fights now he gets slagged for wanting the hardest one!! granted he will make millions but thats business.That apart at least it will be entertaining and boy does heavyweight boxing need it , I cant think of many heavyweight fights I would pay to see , most are fat and slow with little real boxing talent . eg Chagaev- white Tyson !! in his dreams, at his best Tyson would have had him out in the first round.
haye stands more chance against the weaker wladimir but haye hits hard and fast and it will be interesting too see if vitali will be able to cope!!on the other hand vitali has shown a great chin and proved against lewis he has the stomach for a battle so this is definatley the harder route for haye but too be the best you’ve got to beat the best and vitali is numero uno in my eyes!!!
haye njo chance with vitali vitali will beat him to death haye in a big mouth and he need a good lesson so i hope vitali will give one.