How Would Haye Have Done Against Vitali?
September 28th, 2009
Photo: Pavel Terekhov – By Scott Gilfoid: Okay, we’ve seen how Chris Arreola did against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko – getting stopped in the 10th in a one-sided fight from start to finish. How would British heavyweight David Haye have done against Vitali if it had been him in there with the big 6’8” giant rather than Arreola. Would there have been any improvement or would Haye have been knocked out much quicker? Perhaps there are a few people who think Haye could have actually beaten Klitschko with speed and power.
Haye didn’t look good in his bout against Monte Barrett last year in November and got dropped in the 5th round by a left hand from Barrett. It was ruled a slip but a lot of people disagree with that ruling and saw Haye knocked down by the weak punching Barrett.
I know Haye wouldn’t make it easy for Vitali. Haye would likely be in high gear, running around the ring like a track star to avoid getting tagged. If Haye was able to stay on his feet by running for at five or six rounds, I can see Haye getting kind of brave. He is, after all, kind of cocky and I think his self confidence would lead him into making tactical errors in the fight.
Haye would likely try some in and out attacks to see if he could land quick combinations like he did in his fight against Enzo Maccarinelli last year. However, Vitali would quickly figure Haye out and time him as he comes in and blast him with a big shot.
I think Haye might be able to take a couple of the punches without flopping around on the canvas, but if Vitali landed just right, Haye would be down counting stars. Without a knockdown or knockout in the fight, it would be hard, if not impossible, for Haye to win it because he doesn’t really have any boxing skills to speak of. His whole thing is built around knocking people out.
Because of that, Haye’s work rate is always low as he loads up with everything and throws few punches. With power punchers like him, they can’t throw a lot of punches because they quickly tire and lose their power. As such, they tend to hold back with their shots until just the right moment and then they explode.
Haye could explode on Vitali, but his punches would likely do little damage. Haye would then be forced to flee or trade. I can’t see Haye trading with Vitali, so he’d have to use his legs to run around the ring. One thing about Haye, he doesn’t move very well laterally.
More than likely, Vitali would catch up to Haye in a round or two, tag him with a big right hand and knock him clean out. There would be little suspense in the fight because it would be over so quickly. Afterwards, there would likely be complaints made about how Haye not having been prepared for a fight of this magnitude given Haye’s little experience at the heavyweight level.
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haye would hav a very good chance of beating vitali.much more than a chance than arrelloa.i think haye could win by ko.if haye beats valuev (which im sure he will)there should be a unification match between him and vitali klitchko
Why does everyone go on about Barrett dropping Haye in the 5th? I’ve seen the fight loads, and I’ve watched that bit over and over, and I can’t see the punch that put him down. I can see the one that flies over his head as david is already slipping and on his way to the ground, but I can’t see a punch that connects. Go look at it rather than saying stuff like “most people believe it was a genuine knockdown”. it’s on youtube, go look now, and tell me you can see the punch that connected. Then tell me Haye looks really stunned by the phantom punch too.
Forget Haye, isnt it time you wrote about Froch?!
Well lets put it this way Haye was stopped by a much older Carl Thompson(40 yrs old at the time) in the Cruiserweight division. Haye was more hurt then Chris was when Chris was stopped by 6’7″ Vitali. Chris with his broken nose wanted to continue when his corner thew in the towel!
So Chris Arreola who is A much better HW then Haye lost to Vitali, Imagine what Vitali will do to Haye! For Hayes own sake lets hope he’s still afraid of the K’s and makes up excuses keep runing away from the K’s!
If Haye realy wants to know and prove to us he can beat Vitali he needs to beat Chris and take him out faster and with more style then Vitali could!
I like Haye and I always wished that He should of foaght Vitali and Chris should of fought Wladamir! There styles would of taken the K’s Out!
But its wishfull thinking Haye is no match against any of the K!
I think if he fought the K right now he will not only loose but posably get seriously injured! I think no one could beat Vitali not even his Bro! Maybe in a few more years when his age really shows!
Vitali is a superb boxer and athlete with an enormous amount of experience. He made his last three fights look frighteningly easy.
He would have no problem with Haye in fact I think Haye would be knocked out and quite early. And dare I say it I believe Arreola would beat Haye
I look forward to a few more fights from Vitali and all with the same result. Haye simply isn’t in the same league.
I actually believe Vitali Klitschko is so much better then everyone else that he can choose how he wants to win.
Arreola vs Haye would have been a much better fight.
Haye would do much better than Arreola and I believe he would win. What you’re all forgetting is that Haye, as a cruiserweight, fought hard to keep down to the weight limit so he wasn’t as powerful as he should be. Now that he can let himself go and train to his natural body weight he can hit much much harder than he ever did at cruiserweight and also he will be tougher in taking shots due to this I believe.
Haye would stop Vitali…I can’t prove this but no one can prove me wrong until it happens so it’s a touché situation heh
Sorry but i’d give Hayes 4 round before it would be good night vienna he’s not big enough his chin not tough enough end of.
well said ananymous exactly true, scott isn’t a boxing expert he just slags off the fightres he doesn’t like and bigs up the ones he does like and gets everything muddled up ha ha he has no boxing knowlege.
I think if he gets tagged properly off Valuev then it’s game over. If he gets tagged properly off either of the Klits then its game over. I think he has the skills to avoid taking the big punches but as was mentioned in the article, Haye gets over confident, thats when he makes mistakes. Hope we are all shocked and he takes a solid shot and is still standing, then he can really rock the division!!
Good article, I have to agree with it. Im a big Haye fan and I really hope he does well and isnt ko’d and moves back down again. I reckon Hayes got the speed, the skills, the confidence, and the heart but I have a major doubt over his chin. I think his best tactics against any of the heavyweights would be exactly as he did against macrinelli, work at distance jumping in with quick combinations and back out again. I don’t think his power is going to be half as effective as it was as a cruiserweight, as in a ko punch but enough if he works his opponents.
it seems like you could be explaining the froch v dirrell fight here. dirrell comes in dances around, tries to come in and out with quick combinations with no effect, gets figured out and froch catches him with a big shot and knocks him out cold
scott, change the record you clown, arreola is a fat useless overhyped yank, he may as well have painted a target on himself, hes so static he made vitali look fast for a 38 year old
If Vitali moved that slowly, threw punches that slowly, and left his chin out to dry like he did agaisnt Taco Boy Haye would have a very very good chance of winning.