Boxing Results – David Slays Goliath: Round-By-Round – Haye-Valuev
November 8th, 2009
By Peter Wells: So there was no big knockout, no Haye wearing out down the stretch, just a good, not particularly exciting but a fight that kept you on edge. Despite the doubts Haye out boxed Valuev for 12 rounds straight despite only winning a majority decision. Haye may have fought at a slower pace, but it was the sensible option and he didn’t go rushing in for the knockout. Haye though was so very close to stopping the ‘Russian Giant’ in the last round and wouldn’t that have been a great picture for the front page. I have to give Valuev all respect, he threw more punches than ever before, and was much faster coming forward, but when he had David against the ropes he just didn’t capitalize. The ‘Hayemaker’ won by scores of 116-112 twice and 114-114.
Round 1: David started very light on his feet, moving about avoiding the jabs coming from Valuev, but throwing some on his own mainly to the giant torso of the man mountain. I fought it was a very hard round to call and nothing of any significance was landed I called it an even round.
10-10 Even
Round 2: David worked much better getting more confident, throwing much more punches and making Nikolai miss on many occasions. Near the end of the round David landed a solid right hand to the forehead of Valuev followed by two punches to the body, but the giant just shook his head unfazed by the flurry.
10-9 Haye
Round 3: For the first minute once again nothing happened, then Haye got through with another solid right round the side which Holyfield had found out that you can get through with hooks to the side of the head. Valuev got back with a few jabs, but once again Haye just nicked it with that big overhand right.
10-9 Haye
Round 4: Valuev started much stronger straight away landing two jabs, Haye caught Valuev with another one-two to the forehead, but Valuev landed enough jabs on Haye’s very exposed chin to win the round.
10-9 Valuev
Round 5: Valuev once again caught Haye early on with a double jab, but Haye fought back catching him with another right hand, but near the end Haye was caught on the ropes and got away without any serious punishment, David ended with another neat one-two but Valuev once again just did enough to scrape it.
10-9 Valuev
Round 6: By far the most entertaining round so far in the fight, Valuev kicked off well again but Haye caught him again with a big right hand, then David was caught for a moment on the ropes, before volleying back with another stinging right hand.
10-9 Haye
Round 7: Now the fight started sizzling, after a slow start, Haye caught Valuev flush on the chin coming in, then came in with another quick right beating Valuev by a mile, then ended with a double flurry shaking the huge head of Nikolai.
10-9 Haye
Round 8: Valuev looked stronger this round, almost catching David on the ropes again but the ‘Hayemaker’ was too quick and stunned Valuev a couple more times with that solid left-right round the sides, David had now totally forgot about the body and was landing big dangerous punches to Valuev’s head.
10-9 Haye
Round 9: A complete dominant round for Haye, he caught him flush with many rights and lefts, and Valuev just couldn’t catch him at all, one fantastic right hand knocked back Nikolai’s head before a couple of left hands rocked him back again.
10-9 Haye
Round 10: This round was a lot quieter, Valuev land the more jabs and Haye only got through once or twice with his left right.
10-9 Valuev
Round 11: Once again a slower paced round, Valuev looked desperate trying to hold onto Haye, but got caught with a right hook as David came away, Valuev used his jab well but couldn’t land any effective punches.
10-9 Valuev
Round 12: Valuev caught Haye with a good right but was caught himself after, Haye landed four punches in a row then ended with a short, sharp left hook which had Valuev all over the place, David tried to finish him but Valuev held on before being clobbered by another right hand. Huge end for David.
10-9 Haye
Final Result: 116-113 Haye
Valuev has earned a lot of respect from me and is a great sportsman, and as Haye said, he’ll be a world champion again soon. As for Haye he proved a lot of doubter wrong last night and deserves to enjoy every second of it.
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Articles here and in other forums said before the fight that Haye will be destroyed by the Giant Valuev. I wasn’t surprise at all from what happened because a)Obviously I picked Haye to win. b)John Ruiz got robbed against Valuev and Chagaev also beat Valuev. c)Haye was going to be blazing fast to that slow man, how in the world I would have gone with Valuev when all favored Haye??. Common guys, it’s not a thing of being giant and/or powerful, it’s a thing of being the better and smarter out there. If you picked Cotto because of his power and size you will lose your money.
The whole fight was worth just seeing that last round. I wish Valuev would have gone down. Well done David. His power and speed will cause problems for any heavyweight
ROOTS – Do we really have to go over the Dirrell – Froch fight again? everyone has had there say, now lets just leave it at. For the sake of it I thought it was going to be a draw. Also, I was very impressed with Dirrell on the night. As for stereotyping the British, the majority of us like Mayweather, and believe he could go clean up the Welterweight division IF he wanted to.
Try and base your arguement/debate on the boxers themselves, not just there nationality, or there fans nationality.
I was very impressed Dannyboy. I didnt think Haye could cope with the size of Valuev, get caught in the corners and on the ropes and generally be his usual wild self.
Yet he was discaplined to the letter, showed good movement and footwork and DID show that he has the power at this level.
Haye wont face somebody that slow again, but then he wont face anybody that big again.
Im sure hed of attacked more had he not had the injury too, Haye will be a much harder worker against any other opponant.
Hes still got stuff to prove but i think hes certainly made the statement that hes a force at this weight and would be a challenge for a Klitchko or other top contender after all.
HAYE WON THE FIGHT,HE SCORED WITH MORE PUNCHES IN EVERY ROUND THAN VALUEV.BUT ANYONE WATCHING THIS FIGHT WHO WAS´NT BRITISH WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT HAYE RAN THE WHOLE 12 ROUNDS.DIRELL HIT FROCH WITH 10 TIMES MORE PUNCHES THAN HAYE HIT VALUEV.BRITS ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT HOW BORING FIGHTERS LIKE MAYWEATHER AND DIRRELL ARE FOR POT-SHOTTING,YOU CAN´T EVEN SAY THAT HAYE WAS POT-SHOTTING,HE WAS THROWING 3 PUNCHES PER ROUND.IT IS OK FOR BRITS(HAYE AND KHAN) TO RUN ALL NIGHT,BUT NO ONE WHO IS´NT BRITISH.YOU PEOPLE REALLY HAVE A GOD COMPLEX.
*I was very shocked to say the least.
I watched the fight in the pub with my mate. Both of us have previously boxed amateur and watch a lot of boxing. So when it came to the final bell, we were both unconvinced he did enough, even though the whole pub was going crazy. We knew he landed the better shots all night, but to get a decision in Germany, well I just didnt think he could do it.
That was until some random pubgoer came up to us and screamed “David slayed the Beast.” It was comical at first, but two seconds later the last judges score was read out. I was very shocked to say the last.
I think I must be about the only person who was actually very impressed by Haye last night. Giving up seven stone, almost a foot, damaging his hand AND rocking Valuev badly in the twelth. This against a guy who has never been visibly hurt and had only lost once in 50 previous fights. That to me is actually pretty awesome. I’d be worried about Haye fighting Vitali though, whom I think would have easily stopped Valuev. On a slightly unhappier note, I backed a Valuev win and lost £50 quid last night. Oh well.
116 to 113 was spot on peter.
Was Haye’s performance really that much better than Holyfield’s? did not see anything that would indicate that Haye is a threat to either of the Ks. He fought a smart fight, but he was unable to make a statement. Granted that fighting Valuev will always be awkward, but I still would have expected more from someone who claims to be the savior of the heavyweight division.
“…just a good, not particularly exciting but a fight that kept you on edge”.
nonsensical
Congratulations should go to David Haye for fighting very cleverly , and on behalf of boxing fans i want to thank him for removing Valuev from the WBA belt.
However everyone knows that you can only be called the true heavyweight champion until you beat a Klitschko brother.
Valuev is a tiny fraction of what Haye would haveto deal with if such a fight ever took place.
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Ben ur right you cant compare to Froch Dirrell
Thats the only way Haye could win and did very well imo
Haye was in control the whole fight, more than ive seen any other boxer control Valuev, he showed at the end he has the power, if he hadnt hurt his hand hed of shown it sooner and maybe Valuev would of fallen for the 1st time ever.
Because there was so little action goin on between either of them i was worried that the aggressor would take the rounds. I personally had the exact same card as Jim Watt and thought Haye and Booth had got thier tactics wrong and had not pushed enough.
But the judges acknowledged Valuev was hitting thin air and all the actual power punching was coming from Haye.
His choice of keeping on the move is the only option you have against Valuev so as boring as it may of been thats all he could do if he wanted to win. He aint guna face another Valuev so im sure he will be able to stand and fight more against anybody else, including a Klitchko.
i don’t know what people expected last night,coz to me haye’s performance was spot on.you cannot stand in front of valuev and expect to win chngaev showed the blueprint and haye followed it to perfection.i’m glad not just coz i’m english but the heavyweight division needed this it’s been stale for years.
yeah Robson you’re right… so there must be another diffrence but I don’t know how… or I scored it wrong when watching, or I had some other diffrences. I guess I just counted wrong and should have had the 115-114 like you mentioned
Hey ROB,
if you had scored the fight you said, you got a 115-114 for Haye and not an even.
greetz
I had it dead even. Although Haye threw the nicer punches, Valuev threw the most and was the most aggressive. Haye was always on the run and always backing up. Although I was hoping for a win by Haye, i still believe the fight was a draw.
Alan stop writing in text talk it makes you look thick as mince. Your content is good but the tsxt talk lets it down.
Valuev was the agressor so i was nervous when they read the scores, but after watching this fight a second time and ignoring the commentators persistance that Haye wasnt doing enough I thought Haye was the worthy winner.
We also cant compare this to Froch v Dirrell as Froch hurt Dirrell on a number of occasions, whereas Valuev barely landed a single shot all night.
Thanks Rob, i no what you mean with round 1 and 3, they were very close rounds could have gone either way.
as u wud see in other articles i thort haye wud win by late stoppage i ad few quid on him at 25-1 but it went the distance.the fight cud of gone either way.i did,nt think he wud get it as u have 2 convincally beat the champ,but haye got it cus is more colourfull and he is ppv material young exciteing.this is great 4 the heavyweght div,ther will b sum great fights 4 him out ther.1st is ruiz who haye will KO.
Nice article, I had the fight at 114-114 even… I scored almost the whole fight the same, only had the first round 10-9 to Valuev and the 3rd 10-10 even. But I’m not disputing the result, because of the better punches from Haye during the fight. Now let’s hope Haye will fight ‘real’ contenders and maybe we’ll see a unification bout with one of the Klitchko’s so the brothers can have all titles.
Also,
Anyone who tries to compare haye and dirrells performance are deluding themself.
Dirrell and froch are the same height and weight. Haye was giving away 1 foot in height and 100 lbs in weight.
You cannot compare the 2 fights.
Isnt it funny how people saying haye would get knocked out are now saying:
“Wow so he beat a paper champion”