Will David Haye be a one-hit wonder?
November 11th, 2009
By Scott Gilfoid: Since winning the World Boxing Association heavyweight title last Saturday night using a boring punch and run style over WBA champion Nikolay Valuev, the boxing world has been going nutty over David Haye.
Haye actually made Camacho look good in comparison, as he ran laps around the ring trying to avoid getting hit by the light punching Valuev all night. It was more than boring. It was depressing because Haye had bragged long and hard in the lead up to the Valuev fight, saying how he was going to knock Valuev out and other such boasts. Instead, we got to see a boring fight that was completely off putting.
I would have liked for Haye to have looked good, because it would have given boxing a shot in the arm. Instead, we have many pro-Haye writers and the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions putting a positive spin on Haye’s fight and making it seem as if we just saw one of the most exciting fights ever. Please, the fight was boring and Haye hasn’t shown anything in his last two fights against Monte Barrett and Valuev that would lead me to believe that he is a threat to either of the Klitschkos – or an improvement.
If anything, I see Haye as much worse than the Klitschko brothers, because at least they throw 50-80 punches per round. Haye only threw about 10 per round last Saturday night. He never throws many and it’s always pot shots. Haye will throw combinations, but usually after he stuns one of his opponents with a shot. Sadly, Haye didn’t put his punches together last Saturday night in his win over the 36-year-old Valuev, who is clearly physically in decline.
This was Haye’s big moment in the sun and he failed big time in my eyes. People are saying how clever Haye was by boxing on then outside and making sure he didn’t get hit. Yeah, I agree Haye fought smart, but I thought he was supposed to be an exciting fighter to watch? That wasn’t exciting, was it?
I don’t care if Haye was American or what, I’d say he fought in a boring manner and I can’t see him improving much against more dangerous fighters like the Klitschko brothers. I hope he doesn’t lose his nerve and back out when and if the time comes to fight one of the Klitschko brothers. I wouldn’t even waste time fighting him if I was the Klitschko, not after last time. I’d let Haye show that he has the skills to remain a champion for at least two to three years, beating the likes of Odlanier Solis, Kevin Johnson, Alexander Povetkin, Samuel Peter and Eddie Chambers.
If Haye could beat those guys, which I don’t think he can, then I’d fight him but not before. I really see Haye as a one hit wonder and I’m not talking about his power. I mean I see him lasting as a champion about one fight. Haye faces John Ruiz next in 2010, and I think Ruiz will beat him by knockout.
If it goes to a decision, I doubt that Ruiz will get the win under those circumstances because Haye is now seen as a cash cow and it would be very hard to get the nod in a fight that ended up going to the cards. However, I don’t think Haye’s weak chin would be able to take Ruiz’s hard uppercuts and I see Haye lasting six or seven rounds before getting taken out by the former champion Ruiz. As such, I seriously doubt that Haye will ever get to the point where he’s in position to fight the Klitschko brothers, because I see him losing badly to Ruiz.
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PULGILE ITALIANO, MR STEWARD DID SAY ALL OF THAT, BUT YOU DID NOT HEAR MR STEWART SAY THAT HAYE WILL FEEL(SENTIRE) THE TRUE(IL VERO) HEAVIWEIGHT, {PESO}POWER,( FORZA}. PACE…AND AUGURI. SIGNORE GALLO
mr.gilfoid..please read this article here – http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=21873&more=1
emanuel steward was interviewed about his fighter wladimir klitschko and about david haye….
if you will notice,not once,..not even once did mr.steward say that wladimir can defeat haye.
he said “Well first of all, I think David is a danger for anybody because he’s a good puncher, with good speed and explosiveness. With the rest of the guys Wladimir can always control them pretty much easy because they didn’t have the speed nor the size, but in David’s case he has the size over David but the speed, David can match him.”
and that is coming from THE TRINER HIMSELF….
peace….and ciao.
how many world champions do america have ? lol fanny
Haye is going to have fighters such as Peter, Shannon Briggs, Boytsov, Tua, Chambers and other tough heavyweights calling him out and challenging him.
I wonder whether Haye will be brave enough to fight those types of fighters? Haye will soon learn how it feels when other fighters start to call him out, trash talk him and challenge him etc. What goes around comes around mr Haye…..
haye will be ko’d by klitschko
I box and i love the sport i respect anyone who dons the gloves and climbs through the ropes. With this i like to think i have a balanced opinion of fighters their skills and the fights that take place between two people who want to test their skills against one another after hard training dedication and a will to win. Therefore ill lay a months of my hard earned wage to fight mr scott gilfoid over 12 rounds!! i want you to understand the feeling of my glove connecting off your chin and then you may well be more apreciative the work thats given by these atheletes and boxers on the whole…from a real fan of the nobile sport whos tired of hearing your repetetive disrespectable bial.
A one hit wonder? If hed never even bothered stepping up to heavyweight hed of been a hell of alot more than a one hit wonder.
And in this division call him what ever you want to turn yourself on Scott, hes a world champion.
SCOTT, ENLIGHTEN US ON HOW HAYE SHOULD OF FOUGHT VALUEV. NO ONE HAS TRIED WHAT HAYE DID THATS WHY VALUEV HAS WON SO MANY FIGHTS. THE MAN IS TO BIG TO BE OUTBOXED BY A MAN OF HAYES SIZE. I AM NOT SAYING IT WAS A GOOD FIGHT, BUT WHAT HAYE DID WAS GOOD BEING SO MUCH SMALLER. VITALI KLITCHKO COULD OUTBOX VALUEV BECAUSE HE ALSO IS VERY TALL AND HAS GOOD RANGE. I DONT BELIEVE HAYE WILL BEAT VITALI BUT GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR WORKING OUT A STRATEGY TO BEAT VALUEV. ALSO WHAT OTHER BOXER DOESNT SAY THEY ARE GOING TO KNOCK THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF THERE OPPONENT TO WIND THEM UP OR SELL TICKETS. YOU YOURSELF TRY DOING IT ALL THE TIME ON THIS SITE. YOU WRITE ABOUT FIGHTERS YOU LIKE DOING GODS WORK ON OTHER FIGHTERS, AND THEN YOU MAKE ALL THE EXCUSES UNDER THE SUN WHEN YOU GET IT WRONG. SO DONT BE A HYPOCRITE.
I had a quick look around on google, seemingly Scott is boxing expert on other sites as well.And low & behold the ‘communities’ on those sites say that Scott is a 24 carat gold idiot as well
If Haye hadn’t broke his hand Valuev would have finished the fight on his back.
Hayes one of the most exciting boxers out there in all his fights except 2 its finished by KO. He always looks like hes going to win by KO or get knocked out himself.
Haye pound-for-pound hardest puncher in the world, only close challenger for that is probably Valero
You need to grow up and get a life.
Haye won that fight with one hand due to breaking it. He is a knock out specialist and if you have seen his previous fights you will know that.
Ali was a bad egg without a doubt, his affiliation with the lethal Nation of Islam was only the tip of the iceberg in regards to Ali’s extreme radical racial convictions.
Ali’s enablers made a hero out of a pugilist partly for the enhancement of self-esteem for Blacks of the USA and this was merely a small quantum of the government blueprint for racial integration along with busing, Affirmative Action and a host of other concepts to blend the races in America.
Much of the myth surrounding Ali today has nothing to do with the man’s real place in history or boxing, he was simply used like most of us for the greater glory and gain of the ruling elite.
u r a joke stop writing y c.nt u no nothing
Howierd isnt that what ali used to do??? or am i just being a thick american (im english btw)
I cannot for the life of me celebrate a fighter like Haye who to secure his ambitions uses lying, insult and all-inclusive obnoxiousness to reach his goals and then displays his boxing “talents” by boxing like a dastard in his very first heavyweight title fight. Haye promised wine he instead delivered water, a veritable profusion of water to the general chagrin of box fans worldwide.
Haye cares little for his fans, his every move is exclusively for the benefit of Haye and to hell with the rest of the world including his devoted fans who paid good money to watch him fight in Gelsenkirchen where Haye feigned a back injury to avoid a profound thrashing at the hands of Wladimir Klitschko.
Today Haye claims a “broken hand” in the second round was responsible for his meager showing vs Valuev. Next he’ll claim his back was broken in two places but somehow he managed all for good old England except he prefers quartering in Cyprus of course.
Forget Haye gentlemen, find someone else to give your favor to, someone worthy of your loyalty.
If Haye beats Solis, Chambers, Peter blah blah blah YOU would fight him ? Oh please.
Ruiz will knock him out you say ?
Go run your bath tard its a school night. And on the bus tomorrow don’t lick the windows
that artical dident make sence cuz i thought david haye fought a clever fight in his next fight he will dissmantel his next aponent
i hope haye takes a fight with jhnson or arreola, just any american
so tell me,how do you go on fighting a 7 foot giant with an 88 inch reach?go toe to toe?yeah,maybe a dumb fighter will do that…engaging an opponent who is a foot taller than you,and hundred pounds heavier is suicide.so he boxed smart,what’s wrong with that?…take note though that in the last round,he took 2 right swings which missed valuev by inches…looking at those “haymakers”,i’m pretty sure,valuev could have gotten hurt if they connected,….and valuev was wobbled by a haye LEFT HAND…which is NOT his money punch….give credit where credit is due.hay has power,and he showed that he’s got mobility and stamina as well.he did the right thing and got rewarded for it…ring smarts…it’s called “adjusting to a fight…adjusting to one’s opponent”…he was a different fighter altogether when he fought maccarinelli…i really should hate haye coz he beat one of our italian champions,fragomeni,but unlike you,i give credit where credit is due…are you really a boxing fan?…or just one of those…?you know what i mean…ciao.
scott u is A smelly fanny no good 2 any C.U.N.T
hahahaha
scott cant control himself
c.u.n.t u are scott!!!!!!!!!!!!
ha ha ha ur a bum c.u.n.t
u bare c.u.n.ting idiot
Scott, like the Greenday song F.O.D. Please F*ck Off and DIE!
Why the f*ck is this n*b allowed to keep writing articles everyone knows it wasnt a great fight but it was necessary to fight like that to beat a guy so big with a broken hand and ruiz his 37 and wont be quick enough to catch haye to knock him out and surprise surprise your backing a F**KING SH*T yank to beat a good quality fighter.
stupid F**KING YANK
Oh, for f..ks sake, Scott .. go see a doctor to get help with your delusions … please !!!!
You really are now poluting this site.
does this a!! hole make money writing this sh!!? what a waste of time. I mean i can’t make this stuff up if i tried. There must be something seriously wrong in his head for him to come out with this rubbish day after day.
other way about scott. haye will knock ruiz out. will u stop writing when he does. please
Scott, i’m sure your IQ is way below average. Everything you say everyone disagrees with and every prediction you make is wrong. How stupid can someone be. You say Ruiz will beat Haye just like you said Valuev would, you said Dirrell would beat Froch, he didn’t, you said Taylor would beat Abraham, he didn’t, you said Ward would beat Kessler, he probably won’t. Man you are soooooo thick. Does it not annoy you getting proved wrong time and time again. There’s got to be a point where you feel so stupid you just hold your hands up and say, man everything i say is wrong and all the predictions i make never come off, i’m going with the little dignity i have left before people actually start thinking i’m retarded.
Scott….Scott.
What are you still doing here?
You promised that we’d see the back of you if Froch won. Now please…show some conviction and honour that promise.
please a different article only ever super six bad mouthing froch and other europeans or david haye atm please coment on other fights cotto pacman? anything stop writting the same article
yoiuu have alrready written all of this in previous artticles, why do you keep repeating yurself??
dirrel did the exact same thing and your having a go at Haye for running? you utter disgrace go die you piece of shi t
UKanSodOoff you may well be right (although I think he was actually 41), but like a good teacher you remain patient with the difficult students and show them who is intellectually superior on the subject matter.
“If Haye is supposed to be the new breed of heavyweight, then I think I’m going to be sick”
If Scott continues to drag this subject out, like he did with Froch…….then I’m going to be sick.
As a boxing fan Scott and having superior knowledge of the sport compared to us mortals, what do you think about the up and coming Pac v Cotto fight?……..please note, I’m hinting at a different subject matter, plus I’d like to know where your’e placing your money…..so I can bet on the opposite fighter !
lol well wouldnt you punch and run he was 7 stone heavier and like 11 inches taller…he did what he had to and won give him some credit he could of gone all fists in but he would of got mauled.
mt goodness scott, u r an idiot. go play some netball or somthing
Ban me
Martin your wasting your time with Scott. Hes been like this since he was 39 when he found out WWE wasnt real.
If Haye was American you would be singing his praises etc etc…
He has previously effectively unified the Cruiserweight division and has 21 KO’s from 24 fights so how can he be a 1 hit wonder?
Comments on a couple of statements you’ve made;
“I would have liked Haye to look good” – no you wouldn’t because he is not American and you only support fighters from the US.
“Ruiz will beat Haye by KO” – another ridiculous prediction from Gilfraud that he will forget about at a later date and as usual not be man enough to admit it when he gets it wrong which given the frequency should be easy by now.
“This was Haye’s big moment in the sun and he failed big time” – he won the WBA World Heavyweight title in his opponents back yard with a damaged right hand in his 3rd heavyweight fight – how is that a big time failure?
Great article, now see if you can work it up your hole
im sure you said dirrell boxed really well when he ran, so why does haye’s performance suck in your eyes when they both did the same, please make sense for once scott
Ha ha hilarious! I had a bad day until i read this.
hahaha scott ur a joke
Adamfillingham: how is this allowed to continue?
Scott your such a funny man!!!!!!!!!honest.