Booth thinks Solis will beat Vitali, says this is why he wants Mormeck for Haye
January 24th, 2011
By Sean McDaniel: In a recent intevrview, Adam Booth, the manager/trainer for WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s), explains why he wants Haye to fight 38-year-old Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s) next instead of WBA heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) . Booth feels that Vitali might lose to Solis in March, and because of that Booth wants Haye to go after the short, slow and old Mormeck, who has looked absolutely horrible since moving up to the heavyweight division in 2009.
It looks like Booth is just giving an excuse to dodge Vitali and take the fight against the old and shot looking Mormeck. Haye already proved that he could beat Mormeck by stopping him four years ago in 2007. Mormeck has badly deteriorated since then and doesn’t look like he belongs in the heavyweight division. This would be another easy fight for Haye if he does end up facing Mormeck instead of one of his top challengers. Haye is supposed to be fighting his number #1 contender Ruslan Chagaev. However, Booth is saying that fight doesn’t look like it’s going to happen because of Chagaev’s supposedly had hepatitis B diagnosis. But even if that gets Haye out of having to face Chagaev, he should then be expected to face the number #2 challenger Denis Boytsov instead of skipping to the number #8 spot to face Mormeck. Haye already had optional title defense in his last fight against 39-year-old Audley Harrison. A fight with Mormeck would be like Haye taking two optional defenses of his title in a row. I don’t know how the World Boxing Association could agree to this.
As far as Solis beating Vitali, that’s not likely to happen. Solis is going to have problems with Vitali’s size and reach. This could be another blowout win for Vitali. However, it matters little, because it appears that Booth and Haye want no part of Vitali and will continue to avoid this fight until Haye retires later on this year if he’s telling the truth about wanting to retire at 31.
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Burnett vs Solis, Long vs Solis, Both opponents exposed Solis. See Youtube! Olanier may have been a good amature in Cuba but dont forget he only fought 3 rounds at a clip. Hes not conditioned to go the distance, never has been! Not a knockout artist. No head movement. Instead of a title fight he should have gone up against Povetkin, Adamek, Boytsov, Cgagaev, Peter or Haye first.
Even if Vitali should lose vs Solis (wich I highly doubt), then Haye vs Vitali would still generate loads more money and would be a much better fight then Haye vs Mormeck.
But Haye and Booth has alrdy got exposed long time ago, anyone with a brain can see they are milking the title while doing everything they can to avoid the brothers.
Boothe is clearly lying.More and more excuses.there just aint no excuse for this dodging the best.
I’m a Haye fan but he is ducking certain fighters and booth is far to full of himself!
The thing is no heavyweight of the generation will have a real legacy as there division will be known as the worst heavyweight peroid ever.
So get fighting big guys if you want to get respect!
@ Rich C, Boothe(Haye’s manager said it to the press in a interview )It was also repeated by the French boxing council
@PATPUMP, some HAYE FANS(NOT ALL MIND YOU) swallow anything Boothe and HAYE CHOOSES TO FEED THEM.A nd find any all excuses and rationalizations to defend him.Some Haye fans but on blinders to actual facts and just run with what ever they can grasp at to defend HAYE.I finf hilariouS Haye even stated to the press”I WILL NOT FIGHT WLAD ON JULY 2ND IF HE FIGHTS CHISORA IN APRIL” I mean it came from Haye,he said right there that he is pulling out of the fight.But Haye fans still say it was Wlad who pulled out.And wlad has stated that the July 2nd date is still open for Haye if wants it.And to defend his choice of Mormek,well I give up its pathedic.
Oh come on now ………is there actually anyone that believes what Booof says.
If Solis is serious about his career, he should employ a sports nutritionist and shake off some of his flab. He is talented, but is physical appearance is so unprofessional. He needs to shape up to something approaching an athletic look or Klitchko is going to beat him real badly. There’s no excuses for being a lard-ass.
give booth hope susanna . . . hope susanna . . . hope susanna. there is an outside chance for solis to beat Vitali, but the logic falls short when naming, mormeck????
Everybody thinks tha anybody can beat the K brothers and none do ……its called Dreaming
tell me this is not true,im sure wont be buying this one.i had a few beers when i payed for the last fight,and im still trying to get my money back.
And no, I pick Povetkin and Chambers at the very least to beat Haye. He punches in flurries then runs around in circles, trying to regroup. That would be fine, except he cant punch and move. A fighter with a good chin and a high workrate wears him down and beats him. Haye looks exhausted after 3 rounds, cant throw a decent jab, and has a weak chin. I suspect many fighters in the top 10 beat him, but those 2 are almost locks. A fighter who runs in circles and doesnt have a great jab, inexhaustible stores of energy, and a good chin is a knock out waiting to happen. Some fighters get away with it because they have 2 out of 3. But not 0 for 3.
Thomas there is no evidence that the K brothers have ducked good opposition. Where do you get that???? Who have they ducked? Vitali fought 3 top 10 guys his first year back and was the underdog in the first 2 fights. Vitali fought Peter, then 3 in the world, without a warm up fight after a long layoff. Vlad fought 2 top 5 guys in a row, then signed to fight another in Povetkin and he backed out, so he fought Peter, the hardest puncher in the heavies. After his fight with the brit, hes signed to fight another top 5 guy. Where do you brits get this….? Valuev and Ruiz were always untouchable because of Don King. You had to sign with him to fight them. But neither of them has ever been considered very good—both have had a time in the lower half of the top 10, but thats it. But they are both slow, weak punching, and predictable. (By the way Haye has fought one ranked fighter–Valuev at 8. None of the others were in the top 20. What he is doing is unprecidented in heavyweight history.)
Well if Solis wins, Haye can look foward to a whole new fighter to duck.
listen vitali is gettin on abit we all know this..theres a gd chance if he got caught he wud go down and not get up some1 will beat him eventually if he dosnt retire after a while…but how can booth say this his fighter has fought a few 38 yr olds and is tryin to fight another thats so so many years younger the vitali ey…lol ive just give up on this guy..david cameron is lookin a new spin doctor maybe he shud put in his resume for it
“vitali is gonna look like austin”
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Did you see Austin fight Wladimir?
Austin is a hopeless case, which is why it was so disappointing to watch a skilled fighter like Solis unable to finish him.
Solis would easily have finished Austin in 3 rounds if he had been in reasonable shape.
What do you think about rigondeaux vs casey?
Fair enough Mao…
If im wrong ill apoloyise to all of you,but i hope you do the same the 20th of march to me bro if my fat boy like some people call him ko your giant,vitali is gonna look like austin,and come on ,brigg was fighting kliscko with his hands around his knees .Solis dont fight like that but anyway,lets way and see,maybe im wrong or maybe you are,all the best.
@ mao : Sure go ahead and pick the underdog everytime and eventually you’ll be right. Then you’ll come on here and say what a genius you are. But when you’re wrong, you disappear.
After the fight, when you are wrong, will you come on here and admit you just don’t know as much as you wish you did?
Mao, looks like you need to lay down a bit and drink some water, all that south american sun went straight to yout head. Vitali will DESTROY him. Remember my words. Solis is no Briggs, that head is coming off.
Solis is taylor made for Vitali. It will just be a replay of Peter or Briggs, but shorter. Solis may have skill, but he is an easy target to hit, and he lacks power. Not a good combination when going up against Vitali……….
Mormeck than Hollyfield than retirement as undefeated HW has to be a plan.
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Than back after 2-3 years, after K. are out of picture.
Vitali wins by KO!
Alot of people who dont have a clue about boxing,that never have been in a ring with a sklillfull cuban boxer keep going saying Vitali is gonna kill solis.Im telling you all,Vitali is gonna lose this fight,He hasent fought no one like Solis,he has been waitting for this moment for a long time and he s gonna do to Kiscko the same he did to Ibrahimo,Haye and the big,powerfull felix Savon,boxing is no a modeling contest,boxing is about skills,Vitali is good,strong,tall,very powerfull puncher but when you compare his boxing skills against Solis,guys Come on only boxers know the answers.
I was a fan of David Haye when he was fighting at Cruiserweight and when he moved up to the Heavyweight division i thought he would be a breath of fresh air. He was talking about David against Goliath and how he was gona slay the Klitschko’s and i thought that he was gona try but since then all he has done is run his mouth but hasn’t backed it up. Okay, he fought Barrett 1st and who can blame him, he needed a fight to get used to the weight thats fine, then he went after Valuev’s title which you can understand because it gives him more stature going after the Klitschko’s if he has a belt but since then then he has been an absolute joke. Fighting an over the hill Ruiz(so what if it was mandatory) and that disgrace of a fight against Harrison. He has clearly been ducking Vitali because Booth knows that Haye probably won’t be able to hurt him and was going after Wlad. He has had plenty of chances to make the fight but hasn’t. Now Booth thinks Solis will beat Vitali yet he wouldn’t let his own fighter anywhere near him, so he must think Solis is better than Haye and instead of making the fight with Wlad he is talking about fighting Mormeck instead. WTF? Adamek, Boystov or Chaguev (outside the UK) would be a bigger fight just to name a few but Haye has turned into an embarrasment to his own fans and fans of boxing. I’m sick of the guy now and wish he would just F off and retire!
I am the other anonamous ,but we have the Haye sideshow figured out,pretty simple .Fight no one and have no risks.I would challenge him to fight at least a johnson or chambers.
The WBA should force Haye to fight Ruslan Chagaev or strip him of their title, then he would have to face a top rated challenger.
Booth and Haye are conning the casual boxing fans who don’t know any better.
This is sad. Being a Haye fan is impossible. He will do everything he can to avoid any decent fighter. Forget Povetkin, Chambers, Arreola or Peter. Haye will never fight any of them. Of course, forget Vitali. Haye will even avoid a fight with Holyfield. Haye fans: How can you be fan a fan of Haye, when he continue to pick all the worst fighters? Haye is the probably the worst heavyweight of all time. I find his avoidance behavior very insulting.
Simple wlad and witalli are the best heavyweights on the planet who have faught or tried to fight everyone,Ademek ,povetkin,chageuv are on the next level down unless you have faught and beaten the above ,you are not anywhere near the best.
Wally , stop going in circles with everyone is to blame, july 2nd sign the contract or go fight mormeck, PATHETIC.
@Anonymous – no you’re not banned, I see your comments
but seriously, people have been saying this for over 2 years now – “when Haye fights a serious contender I’ll give him some respect” ok – so who is a serious contender? what does Haye have to do? Haye fought Valuev to get his title, you cant hold that against him really, he then fought Ruiz as mandatory and it was a good fight, you cant hold that against him either, then he cashed in on Harrison – I’ll fully let you hold that against him, but it did generate interest in boxing in the UK, which is not a bad thing.
I think if he doesnt fight one of his top 3 contenders it is a joke, but will the haters really care if he beats any of them? will he get respect for it? I suspect not.
As I’ve previously posted tho, if he fights Mormeck again, I wont be supporting him with my money this time on PPV or going to watch, cos it is a backwards step – if he does fight Chagaev, Boystov or Povetkin I’ll pay for that.
As for the comments about him losing his belt – well you could say the same about Wlad. He’s fought who he’s had to fight, he’s made money from fights as well and fought cr@p opponents same as Haye, only difference is he’s been doing it for longer at HW. It’s just a shame that the reality is Haye is probably too good for most of the HW boxers bar Wlad and Vitali who would give him a very good fight, the Klits kno this as well – so they all play a game and avoid each other. BS if you think it is all Haye, you clearly dont read all the facts of the last few years, but everyone is to blame.
I think Vitali will beat solis if he can box the overwieght cuban,which we already know he can ,but solis will not be an easy fight for the first 7 or8 rounds,V.K. will have to be at his best and he ususly is.Booth is in it for only his cut of the money makeing.He has handled Haye through a lot of contraversial matches which were not special unless you are a Haye groopie.
I am still confused how the WBA even ranks Mormek at number 8.It is almost as confusing as to how did Ruiz get the WBA mandatory spot 3 times.The WBA MUST HAVE A MAGIC RANKING SYSTEM ! Seriously tho, this fight is inexcusable.It is as bad as fighting Holyfield.
im a uk fight fan but find haye embarrassing he plans to retire this year why is he fighting bums? its not like he can claim its a tune up fight.
vitali will take haye out anyday..and both booth and haye know this
After his fight with Audley harrison,Vitali called out David haye,on tv,radio & magazines.Not a whisper from DH.
Now that Vitali has a fight (he has to take) now DH says he will fight Vitali.
My guess is after the Solis fight DH will be in hiding again until VK has another opponent signed.
Quite a few people are saying that odlanier Solis will beat Vitali.
I hope after this fight they will give vitali his due.
I’m English and even I am embarrassed of David Haye and the British medias portrayal of him being some sort of hero.
Haha I’ve paid for all haye’s fights if he thinks I’m going to pay for mormeck he has got another thing coming. Haye already knocked him out!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! booth cracks me up. I actually want this fight to happen, hopefully then the british media will start to see haye for the fraud he is.
On the other hand why doesnt haye fight the winner of solis vitali? Both are better opponents than haye thats why
Haye is nothing without the klitscho brother, so bye bye legacy, it is a disgrace that haye even has a belt, but that’s boxing politics
If Haye fights a Klitchko brother and wins, I will give him some credit, but he and Booth make excuses to avoid them and try to make out it’s their fault. Neither side are blameless, but the K-Brothers are far more established than David Haye and they have the right to a bigger share of the purse.
Valuev was not a great heavyweight by any means and two mediocre defences against a washed up Ruiz and no hoper Harrison is not a legacy to be proud of.
After the last Hayes v Harrison farce where Audrey on cue fell to the canvas!!!!!! who give’s a fu<k what comes out of the Hayes camp.
Booth wants Mormeck because he knows he is another easy touch for Haye who has already KO’d him for the cruiserweight title.
When Haye fights and beats a credible opponent, I will stop criticising him.
Am I banned on this site or something?
Booth wants Mormeck because he knows he is another easy touch for Haye who has already KO’d him for the cruiserweight title.
When Haye fights and beats a credible opponent, I will stop criticising him. Haye should go and fight a Klitchko brother and quit the lame excuses, because they have long established themselves on the heavyweight scene. Haye has yet to prove himself.
His fights against the lumbering giant Valuev, the washed up John Ruiz and the no hoper Harrison prove nothing.
Go and box a live body David and get some credibility.
Shut up, Booth.
So now we’re supposed to believe that Vitali is too easy an opponent for Haye, and that’s why he’s chosen the much more fearsome Mormeck?
Good luck milking the casual English fans for a few more million…