Byrd: Haye has a tough task ahead of him in trying to beat Wladimir
June 30th, 2011
By Sean McDaniel: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight champion Chris Byrd has his doubts whether WBA heavyweight champion David Haye can pull off the upset on Saturday night against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Byrd, who twice was beaten by Wladimir, thinks Haye will have to be extra special in order to beat Wladimir because of Haye’s limited size.
Byrd was beaten by Wladimir in a lopsided 12 round decision loss in 2000, and then beaten once again in a 7th round TKO in 2006. Byrd was never competitive against Wladimir because he lacked the height and reach to hit him with any consistency. Byrd and Haye are both about the same height with the same reach, only that Haye is much less skilled in terms of defense. Haye has the same problem that Byrd had during his career in that Haye doesn’t typically throw a lot of punches. Part of the reason is because he usually scores knockouts when he’s able to land with any consistency, but the other part is that Haye gasses out if he’s forced to throw more than 30 punches per round for any length of time. Haye isn’t built for long fights because of his heavy muscles on a small frame.
Haye will have problems trying to land enough of his pot shots to be competitive against Wladimir. With Haye showing a lot of movement, he could wear himself out while in the process of trying to keep from getting hit by Wladimir. Haye may also lessen his chances of scoring a knockout by moving a lot because it will take away his power because he’ll quickly fatigue and lose strength on his shots when he does have a rare opportunity to land a shot.
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almost time for david haye to let the bombs go…
Dobro
I agree with that.
Completley agree apart from this bit of rubbish: “heavy muscles on a small frame”. Cant go 12 hard rounds. Trust me Haye is fit enough, so long as he has not burnt too much nerous energy
Byrd said he was emotionally going with Haye. (For obvious reasons!)
Haye talks about a “new approach”in this fight.If that means for once he`s gonna fight with his hands above his knicker elastic and infront a that ludicrous goat beard he may have half a chance.But that fool has no defence and Wlad will smash the hell out of him,and i know he will.That comes from a BRIT for your info Harry.
If Haye tries to avoid Wladimir and pot-shot him like he did to Valuev, he will lose a 120-108 decision (or a late-round KO).
His only real chance is to keep coming forward like Rahman and Calvin Brock tried. The strategy works, but takes a lot of stamina, a lot of offensive variety, and the willpower to eat some big jabs on the way in. I don’t think Haye has any of these things, but maybe he’ll surprise us all.
Or maybe he’ll just run away for 12 rounds, take the giant paycheque he didn’t earn, and slink off into retirement.
once klit tastes some leather he will be shocked
until you get in the ring, and you start feeling the power, and he’s keeping the range, and he’s hard to get to. It’s a difficult task – exactly the same what Chagaev said. Haye will face reality when he’s in the ring alone, because now he’s a great champ and best in the world, but only in his own head.
Who knows better than Byrd? he got his fast A Ko Twice?
Some good points.