McGuigan picking Haye to knockout Wladimir
June 29th, 2011
By William Mackay: Former featherweight champion Barry McGuigan is picking WBA heavyweight champion David Haye to stop IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko this Saturday night. McGuigan believes that Wladimir has never been in with a puncher that hits as hard as Haye before and sees it as only a matter of time before Haye lands one of his big shots on the chin of Wladimir to take him out.
McGuigan seems to have forgot that Wladimir has faced Corrie Sanders, Lamon Brewster, Samuel Peter and Ross Puritty during his career. Those guys appear to punch as hard – if not harder – than Haye does, and those guys were big punchers with both hands, unlike Haye, who is more of a guy that can only punch good with his right.
Lost in all of this is the fact that Wladimir can punch hard as well with both his left hook and right hand. What happens if Wladimir connects with one of his short and powerful left hooks or straight right hands on the chin of Haye? Wladimir may not use his left hook nearly as much as he used to earlier in his career, but he really hasn’t had to because he’s been able to dominate with his excellent jab alone.
But if Haye forces Wladimir into a war, we may see Wladimir dusting off his left hook and right hand and using them both much more than he’s had to in years. Can Haye take Wladimir’s best shots and keep coming? I don’t know. Wladimir punches harder than cruiserweight Carl Thompson and with either hand and we saw what Thompson was able to do to Haye once he started connecting in their fight in 2004.
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Boxing news.com needs you mike ,respect harry.
E knock powell had a right,out in the sea with them,and mike has well..hope you like water mike.
Old time fighters used to p!ss on there hands to make them harder,but mcguigan throught you hand to drink it,till someone told him it sould be on your hands,mcguigan said it taste better than that old peat whiskey iav been drinking back home..
In irish loop land when the fog comes down,thats the signal for robbing every c@nt,its got to be nailed down.
When you see a smell dirty gypo thats really an irish man.
McGuigan is a great pundit but does get a fair share of his fights wrong. He thought Khan would lose to Barrera.
Regardless, I think he is right about this one. Explosive power and movement are what will win Haye this fight. If Haye hasn’t finished it within 6 (which I expect), he will lose as he has NO gas tank. He’ll be a sitting duck for Wlad to boringly jab him to death and take a prolonged period to finish like the klitschko’s always do.
And the Irish were also responsible for populating a large percentage of the USA, I suppose that’s were the “thick” image of Americans comes from.
@ bearcat, who the hell are you, what have you ever done? Why are you always allowed to post your pathetic comments? Do you take it up the @rse from Gilfoid and Mackay on a regular? Just f¥ck off and die(t) you fat American tw@t.
Thats all the irish do is drink and talk bollo@ks,i forgot they rob you blind.
I remember vividly McGuigan saying hours before the Vitali/Hide fight this is just going to be Vitali acting as a punch bag for Hide.
Oh dear, oh dear. I bet he wishes he could eat his words. He may well be repeating history.
I hope so.
Check your facts people, McGuigan writes a column in The Mirror, he took Cotto, Clotty and Mosley to beat Pacquaio (“natural welterweights, too big”). Tell me what he predicted right. Nice guy, sh it for brains and we are both British.
oNE THING IS CERTAIN WITH THIS FIGHT,MANY WILL BE DISAPOINTED.
Barry waw a good fightter, I like him but his choice is Political….he would’t bet his bank on it.
@ Haroon, well said.
@ Gilfoid and Mackay, McGuigan is THE boxing pundit, rarely wrong, and for your information he picked Ward to win the super six before it even started…do you still disagree with him?
… Barry McGuigan is Irish how sad. Well Northern Ireland
i think age is a factor in this fight, and Haye has the advantage. in boxing those who are becoming old and aging are ready to retire.
All heavyweights have suspect chins. It’s HEAVYWEIGHT. Haye simply has less knockdowns because he’s had less fights, and most of those were at Cruiserweight.
Northern Ireland is not part of Britain but it is part of the UK. Therefore Barry is not British. I had this argument with a friend years ago and eventually proved i was right.
@bearcat ‘overblown drunk irish nothing’ youre talking about a former world mate champion mate who has been incredibly succesful. what have you done in your life? youre the nothing mate lol
@PH yh tob be fair to haye he has huge power in both hands he wobbled valuev with a left and dropped ruiz with a left hand as well
Barry=Britard
I read barrys article every week and hes wrong most of the time im British but haye has fought no one decent and cant take a punch himself he has behaved like a childish thug hope he gets the beating he deserves
McGuigan is one of the finest pundits in the game. He nearly always gets it right and when he’s wrong he will have covered himself by saying it’ll be a close fight… check his rep if you don’t believe me. It’s interesting that McGuigan is calling the fight this way. I think Haye will win too.
No power in the left hand??? Urhm check out the punch that made Valuev do a funny dance. Not saying Haye will win but writing this BS just makes you your opinion worthless
I agree with Mike. Let’s get the “Bearcat” to do stand up comedy. He’s great!
Have you noticed that only the Brits think Haye is going to win.
Have been waiting for seven weeks for someone who is “NOT A BRIT” who thinks Haye is going to win. So far no takers. I’m still waiting.
I dont hide the fact that I’m a david haye fan… But I could’nt pick a winner here…. I was 50/50…
That was until I read the thoughts of mackay, gilfoid and McGuigan.
Mackay and gilfoid get everything wrong, whereas mcguigan gets most predictions right…
Its just swung in haye’s favour.
Oh, he must be right, hes trying to push his book! He needs the publicity and credibility. God forbid hes wrong!
Ha ha! I forgot that Mackay and Gilfoid are the REAL experts here. Who is Barry McGuigan? What does he know? Clearly not as much as those 2. Boxing experts they are.
What did we see in the Carl Thomson fight in 2004? All we saw was an unfit and untrained Haye completely gas himself out while smashing Thomson all over the place. Haye was then stopped out of complete exhaustion, he wasn’t knocked down, wasn’t really even taking hard shots but he was out on his feet because he admitted himself he didn’t train properly.
As for this fight, whoever lands the first meaningful shot will immediately grab the psychological upper hand in this fight. Wladimir will go back into his shell even more than usual if he gets hit and probably end up getting knocked out, but if Wlad lands first it will mean Haye gets on his bike and tries to stay out of range, which will suit Wlad as he can wear him down over time with the jab and knock him out in the later rounds when he eventually catches up with him.
Your rationalising is extremely flawed, at very best !
When Haye fought Thompson, he was suffering from weight-drain and had not been taking the build-up seriously at all ( partying only two nights before hand, as reports had it ).
You also seem to be somewhat ridiculing mr McGuigan’s view – his knowledge of boxing is substantially better than yours at any time of day !
You keep goin on about ‘what if’ … But Wlad’s only chance is a really fast start and to try and catch david off guard – but I think Haye is preparewd for whatever comes at him, truly. As soon as Haye lands on Wlad, the fight is over.
Brittish. you can’t ‘see’ anything until it’s actually happened. Haye by Ko 7th rnd mark my words.
W.K. is a good boxer , but he is one dimensional and can be figured out. Trust me, Haye has a gameplan and will shock you all.
there sayin it cos there brittish im brittish and i cant see hate winning hes to small wlad by stoppage or ko in 7th
William Mackay… Barry McGuigan has probably forgotten more about boxing than you’ll ever know m8