Steward concerned with Haye’s rabbit punching
June 30th, 2011
By Scott Gilfoid: Trainer Emanuel Steward believes that WBA heavyweight champion David Haye’s talk of wanting to come out and blast IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko out in the early rounds is a pure bluff on Haye’s part. Steward sees Haye as being all about theatrics and drama, saying that Haye’s showing of a southpaw stance in yesterday’s workout in Hamburg was more of the typical drama from Haye. Steward is concerned, however, with the rabbit punches that Haye has a tendency to throw in his fights.
These are my thoughts as well. Haye won’t come out left handed because he would be taken out quickly by one of Wladimir’s straight hands or left hooks. You have to be working on stuff like that for a long time before trying it out in a fight. When guys do switch to southpaw, they don’t have a lot of success, even the really good fighters. They’re better off without making changes. Haye looked uncoordinated when he practicing out of the southpaw stance at the workout. If he does this in the fight, he’s asking to get knocked out a lot earlier than he would otherwise be.
This is what Steward had to say about Haye’s rabbit punching: “He has thrown an excessive amount of rabbit punches in all of his fights, beating his opponents in the back of the head. So I think it could be a rough, physical fight.”
It sounds like Steward is resigned to the fact that Haye will be throwing rabbit punches on Saturday against Wladimir. Hopefully, the referee steps in and puts a stop to this by disqualifying Haye if he gets out of control and starts going rabbit crazy. We can’t have Haye knocking Wladimir senseless with rabbit shots.
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What’s up Doc?
hail king haye…
oh yeah i can see how a fighter with a 3-4 inch height advantage, a two stone weight advantage and an advantage in strength would be worried about having his head pulled down and clubbed round the back of it by a much smaller man. Haye will have a job reaching wlads chin so any thoughts of him punching the BACK of klitschko’s head are unfounded and wide of the mark.
I AM JOHN Q go stand in the corner
tell the truth mate! steward actually said that he is wary because “wlad hasnt fought anybody with the self belief and winning mentality david haye has for 6 years or so” how could you twist it that much?
bow down to the new king david haye the new man in town
The more rabbits = the more Pizza !
Easy as that !
He will come out in the ring, with a Nero haircut. We’ll put a little wreath around his head for effect!
Plain an simple= Wladimir is bigger stronger,., hits harder more experiance. anyting ghaye trows at wladimir will have no affects what so .ever. Pizza face coming up mates ha ha
Q —- The fighters Haye has rabbit punched have not held so ya there could be rabbit punching without holding
wladimir will brake his pencil neck, just like all you Pencil necks Britards. Ghaye is going on a hay ride.
Haye is British trash
The moaning about Wladimir’s holding is completely overblown. He’ll definitely grab Haye if Haye lunges at him repeatedly to get inside, but Wladimir knows by now how to grab a guy without getting warned for holding. And he’s essentially stopped leaning on fighters as a tactic.
The way Wladimir fights now, no referee in the business is going to take a point away from him, let alone disqualify him.
Rabbit punches and low blows are a different matter. If Haye puts Wladimir down with a rabbit punch, most referees will take a very dim view of that. Rabbit punches are not considered equal to holding.
Each fighter is trying to prime the referee to look out for the tactics of the other fighter. An experienced referee knows this talk is inevitable before any big fight, and will ignore it.
I think Wladimir wins but excessive holding is illegal aswell right? Lets see if the referee DQ’s Wladimir if that gets out of hand.
jonny boy haye fans have no fear, you know this
tell wlad to stop holding then, if he doesn’t hold then there shuldnt be any rabbit punches
I hope Haye rabbit punches the sh@t out of him
Real champs never complained about rabbit punches from an overhyped cruiserweight.
haha they will be wanting haye to come in with one hand tied behind his back next fear is rising in klits camp.
i hope he knocks him out with a rabbit punch, Scott would be sickened
the fear in klits camp must be really kicking in now
See you back on this site on Sunday scott when you will be stuffing your face with humble pie.