Deontay thinks Haye should stay retired, but he’s willing to fight him

By Boxing News - 03/12/2014 - Comments

deontay5465By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KO’s) thinks British heavyweight David Haye’s recent shoulder injury is a result of the punishment that he’s taken since moving up to the heavyweight division in 2008. The 6’7″ Deontay sees Haye as a cruiserweight fighting in the wrong division, and he thinks Haye should stay retired rather than try to make a come back. But with that said, Deontay would be more than willing to fight Haye if he’s up for it. He’d also like to face British heavyweights Dereck Chisora and Tyson Fury as well.

Deontay has a big fight this Saturday night against Malik Scott (36-1-1-, 13 KO’s) in their WBC heavyweight title eliminator bout at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

“He [Haye] should listen to his body and stay in retirement,” Deontay said to the Metro. “If he did come back he may also have trouble winning back some of his fans who felt pulling out of those fights with Fury left a disgusting taste…I would also be happy to face him in the ring…I would be more than happy to face either Fury or Dereck Chisora on their own patch. It wouldn’t worry me because I know I can beat them.”

I agree with Deontay 100 percent. Haye should stay retired, because his shoulder problem is something that could very well continue to trouble him once he gets back in the ring and starts trying to fight. I mean, he might be able to beat some of the soft jobs he’s faced in the past, but if he gets put in with a talent like Deontay, Haye would be in for a world of hurt due to the huge bombs that Deontay would be exploding on his head. In looking at clips of their sparring session together, Deontay was literally clubbing a ducking Haye with right hand after right hand while he tried to cover up against the ropes. It was painful to watch, and I can only imagine what would have been the result if Haye wasn’t wearing head gear and if Deontay didn’t have huge gloves on to soften his blows.

Trying to get Chisora or Fury to say yes to a fight against Deontay could prove difficult, and it’s probably not even worth it for Deontay to waste his breath on mentioning those fighters. I can see them showing interest if and when Deontay captures the WBC heavyweight world title later this year, but not before that. I think Chisora will be weeded out anyway either by losing to Fury or someone like Kubrat Pulev or Alexander Povetkin. But Fury is someone that Deontay can fight in an optional title defense.

Fury likely will never become the WBC mandatory challenger, because the World Boxing Council tends to make their mandatory challengers fight top caliber opposition at the heavyweight level. This means that for Fury to become the WBC mandatory, he’d have to beat someone like Bermane Stiverne or Chris Arreola, and I don’t think he could beat either of those guys.



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