By Scott Gilfoid: Former two division world champion David Haye has serious doubts whether fellow Brit Tyson Fury will ever make it into the ring to challenge IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Haye suspects that the 6’9” Fury won’t go through with the fight.
Haye ultimately sees Fury instead going in another direction by facing another opponent rather than stepping good in the ring against a guy he can’t beat. Haye feels that Fury hasn’t been fighting guys that actually hit back, and he’s not fought someone as big as the 6’6” Wladimir.
“Fury’s not good enough to beat Klitschko,” said Haye to thesun.co.uk. “He’s never fought anyone that size or who can really punch back.
I agree with Haye. Fury isn’t good enough to beat Wladimir. About the only chance the 26-year-old Fury has of winning this fight if is Wladimir gets old overnight and is no longer able to pull the trigger on his shots. We may have seen some of that in Wladimir’s last fight against Bryant Jennings last April.
Wladimir won the fight, but he looked terrible throughout He wasn’t letting his shots go, and when he did throw punches, his accuracy was horrible. Both Wladimir’s timing and his ability to throw punches seemed to be compromised. His work rate was incredibly poor compared to in his early 20s. If you watch some of Wladimir’s early fights from the mid-90s and compare him to how he fights now, it’s abundantly clear that both Wladimir’s work rate and accuracy has taken a tremendous hit from what he was earlier in his career. That could play in Fury’s favor if Wladimir can’t get his shots off due to age.
Haye was easily beaten by Wladimir in 2011 in losing a 12 round decision. But Wladimir was a lot better back then than he is now.
“It’s heavyweight boxing and you never know, but I’d bet a lot of money that the fight doesn’t actually happen. I can’t see him getting in the ring with Klitschko,” Haye said.
I think Fury will show up for the fight because he’s an ego, and he probably really believes that he’s got the talent to beat Wladimir. Fury has to take the fight because he can’t continue to put off fighting for a world title for ages.
I mean, it won’t get any better for Fury because WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will be looking to win all the belts, and once he has them, Fury will have little chance of winning a world title. Unlike Wladimir, Wilder is young, can get his shots off, and isn’t afraid to let his hands go. Fury has got to take the fight with Wladimir now.
The way I see it if Wladimir connects with anything at all, Fury will bite the dust for the 10 count. If Wladimir fights like he did against Jennings, then he’ll lose the fight. That version of Wladimir would get outworked by Fury and maybe even stopped due to the sheer number of shots that he’ll be hit with.
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