By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye’s trainer/manager Adam Booth says in an article at the Mirror that Haye needs a “well earned rest” after his 9th round stoppage win over 38-year-old John Ruiz on April 3rd. Why does the 29-year-old Haye need another rest for? Last time I checked, Haye had only fought four times in the past three years. Haye only fought once last year in 2009, and so far only once in 2010. Why does Haye need all these rest breaks?

The way that Booth talks, it seems like Haye is some geriatric fighter who needs to be given constant rest breaks to restore his energy. Come on, the dude is only twenty-nine and wasting his career with all these rest breaks. Haye doesn’t need rest breaks. He needs to start fighting more often, at least twice a year or ideally three times a year. Why would Haye need a well earned rest break after beating an old fighter like John Ruiz?

It wasn’t like Haye was getting hit in the fight. It was as one-sided a fight that I’ve ever seen. The only punches that Haye got hit with were ones where he walked into them because he was thoughtless enough to fight with his hands down by his sides instead of covering his glass jaw. Haye could have sparred himself a little punishment just holding his gloves up in front of his head instead of keeping them at waist level all night long. But I think its funny how Booth talks about Haye needing a well earned rest. Why is he pampering Haye and why is Haye wasting his time.

Haye needs to be stepping up and answering back IBF/WBO Wladimir Klitschko, who has called him out a couple of times in the past two weeks with YouTube videos. Haye at least could have gotten off his backside to put in a response to Wladimir’s messages, saying whether he was interested in fighting him. I doubt he will, but Haye should have taken a break from another one of his rest breaks to answer him.

The Ruiz fight was not a tough fight in terms of punishment. I don’t see how Haye needs a rest from that fight. And if you want to see this as reward for beating a top fighter, then I think Haye needs to get a clearer picture about the sanctioning bodies. Just because they have such and such fighter ranked at the top like Ruiz was doesn’t mean that the fighter deserves to be at that place as far as being better than other fighters in the division.

It just means that the WBA, for some reason, decided to rank Ruiz at the top spot, despite there being arguably much better contenders in the division like Odlanier Solis, Denis Boytsov Samuel Peter and Tomasz Adamek. Now if Haye was to beat one of those fighters, and it was a competitive fight, then I could see the need for a rest break. But if Haye is beating guys then why should need a rest? What Haye should be doing is speeding his career up so he can get in as many fights as possible before he turns 31, the age which he says he plans on retiring.