What kind of damage could Haye have done to Wladimir?

By Boxing News - 01/09/2011 - Comments

By Scott Gilfoid: In a way I’m kind of disappointed that the heavyweight unification bout between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3. 49 KO’s) and WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) won’t be doing down. I would have liked to have seen the pure hell that would have erupted once Haye started teeing off on Wladimir with some of his prize winning rabbit shots. Can you imagine the damage Haye would have done to Wladimir had this fight actually gone down?

With Wladimir’s need for constant clinching, it would be like leading the fly to the spider. Haye would be waiting for him and with all those opportunities to tag Wladimir while he’s in a clinch, I can’t see Wladiir lasting long against Haye. Not that Haye would be able to knock Wladimir out with legal shots, because I think he wouldn’t be able to do that, at least initially. But once Haye lands one of his mind numbing rabbit shots while Wladimir is trying to clinch, Haye would then be free to throw everything but the kitchen sink at Wladimir while he stumbles around trying to grab a hold of Haye desperately.

I would expect Haye to land two or three more beautiful rabbit punches to set Wladimir up for the coupe de grace, which would probably be an uppercut while Wladimir is leaning forward trying to grab Haye. The controversy for this bout would be whether the referee would have the wherewithal to disqualify or penalize Haye for the rabbit shots. If the referee is paralyzed and slow like the referee that worked Haye’s fight against 38-year-old John Ruiz last year, I would expect Haye to get away with the rabbit shots and end up knocking Wladimir out but creating controversy after Wladimir’s camp and loyal fans protest about the rabbit shots.



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