By Dave Lahr: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) thinks that WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) will want to avenge the loss of his brother IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) after Haye destroys him in their upcoming fight in June or July.
Haye said this at the sun.co.uk: “When I humiliate Wladimir, take his belts, hurt him physically and mentally, Vitali will have to put this monster who destroyed his brother in his place.”
I hate to say this but that’s exactly how this is all going to play out. Haye is just too quick, too strong and too tough for Wladimir on the inside and that’s where their fight is going to be fought. Wladimir isn’t going to be able to fend off Haye with his jabs more than a few seconds before he’s in close pounding Wladimir with power shots in the 1st round. I think this fight might not even make it into the 2nd because Haye has a much superior inside game than Wladimir.
Hugging and holding won’t work for Wladimir in this fight. It’s going to get him knocked if he tries his clinching games with Haye. After Wladimir’s gets knocked out by Haye, Vitali is going to get angry and want revenge for his family. Vitali will end up hurting himself by trying to knock Haye out. You have to fight smart to beat Haye, and take a certain amount of punishment. While I think Vitali can take Haye’s shots on the short terms, he’ll not be able to land his own punches and will end up tiring out and getting hurt like he did in his loss to Chris Byrd in 2000.
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