By Joss Gooseman:

Cross Parallelism
Outside the ring, David Haye exudes the brashness and vulgarity of a Floyd Mayweather, but inside the ring, he is like Pacquiao in his explosiveness. But comparable only to the Pacquiao of old. He is the Manny Pacquiao version 1.0. The one punch Pacquiao.

Of which the style of fighting revolved on only one thing – landing that one single knock out punch. And when the opponent doesn’t give him the opening nor the opportunity to do so, he is in deep waters. In this aspect, one can see the brilliance of Feddie Roach. Developing Pacquiao from a one handed boxer to what he is now. He developed his right hand. He developed his uppercut. He developed lateral movements. He utilized his natural skill of foot speed by developing his in and out style of fighting, breaking down his bigger opponents. The upgraded Manny Pacquiao version 2.5.

The Man in the Corner
Freddie Roach has shown how to beat bigger men. That instead of the one single punch, one has to break them down gradually. And I believe that David Haye has the basic skills to do it. For a heavyweight, Haye is so fleet on his feet. He head movement and reflexes are so remarkable for a heavyweight..He can take a punch. His defense is exceptional.

What is lacking is the offense. A fighter can not, could not, and will not win fights just with defense alone. Nothing could be more obvious than that.

As Freddie Roach has shown, you cannot beat a bigger opponent with just a single weapon in your arsenal. You need more. A lot more. Pacquiao developed more. Haye should have developed more. By fighting on the outside, Haye fell into Wladimir’s game plan. He was firing his shots from out of his range, that’s why he has to lunge and leap with every punch. The Pacquiao of old.

Small target
What many people fail to realize is that there is one very good advantage of being small and fighting a big opponent. Being small, a fighter makes for a small target. and if we combine that fact to head movement, then one becomes a still harder to hit target. Mike Tyson in his prime showed that fact. Bobbing and weaving, he got beyond the jabs of his bigger opponents to get in range and topple them down.

The Big Flaw
It was not only the gameplan of Adam Booth that was flawed. Many people thought he was to take some hints from Wladimir’s fight with Brewster and Sanders and base his gameplan on that. Seeing the fight, it is so clear he did not.

But more importantly, it was the development of Haye as a fighter that is flawed. He has the the basic skills. He has the reflexes. He has the mentality and the heart. He has the confidence.

The big problem is, Adam Booth is no Freddie Roach.