By John F. McKenna (McJack): At the risk of alienating all of David Haye’s British fans I am going to tell it like it is. David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) was a disgrace Saturday night at the Imtech Arena in Hamburg, Germany. The only good thing to come out of the fight was the fact that it brought about a revival of interest in the heavyweight division. Whether or not the interest in the heavyweights is sustained remains to be seen.

For all the trash talking, bad mouthing, smack talk and name calling that Haye did to diminish Vladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) as a fighter, the “Hayemaker” fell far short of delivering on any of his pre fight propaganda. During the “fight” Haye fought scared and for the most part seemed to be interested only in self preservation. Klitschko added Haye’s WBA belt to his IBF, IBO, WBO and Ring Magazine belts.

For Wladimir Klitschko it was another dominating, if somewhat boring victory over an opponent who really did not appear to belong in the same ring with him.

In the build for to the fight, Haye repeatedly referred to Klitschko as boring and casted insult after insult at Wladimir who, though annoyed, always seemed to retain his composure. It must be pointed out that the blame for the fight being boring must be laid squarely on the shoulders of David Haye. As HBO broadcaster Larry Merchant stated several times, David Haye did not engage Wladimir Klitschko.

Haye made the fight boring as he repeatedly backtracked in an effort to avoid putting himself at risk by attacking Klitschko. Wladmir nailed Haye with a good right hand in the 3rd round after which David retreated even more into a defensive posture.

What was most annoying about Haye’s performance however, was his apparently pre planned “fall downs” that significantly detracted from his already lackluster performance.

In an effort to get sympathy from the referee, every time Wladimir got close enough to grab him Haye fell down. In one of the “fall downs”, which at times became theatrical, Haye was able to have a point deducted from Klitschko. As the fight progressed, the “fall downs” continued to the extent that they became an embarrassment and I lost count of them. The “fall downs” eventually backfired however and the referees patience became strained. He called one of the “fall downs” a knockdown and began counting.

Evidently the continual “fall downs” were another part of David Haye’s and Adam Booth’s strategy to win the fight with Wladimir Klitschko at all cost, even if it meant winning by a disqualification over Klitschko.

Wladimir Klitschko won a dominating performance against David Haye, but it goes without saying that he again did not fight with enough aggression. Emanuel Steward could be heard in between rounds exhorting his fighter to apply more pressure. For his part Wladimir appeared to be satisfied, in particular because the Klitschko family now holds all the heavyweight title belts. Vlad stated that he would have liked a KO, but that Haye fought scared and it is difficult to score a KO against a fighter who is in a defensive posture.

In the post fight interview David Haye dug a deeper hole for himself by using the excuse that he had broken the little toe on his right foot preventing him from pushing off when delivering his “Hayemaker”.

Nice try David, but no one is buying that excuse!