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Haye Continues His Pursuit of Wladimir Klitschko

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wladimir425791.jpgBy Eric Thomas: British cruiserweight David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) continued his dogged pursuit of a title match with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (51-3, 45 KOs) in a recent press release, bragging about weighing 232 lbs, a comment made to let Klitschko know that the former cruiserweight Haye was plenty big enough to compete with him in a heavyweight clash. When Haye confronted Wladimir not too long ago at one of his charity events, Haye was told to “gain some weight” and “get in line” behind the other heavyweights that are waiting for a title shot against Wladimir.

Haye has since gotten in line and has been vaulted to a ridiculously lofty #5 ranking in the WBC, all without having fought a fight at heavyweight in over 15 months, although that still doesn’t put him in line for a shot against Klitschko, who currently holds the IBF and WBO titles, not the WBC. Haye, 27, hasn’t announced who his next opponent will be, likely to take place in November, but it could possibly be former WBC heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman. And, though Haye has been proudly spouting off about his progress on gaining weight to fill out to heavyweight form, its unclear how well he’ll do when absorbing punishment from a hard-hitting heavyweight like Rahman.

Is David Haye a True Heavyweight?

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hayes5555.jpgBy Nate Anderson: The more and more I see of David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs), I think he’s not really cut out to be a heavyweight. His 6’2″ frame seems still far too smallish to achieve what he’s trying to accomplish by moving up from the cruiserweight limit of 200 lbs. Although there are some decent smaller heavyweights in the division like Monte Barrett, Lamon Brewster and Brian Minto, Haye doesn’t appear to even as big as those fighters. Recently I saw him on Setanta Sports with Steve Bunce and Haye looked a little larger than he had while fighting as a cruiserweight, but mostly he just appeared plain fat, with a noticeable gut on him.

With three months to go before his fight on the Vitali Klitschko vs. Samuel Peter undercard on October 18th, he still has time to put on some size, but I don’t see how it will make him anything other than a small heavyweight. To be sure, it’s difficult to put on 30-40 lbs of muscle in a short time like Haye is trying to accomplish, and probably even harder to be able to use the weight effectively that is put on in a hurry. In Haye’s case, he needs to gain a lot of weight before he’s able to compete with the top heavyweights, and if he’s at all serious about taking on a top contender in his next fight, he’s probably making a fatal mistake in doing so. He’s had big problems when facing opponents that can take his shots, as evidenced in his fight with Giacobbe Fragomeni in November 2006.

Williams: He [David Haye] Could Beat Any Heavyweight Without a Warm-up”

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By Dan Ambrose: In an interview with Setanta Sports, heavyweight Danny Williams was very complimentary of British heavyweight David Haye, going so far as to say that he has tremendous speed and power. He has absolutely everything. He could beat any heavyweight without a warm-up.” At the same time, Williams also wasn’t impressed with challenger Tony Thompson’s performance against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, calling it “absolutely sickening” and “disgusting.” Apparently, Williams felt that Thompson didn’t give it his all in the fight, and held back rather than trying to take the fight to Klitschko.

David Haye Not Impressed With Current Heavyweights

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haye464321.jpgBy Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, up and coming heavyweight David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) isn’t too impressed with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, calling him “predictable” and “boring,” someone that he could quickly figure out if he were to fight him. He laid waste to Wladimir, as well as the other top heavyweights in the division, in a recent interview with Setanta Sports, saying of Klitschko, “I wasn’t impressed with what he did. If Wladimir Klitschko was 6”2 and 220lbs I don’t think we’d be talking about him right now…His boxing ability after 50 fights doesn’t impress me. I can see what he’s going to do.”

Haye, 27, has been particularly eager at landing a fight with Klitschko, and doesn’t appear to be out off the least bit by Wladimir’s objections to a fight with him. Haye has said that he’ll fight a top guy, so as to prove himself as a top heavyweight in the division, but after that he intends on fighting Wladimir for his titles. Wladimir has one more mandatory coming up against Alexander Povetkin in 2008, but after that, if Wladimir is successful in his defense, there shouldn’t be anything holding him back from defending his titles against Haye.

David Haye Not Impressed With Wladimir Klitschko’s Victory

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haye5743333.jpgBy Thomas Hanson: Moments after IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s (51-3, 45 KOs) 11th round TKO victory over challenger Tony Thompson (31-2, 19 KOs) last Saturday night in Hamburg, Germany, heavyweight hopeful David Haye told Setanta Sports that he wasn’t at all impressed with Wladimir’s victory, saying “All he does is hold and paw with his jab…every time he’s gotten in there with someone fast, someone with heart, he [Wladimir] has been knocked out. I’m that guy.”

Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) went on to say that he’s disparate to fight Wladimir first, “before someone else knocks him out before me.” Haye was very critical of how Wladimir fought against Thompson, commenting that “if he fought me the same way he fought Thompson, he’d have gotten knocked out in three rounds.”

Wladimir Klitschko Doesn’t Plan On Fighting David Haye Just Yet

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haye654556.jpgBy Aaron Klein: It came to no surprise to me recently when heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (50-3, 44 KOs) stated in an interview that he wouldn’t be fighting David Haye any time soon, that he would have to “prove himself” before Wladimir would decide upon fighting him in the ring. It also didn’t surprise me to learn that Wladimir said that he would be teaching Haye “a lesson in the ring” when and if Haye ever reaches into to a fight with Wladimir. Obviously, it’s easy for Wladimir to talk now and make bold statements like this, with a fight with Haye light years into the future and something that may indeed never come off if Haye, or Wladimir are beaten.

It is disappointing, however, to see Wladimir telling Haye that he has to prove himself before he’ll fight him, because a fight with Haye would easily be the biggest payday of Wladimir’s long 12-year boxing career, with nothing come even close to it in comparison. For a fighter like Wladimir, whose entire career has been barren of any big-name fights like typical heavyweight champions of the past like Ali, Frazier, Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Larry Holmes.

David Haye To Take On Oleg Maskaev? Haye Still Wants Fight With Wladimir Klitschko

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haye4643455651.jpgBy Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, former cruiserweight champion David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) is rumored to be fighting former WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev (34-6, 26 KOs) on October 18th at the O2 Arena (Millenium Dome), Greenwich, in London. If this turns out to be true, it would be a tremendously bold move by Haye, considering that Maskaev, 39, a powerful puncher, is still quite good despite his advanced age and only recently did he lose his WBC heavyweight title in a 6th round stoppage to Nigerian Samuel Peter in March. Haye, 27, had been previously saying that he wanted to get a big-named opponent for his first bout as a heavyweight, and that he wasn’t going to mess around and fight one of the “fat slobs” in the division. As always, if this news turns out to be true, Haye would be doing exactly as he’s done in the past, making bold statements, then backing it up by going out and doing precisely what he said he was going to do.

In choosing Maskaev, Haye would be looking at a fighter with a tremendous amount of experience, fighting (and sometimes losing) a large amount of popular fighters like Oliver McCall, Hasim Rahman, David Tua, Peter, Sinan Samil Sam, Kirk Johnson, Lance Whitaker and Corey Sanders. He’s beaten most of them, and lost in spectacular fashion to some, like Johnson, Tua, Sanders, and McCall.

Haye Interested In Bout With Peter

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peter45671.jpgBy Aaron Klein: WBA/WBO cruiserweight champion David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) received a bit of good news on when he found out that he had been received an incredible number #5 ranking in the WBC heavyweight division, bringing him only a short distance from being the number #1 mandatory for WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter’s title. According to an interview with Setanta Sports News, Haye, 27, is interested in a fight with Peter before Haye fights Wladimir Klitschko.

As usual, Haye is jumping a little ahead of himself, namely because Klitschko hasn’t of yet agreed to fight Haye, instead telling him to gain weight and get in line with the other heavyweights trying to get a bout with him. Not to be dissuaded, Haye instead intends on going for what Klitschko values the most – a heavyweight title belt – and if Haye can get Peter to give him shot, and possibly beat him, then Klitschko would naturally be more than interested in fighting Haye in order to grab another title to his growing collection.

Who Will Be Haye’s Next Opponent?

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By Michael Liberman: Recently, WBA/WBO cruiserweight champion David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) has come out and flatly turned down a potential fight against British heavyweight Matt Skelton that was offered up to him for his next fight at heavyweight, saying that he’s not interested in fighting a granddad, obviously a shot at the fact that Skelton, 41, is 14 years older than him. Instead, Haye, 27, is looking reportedly interested in taking on former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman, who’s fighting James Toney next month on July 16th.

Haye: “I’m Going To Go Out There and Smash Him [Klitschko] To Bits

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haye5743332.jpgBy Jim Dower: Ex-cruiserweight now turned heavyweight David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) has once again refused to let up on his pressure on IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (50-3, 44 KOs), whom he has been after steadily for the past two months trying to line up a fight. In a press release from Setanta sports, Haye, 27, said “He’s [Wladimir Klitschko] universally recognized as the number one fighter, so that’s the guy I have to go after.”

Thus far, Klitschko, 32, has mostly been silent about Haye’s constant challenges, though recently Haye cornered Klitschko at a charity event and called him out in front of a large horde of media personal. Klitschko, looking a little timid and at a loss for words, asked Haye how much he weights and then told him to get in line. In other words, Klitschko was seemingly not interested in a bout with the young knockout artist from the cruiserweight division. It is odd, though, because Klitschko as good as he is, has been without a true career-defining fight. At the same time, he’s never had an opponent nearly as popular as Haye, one that would bring in millions of dollars for both of them.