Haye vs. Fury fight close to being done

By Boxing News - 06/13/2013 - Comments

haye#2By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport is saying that the British heavyweight clash between David Haye (26-2, 24 KO’s) and Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) could be made by the end of June. Both fighters want this bout and Hearn, the promoter for Haye, is working on it.

It’s a big fight for the UK because Fury is kind of the last man standing in terms of the unbeaten British heavyweights. The heavily hyped David Price was recently drilled out in two rounds by 41-year-old Tony Thompson, leaving just Fury as the only unbeaten British heavyweight of note.

Hearn said to Sky Sports “We are now at a stage where this is close to happening. It’s a brilliant fight between a former world champion [Haye] and an up and coming prospect [contender] in Tyson Fury. If this is going to happen it will be sorted out by the end of this month.”

I wouldn’t go so far to call this a “brilliant fight” like Hearn is. To me, it’s a fight between a small heavyweight in David Haye, who was easily beaten by IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in 2011 and a slapping heavyweight with a questionable chin in Tyson Fury.

We just saw Fury get exposed last April in his fight with Steve Cunningham. This was supposed to have been Fury’s coming out party in front of American audiences, and instead Fury has to peel himself off the canvas in the 2nd round and struggle until stopping an exhausted 210 pound Cunningham in the 7th.

It’s hard to imagine Fury being able to survive against a normal sized heavyweight with good power and good stamina. Fury would have been in a lot of trouble if he had been facing someone that could hit him with the same kind of power that Cunningham nailed Fury with in the 2nd round to knock him down.

I do think the Haye-Fury fight is an interesting one, but mostly as just a curiosity involving flawed heavyweights.
Haye has fought only once in the past two years since his loss to Wladimir and he’s been inactive that it’s hard to take him seriously at this point. And Fury, well it’s very hard to take him seriously given his weak resume and how badly he struggled against fringe contender Steve Cunningham.



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