Welcome back to Boxing After Dark. In today's video we look back at a unification bout between Europe's best two Heavyweights, David Haye and Wladimir Klitschko, at the time being 8 years undefeated.
Welcome back to Boxing After Dark. In today's video we look back at a unification bout between Europe's best two Heavyweights, David Haye and Wladimir Klitschko, at the time being 8 years undefeated.
I forgot how embarrassing this was for Haye, throwing himself to the floor and at the end bleating about his little toe, pathetic.
Haye won this fight..
Yes it was his toe that was the problem 😂
@@planetcaravan2925Yes! With his mouth! 😂😅😅😅
Haye must have learned to dive in his football days - and mistakingly thought it a good boxing skill
guy was full of shit back then and STILL talks shit today.irrelevant as ever.
i am british . but i have always had the upmost respect for vladimir . the quiet man .
Absolutely.
i lost all respect for him when he most against shitty joshua.
I don't understand what your nationality has to do with having respect for a boxer.
Monkeyman versus Homo Sapiens
Nahhh😭
I remember I convinced my parents to watch this on ppv. They never forgave me.
You raised amazing parents, congratulations! 🎊
Vatali & Wladimir Klitschko 100% gentleman of boxing.
Masters of RABBIT PUNCHES??? 😲
Vitaliy
Haye saying that the fight "is going to be as one sided as a gang rape" is one of the more distasteful things I've heard a boxer say about an opponent, and that's really saying something.
It was a great analogy haha
@@bestofgrime7723 haha
That was against a different boxer Audley Harrison but yes a very nasty thing to say.
Haye had not one iota of class. Foul mouthed arrogant wanker frankly.
He was right though 😂
He talked a lot , ran the whole fight, and blamed a broken pinky toe
I'd rather Haye just say it wasn't his night than show his toe.
Excuses, excuses. He lost, period.
that was SUCH A BITCH MOVE by Haye
@@david9783 Easy Dave... stubbing you toe can really chaff.. 🤣... 🎉
No excuses he should put his toe down in this fight
True but some boxers don't want to believe in their failure their brain will try to find something else to blame it on a bitter pill to swallow
Broken toe, twisted ankle and i got my ass kicked because I'm not in Klitschko's class. This is what happens when you believe your own hype.
None of the Klitschko brothers were any good they looked good because there wasn't any decent heavy weights after the likes of Lewis tyson had retired have was actually good but not a natural heavy weight
@@adamgreaves634and Haye looked like a disoriented fish flopping around so he didn’t have to face a real heavyweight boxer. Loudmouth sissy boy was clearly out of his league on this one.
@@adamgreaves634100% a false statement
@@adamgreaves634David Haye won
Yeah thats what let haye down,him blaming his toe and he never respected Vlad for beating him.Infact Narcisist Haye after that fight tried to look good saying Vlad couldnt even stop him with a broken toe.Utter twat.
Nobody give klitchko the credit he deserves. He is a legend, one of the greatest boxers of all time. He wasn’t exciting or something special, but he was as big a man as ever boxed, he was also textbook perfect. He was a great traditional boxer, worked a heavy jab and could go the distance, it’s almost impossible to win against such a patient fighter with that ability and size. It’s why Lennox walked away when he did, he’d have had to fight this guy over and over, he beat his big brother and retired, he was old but wasn’t by any man’s struggling like others his age, it was the wisest retirement in history. Klitchko was a boxing machine and Lennox wouldn’t have gained anything by fighting him. Lennox retired at the right time before he became a punch bag like so many before him.
Wald was ABSOLUTELY something special. You don’t get to be heavyweight champion for a decade without losing if you aren’t special. I didn’t find him boring, but he didn’t go after finishes nearly enough for a man with his size and strength and punching power.
@@Thor-Orionhis earlier fights before he linked up with Steward were very entertaining, he just didn’t have and defense lol
Lennox walked away cos he was old. Taking nothing away from the brothers as they were both so dominant.
Prime Lewis was at a different level. Much more technical and, I believe, more powerful. He would also throw a 1-2-3-4 combos (usually ending with an uppercut) that were spectacular to watch. Wladimir was a jab, 1-2 puncher. IMO boring to watch.
And vitali was even the better of the two brothers
I was disgusted by Haye's trash talking beforehand. He fought like a drunk in a pub car park and got a schooling. He then came out with numerous bullsh*t excuses as to why he lost. He then went on to fight three no-hopers to boost his massive ego, before getting hammered twice by Tony Bellew.
haye....ahem (gayemaker) is all about mouth,he still talks shit.never liked his antics and his opponents were picked to a degree,he got found out and that was it.
@@evilelf5967 Good point. Whilst I wouldn't go as to call him "Gaye," I would add that he is probably the most sickening example of a UK boxing narcissist, along with all time a*sehole Naseem Hamhead.
"The small man with the big mouth", both hilarious and accurate!!
The much smaller man with an even bigger mouth (Prince Naseem)
@@rykadabyka6047 Naseem was minuscule, seeing him with Lennox is hilarious 😂
Most British boxers fit that description tbf
What like Fury, Calzaghe, Lewis??
@@bennym5244 Like Ricky Hatton, Naseem
One of the purest examples of how much of a dirty, sloppy fighter that jerk actually was.
He was not my favourite but he won the title someone like could only dream about
@sampeters6620 that little bloke in the 80s
Who was in pornhub
Soccer flopped at best!
Your talking Pedshcko brothers?
Haye looked like a last minute fill in as opposed to a legitimate contender.
I think he should have been in pornos
Joke
Just like Wladimir did against Tyson Fury or AJ. I guess hes just a last minute fill in fighter
@@watapppbs, fury may have beat Klitschko but Wlad was 40 and at the end of his career - and that’s not even talking about how terrible that ‘win’ for fury was. Not to mention that Joshua almost got KO’d by Klitschko in his last ever fight.
@@Elnont True. Nuthuggers like this guy who talk shit seem to have forgotten Vlad was at an age where almost every boxer is retired. And he was still in there mixing it up.
He was a great cruiserweight, but didn't have the size to match his confidence against the elites of the heavyweight division. Usyk has shown it can be done, but takes exceptional skill and grit. Haye just had more talk than he could consistently back up in the ring at the top level.
Usyk has only fought Chisora who he struggled against that Haye outboxed and knocked out years previously, and Joshua
@@peadarmurray7994he still has exceptional skill
Usyk hasnt shown much yet to be fair. If Usyk wants to show that he is dominating the heavyweight devision he also needs to finish wilder and fury
I agree with most of what you said but I don't think he was a great cruiserweight. It was a pretty good cruiserweight in a pretty weak division. You can't hold that against him. He completely made an idiot out of himself in that heavyweight title fight. All talk, no walk.
Vladimir at his prime will eat Usyk like raw meat
At the end of round one Haye realised he had very little chance of winning because he couldn't find a way to get close enough to land a meaningful shot.
klitschko used his size to bully smaller heavyweights for his whole carreer.
You know you're dealing with a loser when he immediately starts making excuses rather than simply admitting defeat.
Oh, is that how you know you're dealing with a loser? OK, good to know 👍
I remember thinking Haye had a shot.....until I saw Haye in the ring waiting for Wlad to walk in......and in his EYES I saw a man that talked his way into fight he wasn't ready for. His mouth wrote a check he KNEW he couldn't cash.
Agreed ! It was all about the money - which has probably nearly gone now anyway- hence the bellew fights.,
@@serenityinside1 I think he thought he could beat him.....but once he got there....once the fight was about to happen ...he realized he'd spent his time TALKING instead of getting ready to fight.
That dead silence hides a murderous rage INSIDE... Master of RABBIT PUNCHES??? 😲
@@serenityinside1DIVE MONEY, BABY!!! 🤑
@@OtomoTenzi I disagree....I dont think it was a dive. I think he SERIOUSLY thought he was going to show, land a Hayemaker or two and get Wlad out of there....and it didnt hit him until he saw dude walking to the ring..."Ah shit...I done f8cked up"
David Haye is just about the perfect example of overrated. The man was amazing at making excuses as well.
Great cruiserweight, decent heavyweight, just out of his depth verses a real true heavyweight. Usyk is really showing how incredibly skilled he is by comparison.
Go and tell Valuev how overrated he is. Fair enough Vlad beat him but you need to remember Haye was a cruiser weight not really a true heavy weight.
@@sampeters6620 yes I do👍🏽
@@simononeill5300 obviously this is a Brit because I've never heard anybody but a Brit value David Haye. He was a decent cruiserweight and a pretty bad heavyweight. Oh wait I forgot about his horrible toe injury. That's what went wrong with him.
He wasn't overrated at all. A great talent. His mouth was just a potty one and he spoke a lot of sh*t. But it got people interested
"Well respected at the time,Audley Harrison". WTF. He was the joke of British boxing and nobody said he deserved to fight Haye.
Daniel dubious, the modern day audley Harrison 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂...
@@mahakal98987😂
He got hyped up and we were told he was the next lewis.
I remember the joke being "don't be mean to Audly, he never hurt anyone"
😂 Audrey Can hardly
Klitschko brothers are example of great athletes, great fighters and gentlemans.. They will always be one of the greatest..
The way to handle a loss is the way AJ handled his loss against Ruiz. AJ praised Ruiz, said he was the better fighter that night and made not a single excuse. Then came back and put it on Ruiz.
Haye shouldn't have retired. His career wasn't buried at all. Wladimir was close to unbeatable at this point. He was in his physical prime and had Emmanuel Steward in his corner, someone he desperately needed against Fury and AJ. Haye was a brilliant boxer, and there's footage of him absolutely embarrassing Wilder in sparring. Wladimir was just incredible at this time, and is still hugely underrated. People don't want to admit his greatness, just compare Wladimir there to AJ, they're both the same size, but Wladimir's movement is just so much better, for a guy his size to bounce around against an excellent opponent for 12 rounds is something no one else has ever done - Fury's the only one to come close, although he was on steroid in some of his fights. Emmanuel Steward said Wladimir was the most accurate and powerful single punch knockout artist in history and had the best balance, footwork, and jab in history. He also said he's the most athletic boxer ever and more talented than Lennox Lewis. This comes from a trainer who's trained 41 champions in total and predicted that Fury and Wilder would be future world champions ling before they were. He said Wladimir was more talented, but Lennox was the best fighter he ever trained because Wladimir was too hesitant to throw punches and always needed to be motivated to throw punches. And that's exactly why he lost against Fury and AJ - he didn't throw punches against Fury for 11 rounds and didn't finish AJ when he was hurt. Emmanuel is a great man who was taken from us far too soon.
I like Klitcshko, but that memory foam ring before Fury fight... Do you think Emanuel would be proud ?
🤣
The idea that Tyson Fury would have had a problem with David Haye is truly ridiculous. Fury is too big, too slick and we know he can really take a punch. Based on what was in evidence in that Klitschko fight, Haye would not have been able to get to Fury and, even if he did, I doubt he could finish him. At cruiser weight he was formidable. At heavyweight, he was highly selective and, mostly, a good salesman.
You do know that in boxing if A won/lost to B, doesn't mean A would have the exact same result against C
@@blackmondayy1 Yes I do and I’ve known that for the many years I’ve known exactly what I’m talking about with reference to boxing.
Fury would get decimated by a lot of boxers from that era and before, but Haye definitely wasn't one of them. Prime Vlad would have destroyed him, and he wasn't even the best Klitschko brother. The best one should have beat Lennox Lewis only for a cut to end him - and Lewis himself would have made mincemeat of Fury. Fury is incredibly lucky he's around when the HW division is by far the worst it's ever been for him to be seen as a decent fighter. A cruiserweight holds 3 of the belts, and Fury won his from a guy that can't box yet was still undefeated in 40 fights. The division is an absolute joke now, there's not one of them you could throw back in time that would have even made a Ring top 10 ranking list, and that includes Fury, there were plenty of better 'big' men around in the 80s and 90s that were nothing but journeymen - still had a better CV than Fury will ever have though. Which says it all really.
David Haye would have sent this hyped up parasite bum Tyson Fury to a early grave.
@@davehedgehogUK Well put. People talk about how weak this era was, but compared to today's crop of fighters, they look incredible. I'd even say Bowe, Mercer, and Holyfield would've beaten everyone who's out there toady.
No one was beating Wlad in 2011. There has been some fighters in their era that just wouldn't get beat. Holmes in the early 80's, Lewis in the mid 90's etc.
Calzaghe from start to finish.
marciano in the 50s. Fury in the 2020s. USYK in the 2010s-2020s.
@@atheistleopard7671 Fury’s a runner. His no Marciano or Usyk, true fighting men
@@kase121usyk is a boxer not a fighter
@@kase121 Fury is also flabby and painful to watch compared to truly great heavyweights the sport had bumper crop of, until the last man of that crop left .. Lennox
Haye absolutely bottled the biggest fight of his career. He talked all that shit then barely threw a punch all night. Embarrassing
So according to Haye he lost because he had a sore toe.......but maybe he would have won if his face hadn't punched Wladimir's fists so many times.
Good one!!
A broken toe mate, you try it and see how you get on
@@ppo2424 I've had one. It hurts to walk, much less box.
@@david9783 Exactly :)
@petermaurer7359 Frank and Tyson changing the game as usual! Luke "Willy Wonka" Fury's Resume: -Took PEDs to beat a 40 year old klitschko on points. Tried to pay a farmer £25,000 to say it was contaminated boar balls -Beat a guy three times who's own best win was a 75 year old Luis ortiz -Beat Dillan "The Uppercut Snatcher" Whyte who's chin is a magnet for uppercuts -Only three notable names on his resume. The rest a string of cab drivers, uber eats deliverymen, mcdonalds workers, etc -Lost to Essex Scaffolder John Mcdermott. Chinned by cruiserweight Steve Cunningham. -Uses his 300lbs sweaty gypsy man b00bs to tire opponents -One mandatory title defense in his entire career. More retirements than title fights and defenses combined. -Undisputed, undefeated Social media callout king. -Ducked USYK to become willy wonka and sell Gypsy King chocolate bars with five golden tickets to an exhibition fight against an MMA fighter who's never boxed, with NO knockdown rules. Frank and Tyson changing the game!
"He's trying to turn this vast stadium into a flop house." -Larry Merchant LMFNAO.
God I miss HBO
I've met David Haye, he's a massive guy. Yet he looks tiny next to Vladimir.
Haye thought he would pull a spinks vs holmes lol...haye embarrassed himself bigtime !!
Wlad is truly one of the greatest of all time. His mind games, his terminator like build, his beautiful jab, his KO power and of course now a fighter for the republic of Ukraine.
@@RandomClimbing. he was nearly 40. Undefeated for nearly 10 years. Really high KO ratio. There’s always sometime like you trying to devalue a great man’s achievements.
@@RandomClimbing. you like talking trash to random people on the internet assuming you know their extent of knowledge? Sure bud. Carry on with your delusions
@@Abhi-ff2crhe fought in a weak era though
Was champ during one of the worst eras of heavyweight boxing. Fought hardly anyone while champ. Even his brothers best win was Chisora. Found out by Fury in the end with one of Fury's easiest fights.
@@david_fitzmaurice how is it his fault that the competition was poor? Heavyweight boxing hasn't been worth calling "competitive" since lewis retired as undisputed champ.
"Ich werde ihn nicht besiegen, ich werde ihn bestrafen!" - Wladimir before the fight... "I am not going to win against Haye, i am going to punish him!" He did not need to punish him, he did it by himself!
David Haye was a great fighter. Klitschko just made him look what he was. A cruiserweight
Not sure how dirty of a move it is in boxing but forcing your opponent to bear your body weight can be quite exhausting I imagine. Klitschko was rather limited in his boxing skill set and used this trick way too often in this fight. . Usyk is levels above Klitschko when it comes to the skills.
@@vitalkhlebnikov Dubois ended Usyk. The man can't take a body shot
@@gdjones6325 It wasn't a body shot. Nobody falls backwards on a livershot, you mostly go to the knees. Stop trolling.
@@gdjones6325that's why he's undefeated then. That was a low blow
@@i5C0R3Pi0N Please re watch the fight. Usyk had his shorts above his belly button as usual. Tyson and Wilder will splatter him
Vlad is such a gentleman, you cant help but like him
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To be fair to Haye, he did come up against a Klitschko who was at the top his game and still had his sense of distance/timing and was still pretty fleet of foot compared to when he fought Joshua and Fury. Still not a great performance from Haye considering all the big talk prior to it.
People slag fighters off but if you fight yourself winning is the easy part losing haunts you
I did schoolboy Boxing and even then I knew that to be better, you need to fight better fighters, If you, if you win,you are a better fighter than you were before the bell!if you lose, you will gain experience from it, you shouldn't be haunted by a loss, unless of course you were Perminantly injured or put out of Boxing, if you never lose, you will never taste True Victory,!(not my words but I don't really remember who!.
Give Hay some credit - brutally knocked down a dozen times and kept getting up. He also showed pure guts for getting in the ring only weeks after hurting his little toe. He definitely showed why 'in his mind' he was the best in the world.
I see what you did there XD
I don't wana brag....but I got a paprrcut and did a full shift, washing pots. It was agony. I get how he felt 😂😂😂
Haye's victory was not getting knocked out.
Thank you for the effort, great vid!
I still remember the shirt he wore with both brothers heads ripped off. Both Wladimir and Vitali were angry because there mum was so upset about it.
The mopst ridiculous thing was the people believeing in the hype because of Haye's trashtalk while it was sooo obvious that the fight was gonna be ordinary at best, a snoozefest at worst (which happened).
He was the cruiserweight king and held the only heavyweight title the Klitschkos didn't. The hype was definitely justified
@@anonym58063he was no Usyk or Holyfield. Hell, he wasn’t even Chris Byrd.
@@Thor-Orion You can't dominate the cruiserweight division in such fashion if you're "no Usyk or Holyfield". Haye is a clear top 3 CW of all time in my book, could've been even higher if he beat Klitschko
@@anonym58063Well Holyfield is the best CW of all time in a better era and a 4 time HW champion. He's no Holyfield
I dont really see why this buried Haye's career. It was a lopsided loss but plenty of boxers have had worse defeats.
Did he have meaningful names on his resume after this fight?
It true.. Dillian Whyte comes to mind. Whyte lost to so some brutal knockouts. From Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Povetkin.
@@joelomaronly chisora
It was the absolute farce that was his balls before and his lame excuses after........he got treated by the fans, how he's always treated opponents. Mocking, disrespect, jokes 🤷♂️
Hell yeah dude what a great video
Haye made the one crucial mistake.. he let is own hype go to his head!
Omg. It was all an act. Haye just adopted that character to raise interest in the right neither boxer needed a win, it was just about the money.
David was not after the fight, he was after the losers purse, but to get that purse you have to hype the fight.
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As soon as I heard the Shadow of War and the Lord of the Rings soundtracks I just had to follow this channel!!! Awesome video 🔥🔥
Amazing video! And major props for the Middle Earth OST :DD
EXCUSES EXCUSES EXCUSES 😂😂
Even if his toe was a big problem for him why go through all the drama of taking your shoe off to show everyone? It just comes off as such a lame excuse the more he talks about it. We’ve seen fighters with broken fingers and broken hands finish fights off without immediately showing everyone their injury. I’m sure if Haye had won he would’ve never mentioned that his toe was bothering him.
Shit Ali fought with a broken jaw and took that loss to the chin. Tommy Hearns fought Marvin haggler with a broken hand and didn't say anything until years later to not take away from the victory. He has paper work and explains why he ran away when he landed the left hook on Marvin haggler before getting koed.
saw a boxer on youtube who won his fight with one arm dislocated and unusable
Yes but if his toe was really a problem what is wrong with showing the world why he kept falling down in the ring? That toe looked like he had Gout. David Haye probably should of postponed the fight until he healed up.
@@Blobby192 That's rare and the shoulder isn't to do with balance.
@@Junior-yt6cx may be rare but it happened, youtube it
Yeah, great video, man. Thank you. Pretty much how the Klitschko Era went. Thank god we have a handful of really great heavyweights right now.
Klitschko was a fantastic HW fighter, very experienced and in his prime here. He was also huge. 30Ibs heavier on the night, super athletic and much taller. Most importantly, he also knew how to bring all his physical advantages into the fight and make them count. Haye was a skilful fighter but he looked like a guy bringing a knife to a gun battle here.
" Haye lands a jab. There's a rarity."😅
Classy performance from the Hayemaker. I especially liked his rabbit punches, elbows and falling over. It was a lucky escape for Dr. Steelhammer that Haye hurt his lil' piggy toe or it would have been a different story!
Thks mate, I enjoyed this video
I admire the calm demeanour of the klitchskos
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Truth 👍
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We all thought hed have a chance of landing on fury years after this.
Great channel ...thank you
Deepest respect for any man or woman who would step up in a boxing ring... 🙏 ❤
David Haye raising his hand at the end of the fight - even his mum knew he had been outclassed lol. Why do we have so many journeymen British heavyweights that think they are world beaters? Thank goodness for Fury to restore some pride in the British heavyweight scene.
Fury?? He's fucking embarrassing the British and the sport.
AJ?
Fury 😂 are you serious!
Usyk's beaten Him twice.
Vlad's speed, movement and tank were very underrated.
Great video. Thank you!!!!
"why is Haye raising his hand?" lmaooooooo
No shame in losing to a prime Klitschko, especially as a smaller man.
No but he talked so much shit. And then the toe excuses. He ruined his own image.
@johnm3907 That's what you're meant to do...sell the fight.
@robiulahmed yeah I get that, but you have to back it up. People realised haye was only talking that mad amount of shit because he was an average fighter.
@johnm3907 Come on now...he was better than average, he just wasn't close to any if the all time greats. Truth be told, Klitschko should've ko'd him.
@@robiulahmed if a big win isn't getting koed OK.
Haye-What a Helmet !
Soccer Flopper, that was priceless commentary.
Thanks for reminding me about that, the flop comments nearly killed me editing this haha
Great boxing channel, just subscribed.
I used to be a bit of a fanboy for David Haye back then and i was gutted he lost this fight at the time because i really wanted him to dethrone the boring Klitshckos. Now i look at Haye like he was a bit of a fraud and just talked his way into this fight for a payday. Haye was a decent crusierweight though.
Correction - "hot" Klitschkos.
@@jeromejamison9885 I wasn't a fan of the Klitchskos especially Wladimir, Vitali was a bit more exciting. But my respect for Wlad went up after his last fight against Joshua. True warrior he was.
@@AmIDeadYetWald has some great knockouts and has a pretty entertaining style when he actually goes for the finish.
I never realised it was his little toe! Man, such adversity! What a brave little soldier even getting to the final bell. Dude had firepower - only way he was going to win that fight was to tear it up and he bottled it
I know - pathetic isn’t it. Meanwhile the list of heavyweights alone who have fought and won with horrific injuries. I mean , Danny Williams anyone ?!! Always despised haye….and I’m 🇬🇧. .
@@serenityinside1 Tommy Morrison got his jaw broken and still stopped his opponent!
Music choice was 10/10 for the intro. Peligro 🔥
Haye was like, why is the floor dammnn slippery 🤣🤣
Klitschko.....what a class act and an ambassador for the sport, great to see gutter mouth Haye get a boxing lesson.
lmao the subtle 'david versus goliath' music in the background had me goin
One of the most bizarre examples of excuse making in boxing history perhaps… Pazienza’s caffeine crash against Roy Jones also comes to mind
A slightly different sport but Paulo Costa's wine drinking comes to mind. Has there ever been a good excuse for losing a fight? You have all the time in the world to talk before a fight but you need to shut up once you get your ass kicked. There's no excuses in boxing. Not by the Real Ones.
Speaking of excuses I would be wrong to not mention Deontay Wilder and his costume fail excuse which he then doubled down on with a poisoned drink farce. It appears that dumb excuses are international.
Haye lost because he predicted he’d win.
Lol
The problem with David Haye is (or was).., David Haye. Incredible CW! But nobody outside of real boxing followers know what CW is. He needed that HW belt to cement his financial freedom and legacy (as Prize Fighters deserve) but couldn't accept his short comings. Toe or no toe, he was never going to outbox Wlad.
4:00 - that Shadow of War music playing in the background, epic!
The Klitschko’s got a lot of hate, I miss their era
Haye let it bury his career could have handled it differently
This fight was so one sided lol just like Haye said at beggining in interview with Harrison!!
David Haye forever remembered for his poorly toe.
Wladimir seems like a calm gentleman.
I honestly like both these fighters, anyone who had actually watched Haye up through cruiserweight could see something was wrong with him that night, it may not have made a difference but I do think Vlad would have had a much harder night than he did. When Haye showed his foot it was clear something was wrong, but in boxing you just don't do that, you give your opponent the respect that they deserve for their win. I did hear Haye on the radio a few days after this fight and I honestly remember hearing him say "He didn't beat me coz of my toe, he beat me coz he's a better boxer than me"
Both Klitchkos were excellent boxers. Both all time greats imo
BINGO!!! 109-7 with 94 kayos IS the best all-time IMO.
Great respect for these brothers
Like so many, a legend in his own mind
Haye was a better boxer than he showed that night. Maybe he started to believe his own hype and brought the wrong attitude, but he wasn’t his normal self. No disrespect to Wlad though. His jab was too quick for Haye and he made Haye look the like the cruiser weight he really was. If Haye had just shut up afterwards and congratulated Wlad the loss wouldn’t have generated ridicule.
Haye had speed and he had power. He had a chance against Vlad because of those things. BUT he was afraid to get in and mix it up like Brewster, Purrity and Sanders - the only guys to beat Vlad in his prime - had to do. Instead he ran away all night and tried to pick up points here and there, which didn't work. And was a sad conclusion to all the sh*t he'd been talking.
Haye was a genuine elite fighter. This fight made him look bad as he was outclassed but he was an ungracious loser
His shorts are up to his lungs
After all the tough man talk Haye runs for his life. LOL 8:52
Haye what a dope
Great job by the reffere giving the countdown.
Two different levels of boxing skill. Haye didn't have a prayer.
Nothing but excuses from Haye. Pathetic.
Fury seems to have been trying to model himself on Haye's verbal game. Not likeable but bankable.
@louistracy6964 Fury a LOT more charming than Haye.
i could listen to that song in the background for the fights on a loop for hours. what's the song anyone know?
I can't believe I watched this fight for entertainment...
Haye always was one trick pony...