He beat everyone at heavyweight he challenged other than klitschko, considering he is part of a pair currently still dominating heavyweight boxing I'd say he was excellent. He didn't really duck anyone and I'm not sure there were many who would have challenged him.
As for the Thompson fight, yes haye certainly did go in too gung ho trying to knock out one of the most durable fighters at the time but I think the thing that struck me more than anything was the fact haye feared him and had no response after he felt the power of Thompson even after suffering a battering throughout the fight.
Thompson had been battered throughout those rounds so he wasn't exactly fresh himself. There was no way Thompson was using experience, he managed to hang in and then gather whatever he had left to finish a tired Haye.
Haye is a relatively small heavyweight by today's standards and I think his achievement needs to be looked at in that light. He is by no means a great but he is still someone who managed to shake the division up below the two outstanding heavyweights right now in the klitschko
I think it's safe to say he was a great in the cruiserweight division.
As for the Thompson fight, yes haye certainly did go in too gung ho trying to knock out one of the most durable fighters at the time but I think the thing that struck me more than anything was the fact haye feared him and had no response after he felt the power of Thompson even after suffering a battering throughout the fight.
Thompson had been battered throughout those rounds so he wasn't exactly fresh himself. There was no way Thompson was using experience, he managed to hang in and then gather whatever he had left to finish a tired Haye.
Haye is a relatively small heavyweight by today's standards and I think his achievement needs to be looked at in that light. He is by no means a great but he is still someone who managed to shake the division up below the two outstanding heavyweights right now in the klitschko
I think it's safe to say he was a great in the cruiserweight division.
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