David Haye vs. Arnold Gjergjaj - May 21st 2016

[wesshaw1985]

Arnold Gjergjaj (29-0) next for Haye...

[Andrew]

Shannon Briggs would be hilarious

LETS GO CHAMP

[baron_otto]

Who should he be fighting? A well ranked fighter, maybe Pulev, would be good. Who will he fight? I think it will be a British fighter next and part of me suspects Whyte might be his next.

[ShadrachSimmo]

Cunnigham, Thompson someone of that ilk?

[wesshaw1985]

Who should he be fighting? A well ranked fighter, maybe Pulev, would be good. Who will he fight? I think it will be a British fighter next and part of me suspects Whyte might be his next.

Whyte is coming off a loss. De Mori would be a good return fight for Whyte after he gets over his injury.
I believe Briggs is quite highly ranked with the WBA and talks a great game...

[rd350lc]

Thompson is a good shout

[Mimmy]

Be rest assured it will not be anyone with a chin. Haye is going all the way the easy way by every B road he can get down. While he does this get your money on him. 11/2 tonight was pure give away money.

[mfc_se15]

I've gone Helenius. Realistically though I don't mind who it is as long as they're someone decent I'd just like to see Haye out sharpish no need to wait he needs to get fighting again

[Tuan_Jim]

Haye wants the big payday vs AJ. He saw the big man shaken up by the non-puncher Whyte, and fancies he can close the show. He probably can.

[baron_otto]

Who should he be fighting? A well ranked fighter, maybe Pulev, would be good. Who will he fight? I think it will be a British fighter next and part of me suspects Whyte might be his next.

Whyte is coming off a loss. De Mori would be a good return fight for Whyte after he gets over his injury.
I believe Briggs is quite highly ranked with the WBA and talks a great game...

True. Whyte's loss does have one thing going for it though. It was to AJ. If Haye is aiming for a fight with Joshua it allows for a direct comparison.

[Tuan_Jim]

Whyte is so inept he will walk into something in 1 vs Haye.

[wesshaw1985]

Thompson is a good shout

Thompson is coming off a loss and isn't he banned at the mo?

[rd350lc]

Thompson is a good shout

Thompson is coming off a loss and isn't he banned at the mo?

the loss wouldn't affect anything , but the ban might be a sticking point
more of a whisper then lol

[brilo33]

aj. and iam going haye ko

[Ally-M1]

I went Robert Helenius. Largely due to the fact when mulling earlier over someone capable enough to fight but not be major threat to Haye, Helenius was the first name to jump into my head (not scientific I know).

In any case, whoever it is, needs to be someone Haye needs to do more than just walk after to get the stoppage.

He's fresh enough to fight again quickly. He should do that.

[London Boy]

Malik Scott maybe? Mover, might be ok for a few rounds.

[SAPFO]

Helenius is fighting Chisora.

Winner of this is a good stage 2.


How about Dillian Whyte? See how he handles AJ's recent victim?

[Boxing Writer]

Haye was very cautious against giants - not only against skilled and very hard hitting Wlad, but even against slow and feather-fisted Valuev or hopeless Audley Harrison (in the first 2 rounds). So I'd like to see him against somebody like Ustinov before he faces a giant with skills.

[rd350lc]

Don't think Whyte will fancy it , needs a bit of re-building in his career

[gazzman87]

I think David Price. He's a name, he's slow, and he's chinny.

[Tarkus]

I tell you what is going to happen next.

Joshua will fight Glazkov for WBA belt. Haye will fight another low risk opponent possibly on the undercard. Then we will have massive PPV/Wembley clash for WBA title, AJ vs Haye late 2016 or 2017.

Browne Chagaev winner is a good option. Both easy work for Haye. Malik Scott is also a possibility. Will crumble after the first haymaker.

[mikiesb]

Browne vs chag winner best fight for haye 2 fights from now. One more.decent tune up and he could do it . haye vs aj as an eliminator would b good move !

[wesshaw1985]

Another tune up, a week after AJs PPV fight in April, on terrestrial tv should be Hayes next step.
Then onto the Browne/Chagaev winner for the WBA regular...

[stujones]

He's not going to get any younger and I think he has his mind set at fighting at this weight for the rest of his career - personally I think he his losing his natural advantages that he does have, but he might as well go for it.

So why not fight someone bigger who will take him rounds - someone like Mariusz Wach, or a good survivor like Tarver (is he banned?), or Oquendo (I know he is mates with Haye - but so is Joshua I think) or someone with a good ranking like Takam.

Joshua vs Haye ideally should be for a world title - so as soon as he gets Chagaev the better. If he cannot beat Chagaev, then not sure he will ever be ready for any of the top 6 Heavyweights in terms of ability - Fury, Klitchsko, Wilder, Povetkin, Ortiz and Joshua.

Stervene wouldn't be a bad option either.... what about Derric Rossy - looking at his record, he has run some of the bigger names in the division quite close of late.

[Tarkus]

Haye is not going to take chances before a multi million AJ fight. No big men, no big punchers, no world class operators. My impression is that Haye wants big money and fewer headaches.