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Yeah, Haye's delighted with the heavyweight situ right now, but in his head he's still in his prime. I'm sure he has a few quiet doubts, but I'm equally sure that he expects to muller Mori and pick up where he left off. I don't share that confidence yet.

Tuan_Jim wrote:
I do agree with you, and I don't think Haye's comeback will play out well for him. But at his best I think he is a more gifted, skillful heavyweight than Anthony Joshua, that was all. There's a reason why Wladimir Klitschko didn't steam forward and unload on him, and it wasn't simply that the 'small' guy was tricky to pin down - it was because the small guy could also knock his brains out with one shot.

Alas I think Haye is outside of his timeframe now, back for cynical reasons, and will be splattered by AJ.

I think the anoraks will be monitoring his comeback fight closely, although I don't think the opponent will ask many questions of him.

If Haye moves straight into a proper fight afterwards, then I'd say it would probably be a bit foolish unless he was drafting in top class sparring.

Fighters like Morales were only out of the ring half as long, and needed several fights before finding their fighting-form again, regardless how good they appeared to be doing inside the gym.

I'm a fan of Haye when the bell goes but sadly in recent years the bell has rung nowhere near enough. I would guess it is cynical reasons why he's coming back (cash) - but whatever the reasons are, let's hope they motivate him.

He certainly won't be active. He'll make the exact same mistakes almost every single comebacking ex-champ makes. Trying to cut corners and make it back to the title quickly. One or two inadequate opponents (at most) and then he meets a live body and it all goes violently awry.