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hell yeahhh!!!

Boxing needs to be respected again as a main player in British Sports!!!

Cannibal wrote:POST FIGHT THOUGHTS

Haye is the new WBA/WBC champ but it was FAR from a great performance from him.

All through the fight Mormeck was backing him up onto the ropes with no punches thrown to get him there and on top of this he was backing up in straight lines which is what resulted in his knockdown in the 4th.

The first time Haye actually opened up fully was in the 7th and that's where he ended it, so Haye's power pulled him out of a poor performance.

Should they meet, I'd favour Enzo.

Enzo is not in the same class as either of these two fighters. Enzo doesn't have the movement to back Haye up let alone the handspeed to get through before Haye bombs him out.

lool

look at Enzo's lil smirk!!!

Cannibal wrote: The first time Haye actually opened up fully was in the 7th and that's where he ended it, so Haye's power pulled him out of a poor performance.

JMM did seem to fall apart in there though, he looked like a rock taking those punches early on.

Fooking great stuff. Great right uppercut to set up the right hand payoff.

Another British World Champ. GET IN!

The left hand of Haye has to be sorted out soon, Enzo in the studio will surely comment on it and maybe he'll be fighting him soon enough and get the chance to capitalize on the problem

Haye was under severe pressure in this but for me he never got out of 2nd gear until the end.

Riddick Blowe wrote:sounds though like hes never gonna have the stamina/chin to succeed at heavy

yeah looking forward someone like povetkin would eat him for breakfast on that form.

Great win, congrats to Haye. And a nice bloke too.

Nice one, Haye - TREMENDOUS turn around - what fighting guts he showed. He looked out of it in the 4th and his power didn't seem to have ANY affect. Then BOOM. Good stoppage also.

Appologies for ever doubting that Haye had the ability to turn around adversity.

I would favour Enzo now though.

What a turnaround, I thought he'd blown his chance with that cautious start, but those finishing shots were dynamite.

Comes back from a knockdown in the champs backyard to win the undisputed titles ( listening Enzo? ) by sensational KO. Doesn't get much better - what a 7 days for British boxing

Good fight!!!

I had Haye drawing at the time of the knockout, due to the knockdown,
other wise he'd have been ahead slightly.

I was impressed with his stamina, he didnt seem tired, he did pick his punches up until the 6th round, one thing id like to mention all though Haye went down, he did seem to take a few good shots without blinking,
the sort of shots that have had him in trouble in the past, maybe he wasnt as drained for this fight either way, improved stamina, and at the end of the day he got the big W.

Id favour him over Enzo, though it could go either way, just feel his speed is his advantage.

Bring on the heavys, he can only get better and stronger from here to be honest, no more weight drain.

how do you feel to be one of 7 world champions?


HAYE: To be honest, I'm one of THREE British world champions :P Tell it like it is.

You just know some questions will be asked about Mormeck's performance, he looked strangely out of sorts there. But i knew he could be outboxed, Gurov did it and Haye followed the blueprint (for some of the rounds anyway!) and made the champ look ponderous and one paced.

Well done David!

Yeah you have say that Haye does look vulnerable allowing to be backed up with his left hand down. Why he does that is anyone's guess.

I'm not sure I fancy him at HW to be honest.

Great win for Haye but as has been said he wasn't that impressive then again he was fighting the best Cruiser in the world.

He'll definitely come a cropper with that low left hand. He has no defence for a right hand.

Over the moon about the result though!!

Gentlemen, thanks very much for the commentry, was worried about Haye at one pint but his Power shone through!! We have another champ!!

Let's give Haye massive credit. He burned out 2 stone, waited months for his title crack, went abroad, and just won the WBC/WBA cruiser titles.

Haye broke him down with body shots. He looked like a heavyweight in there. Had trouble punching down to a small guy. But he used the body shots & the uppercuts and he won.

He had a Lennox Lewis look about him. Patient, steady, gathered himself. Shouldn't be fighting these small guys any more. Move up to heavy. Hit tjhose chins that are hanging up in the air.

nickd wrote:He'll definitely come a cropper with that low left hand. He has no defence for a right hand.

Yes you are exactly right. My Setanta connection is starting to falter

Massive credit no doubt but Enzo looked more Lennox like against Braithwaite than Haye did tonight.

sendo wrote:

Cannibal wrote:POST FIGHT THOUGHTS

Haye is the new WBA/WBC champ but it was FAR from a great performance from him.

All through the fight Mormeck was backing him up onto the ropes with no punches thrown to get him there and on top of this he was backing up in straight lines which is what resulted in his knockdown in the 4th.

The first time Haye actually opened up fully was in the 7th and that's where he ended it, so Haye's power pulled him out of a poor performance.

Should they meet, I'd favour Enzo.

Enzo is not in the same class as either of these two fighters. Enzo doesn't have the movement to back Haye up let alone the handspeed to get through before Haye bombs him out.

Enzo is one of the most improved fighters around in my mind. I think he'd win the jab battle and have enough power to make that low left hand of Haye's pay. Would be a rollercoaster battle though with possibly both men hitting the deck during the fight.

Phil Jones tried to allude to Haye ducking Enzo Wondered how long before that would come out. Maybe Enzo and Haye can do a catchweight?

ENZO IS A SPOON

So Haye looked patchy at times and his defense was a bit pourous. But the facts remain Haye killed himself to make the cruiser limit, went to France and bombed out the Champ after being on the deck himself. Lets not even talk about the heavyweights yet, lets just enjoy what Haye achieved tonight on its own merit. The guy deserves a ton of credit, end of.

Max Molyneux wrote:Massive credit no doubt but Enzo looked more Lennox like against Braithwaite than Haye did tonight.

Braithwaite is not in the same class as Mormeck and even then Enzo could not stop him. Braithwaite didn't exactly look like he even wanted to win for most of that fight.

Not to say Haye - Enzo wouldn't be a good fight or a certainty, but Enzo's poor and carefully selected opposition is flattering him imo.

Unless he wants to fight Ruiz, he needs to get that left hand up and stop leaning in. Ibragimov would be the ideal, as Haye said, but Wlad's gonna ruin that one no doubt.

It felt like I was watching a dream Audley once had, where he was Ali...