I think I got it pretty spot on....

The main problem I have with Haye is that for a so-called 'legacy' fight, he didn't put enough of himself on the line....Most disappointing was that at the end he seemed proud of himself because he took a few shots to the chin and stayed on his feet!!

As I had a feeling that it might, it all turned into a bit of an anti climax....Klitschko is still too cautious a fighter to ever be taken seriously as a Heavyweight champion. The first sign of any flak coming his way and his chin pulled back and his wrestling tactics take over.

Sadly, unless Haye delays his retirement, this result could be the final nail in the Heavyweight coffin....There is nobody out there to challenge the 2 Ukranians and unless it changes dramatically these 2 boring robots could go on for years.

well well well

haye could talk the talk but couldnt walk the walk, then he comes out with the broken toe excuse

wlad was too good for him, shows why he has been unbeaten for so long!

haye is a cruiserweight and like wlad said a nobody in the heavyweight division.

booth was just as embarrasing, got the tactics wrong, haye couldnt get around the jab. then to slag of the ref was stupid, the ref was fine, he even deducted a point off wlad ! haye deserved to be given a knockdown the amount of times he went down like an italian footballer.

now where does haye go??? retire on a loss??!

chisora would of done better

Haye bitched and moaned the whole fight just like Dirrell did when he fought Froch. I hate that.

Too big, too clever, too much reach. Was like watching the playground bully fighting a kid he can keep at arms length. Thought Haye could do it, but as soon as Vlad made the ring his own and was getting Haye where he wanted him there wasn't much doubt about who would win.

Quite smart watching it in 3D too.

What next for the Heavyweight division, unless the Klitschkos are offered an absolutely obscene amount of money that they can't refuse?

Bring back Lennox to have a go at them !

He was itching after that in the post fight interview, you could just tell he'd love to have a go at them. He'd turn both of the Klitschko's over.

£50 million to get his pyjamas off though... thats a hell of a lot of PPV buys !

Was absolutely gutted last night but Haye never looked like winning that fight once both boxers were in the ring.

Wlad was able to get ring position right from round one and although initially he couldn't land the jab, as the fight progressed he was consistent with it.

I couldn't see what strategy Haye was fighting to. I can't believe Booth sent him out with the intention of throwing so few punches and taking so few risks. I can only assume Haye couldn't implement the game plan because he couldn't get around the jab and so ended up doing not alot.

Haye just didnt throw nearly enough punches, you're never going to win on points throwing circa 20 punches a round when you're missing with 75% of them.

Credit to Klitschko, he out worked, out thought and out boxed Haye all night long but injured toe or not, Haye can't be happy with that performance.

Dave Clark was handing out some big money for Lewis to consider. I wouldn't mind stumping up PPV money to see Klitschko given a beating.

I hate Frank Warren.

Haye got nowhere near to implementing the plan Booth will have given him, for whatever reason.

Couple of things Haye should have done IMHO.

1) WK was throwing that jab out metronomically, and Haye was slipping many of them. However Haye was looking for that overhand right every time. Why not slip outside the jab and really have a dig at the body with the right hand? An easy scoring punch at worst, better it starts to bring Klitschko's left hand down a bit. Then the overhand right becomes more likely to find the mark.

2) Due to WK's style, finding the mark with the bi right was nigh on impossible. Haye said himself that he is susceptible to the southpaww back hand, so why not throw a lot more lead left hooks, or even consider switching which he had hinted at in the build up. That left shoulder of WK was so high up as a guard it was almost inpenetrable. I think throwing the left with more conviction would have been a riskier strategy, but he'd have gained more respect from me if he'd have gone out on his shield. You can guarentee Froch or Hatton would not be cautious going into those last rounds.

I don't want to see him go out on last night's loss, but as much as I'd like to see Chisora get chinned, it wouldn't help Haye's legacy. The only fight worth taking would be against one of the Klitschko brothers, but there's no way he could do that before his 31st (and certainly not if he wants his toe to heal fully).



Can't stand Warren. Nasty piece of work who loses any fighter with real promise (and he will lose De Gale in time) either because he doesn't have the contacts on a world stage or because he doesn't pay the fighter what they're owed and as you say, his opinion isn't needed (or wanted).