Round-by-round commentary of the world heavyweight unification title fight between David Haye and Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg. Wladimir Klitschko vs. Kubrat Pulev. From BoxRec (Redirected from Fight:1917998) Jump to: navigation, search. Klitschko entered the fight as the IBF, WBO.
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David Haye v Wladimir Klitschko: live. WRAP: As Saturday creeps into Sunday, a sobering night for British boxing.
Haye may have been the great hope, but Klitschko's just been doing this for too long, knows his own game far too well. Haye will replay every round of that fight for weeks, months, years, wondering what he could have done better, yearning for his time again. There will be idle talk of a rematch, but would Wladimir want it? Hasn't he already proved his point? If the rematch comes to nothing it's hard to see where Haye does go from here. His 3. 1st birthday party could be a fairly sanguine affair.
That's all from me tonight. Again, hearty apologies for the complete and utter computer disaster. In true weasel- style, I'm going to mutter something along the lines of it not being my fault, and hope to see you again for the next grotesque, over- hyped boxing mis- match. Klitschko v Harrison, anyone? Over and out, night all. What next for Haye?
He was an absolute joke," writes Richard Evans. Twelve rounds of shadow boxing and diving on the floor against a very average heavyweight, from a man who took several rounds to beat Audley Harrison. Haye is finished now, he has nowhere to go. No- one will pay to watch that nonsense again. I'm just glad I watched it for free on the web." Naughty. And Klitschko, too, deserves credit. He had a plan, a plan that worked, and he executed it almost flawlessly.
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He deserves those belts. Klitschko it is who becomes undisputed world heavyweight champion.
At least, about as undisputed as you're going to get as long he steadfastly refuses to fight Vitali. Which, if you ask me, is a bit churlish of them. Aren't brothers supposed to fight each other? I bet when they were kids they were scrapping and grappling in the Soviet gravel like nobody's business.
Haye, meanwhile, loses his world title. In the post- fight interview, he blames a broken little toe for not being able to push off his right foot and land those big right hands. There's an ever- so- slight whiff of ex- post- facto excuse about it, but he does look genuinely distraught. Is that the end for him, then?
He's refusing to be drawn. Well, as you might have gathered, we've had a few technical problems towards the end of the fight there. In fact, more of a complete technical collapse. Deepest apologies to each and every one of you. But the long and the short of it is that Klitschko was given the fight 1. Haye can have no complaints about that. WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO WINS BY UNANIMOUS POINTSDECISION ROUND TWELVEHaye moves forward.
He's got to. He's simply got to. And he catches Klitschko with a huge right hand! His best punch of the night, and Klitschko is rocking!
The Ukrainian's holding on now as Haye tries to follow up, and Klitschko buys himself valuable seconds there. Eventually Haye frees himself, and Klitschko's definitely still feeling that. What can Haye do? He comes forward again, throws a jab, tries to throw another right hook, but Klitschko's leaning back, protecting himself. Seconds left in the round! Can Haye land another telling punch? Klitschko's trying to hold again, and as the bell goes, you have to conclude that Klitschko's done enough.
Both fighters throw their arms in the air, but only Klitschko with any conviction. ROUND ELEVENRight, it's now or never. The roar in Hamburg has graduated to a pregnant screech. The Germans are absolutely loving this from Klitschko. It hasn't been boring, it's been inspired. Haye just hasn't been able to counter it.
He slips over again.. Rodriguez is giving him a count! Ridiculous. Final round to come, and Haye needs the knockout. He absolutely needs a knockout! ROUND TENApparently the commentators on HBO have been suggesting that Haye took a dive in round seven to try and get Klitschko deducted a point.
We might hear a little more about that later. Haye's really looking tired now, still ducking, still dancing, but looking less and less likely.
If he manages to pull this one out of the bag, it would be a stunning, stunning comeback, but he just can't find the gap at the moment. Half the round gone and Haye's barely made an attack. Is he saving up all his energy, throwing all his eggs, into one big, big punch? Klitschko with a right jab that flicks Haye on the chin. He's been very, very good indeed on that jab, and Haye really hasn't found a way of countering it.
Again the pair lock arms. Klitschko again lands with a right hand! Haye takes it and immediately tries to counter with a right of his own, but misses!
More superb work from Klitschko as the bell goes! ROUND NINEHe's got to be the aggressor, Haye. He's got to come forward.
But Klitschko's so good at waiting for the advance and then picking it off with the jab. That's a big one from Haye, though!
Klitschko smiles, but he was gotten fair and square there. Klitschko responds with a big straight right. It didn't catch Haye cleanly, though.
More left jabs from Klitschko. A minute left in the round. Again Haye drops to his knees and this time Rodriguez has a word with Haye, gesturing to him to stay on his feet. Klitschko with a wicked right cross that Haye just evades. And now Haye counters with a big right hand!
Don't think it caught Klitschko more than a glancing blow there, and Haye's still lacking that big defining punch that can change the momentum of a fight. Klitschko comes over the top as the round ends, but Haye just about keeps him at bay. Three rounds remain. Haye's nose is looking flatter than a pancake, but he still manages to muster a smile as he retreats to his corner.
ROUND EIGHTWe're now getting to the stage where Haye really has to do something to shift the momentum of this fight. Klitschko's going to be quite content to keep his shape, keep Haye at arm's length, keeping jabbing at the front door. But better from Haye, a good right cross keeping Klitschko honest. A left jab to the body, and then another.
Both fighters puffing now, as Haye slips over again. Klitschko throws his gloves up as if to say "Moi?" Referee Rodrigues just waves at them to continue. Haye moves in again, but again he can't lay a glove on Klitschko as the Ukrainian gets his head well out of the way and scampers out of range.
The rounds are slipping away for Haye now, and a damning stat: Haye has landed just 2. Klitschko's 6. 1. We're moving into knock- down territory for Haye.
He is not going to get a decision, surely. ROUND SEVENJim Watt on Sky has given every round to Klitschko so far. You could argue that Haye's deserved one or two, but certainly no more than that. Klitschko lands another, and the crowd roars and then boos as Haye is wrenched over again. And the referee's docked Klitschko a point!
I imagine that's for consistently throwing Haye off, but it doesn't look to have affected his focus, as he throws another good left jab. Haye's just not getting close enough. Klitschko's defence has been watertight so far. The pair trade right hands as the bell goes, and that round was a good deal harder to call with that point deduction. It's all just getting a bit messy now. Just taken a glance at my inbox, and there are several hundred emails in there, most of them with the subject heading 'SMASH BOOM' OR 'BASH BAM' or some other variant.
Sorry I can't print all of them. Or, in fact, any of them. ROUND SIXThis is the round in which Haye predicted he'd knock Klitschko out. But not much sign of it from the early seconds, as Klitschko's now moving in and forcing Haye to back off him.
Haye's going to have to impose himself on the fight again, as the last couple of minutes have been all Klitschko. Haye does well to duck under a fierce left hook, but he's going to have to keep ducking, as he's having trouble getting past those huge, telescopic arms and within hitting range. Again Haye tumbles. More boos. Klitschko's left cheek is looking a bit scuzzy, while Haye's nose is now swelling up quite a bit.
Half a minute left, no telling blows this round yet.. Haye dodges a left hand, throws a right hook, misses. That's the bell. Probably just about Klitschko's round again.
We're at the halfway point, and a few occasional flourishes aside, Haye's struggled to make a consistent impact. Does he now adjust the gameplan? Or does he try and hang in there and keep looking for the opening?
ROUND FIVEHaye really bounded back to his corner at the end of that round. He's so, so up for this.
But Klitschko's sticking to his gameplan, by and large. The pace so far has been absolutely furious. But Klitschko's now on the hunt.
He's definitely going after Haye a bit more in this round. Both miss with right hands, and they end up in a clinch. If anything, Haye looks a little fresher at this stage, with a minute left in the round. But Klitschko absolutely creams a right hand straight into the mouth of Haye, and Haye could so easily have been finished there! That was the biggest punch of the fight so far, but Haye's nose is bleeding! That's the bell, and that's Klitschko's round. Haye did so well to stay on his feet there, but he really was cut open.
His corner will now have a bit of work to do. ROUND FOURBig right hand from Klitschko! Haye's head recoils slightly, but by and large he's taking these pretty well. Again, Klitschko edges Haye towards the ropes, and Haye does brilliantly to squirm away from a career- ending combination and nestle his head in Klitschko's armpit. Two more good jabs from Klitschko. Haye's still taunting his man, and there is absolutely no way of predicting what's going to happen next in this one.
Forty- five seconds left in the round, and there's not much to choose between the two of them. Haye again ducks out of the way of a big left hook, and then counters, throwing a left cross and forcing Klitschko to retreat! Haye lands another right hand right on the bell, and will that have swayed the judges at the last minute? Stats: Haye's thrown more punches than Klitschko, but landed fewer. ROUND THREEIf Haye didn't know he was in the toughest fight of his career, he knows now.