For anyone who’s not heard the outcome of the David Haye and Tony Bellew fight, two things. First, how an earth have you gone this long avoiding the outcome and second, where have you been? It was set to be one of the biggest fights of the year, falling short of the most talked about only to the Joshua vs Klitschko and Khan vs Pacquiao fights. The two opponents were Tony Bellew, recent cruiser weight champion and David Haye, multiple heavyweight world champion. Most bookies had the fight solved as they thought, with the odds everywhere stacked completely in Haye’s favour. To add to this, it was set to be the fight that would either keep Haye’s career going, or end it with a crushing defeat which only added to the already unbearable tension.
The first few rounds didn’t appear to be anything else than what people had guessed, Haye was warming himself Bellew was already appearing to take some hard hits, in between the constant hugging which many thought was too excessive for a heavyweight fight. However it all kicked off in the early rounds when it appeared that Haye had severely injured his ankle after it was clear he was struggling to throw right hands and put weight on the foot. This was later confirmed to be that he had sustained a ruptured Achilles tendon. If you ask me it’s remarkable that Haye managed to put make it to the 11th round, yet alone fight in general. The fight didn’t end with a knockout which is what most were hoping for, instead Haye’s corner realised he was only injuring himself more by carrying on fighting and wisely threw in the towel in the interest of Haye’s future career. It was obvious that as soon as Haye sustained the injury it was extremely unlikely he’d pull through to win, the injury resulted in him not being able to move much and greatly increased the amount of punches he threw that merely made contact with air. By no means am I disrespecting Haye’s performance, instead I think he earned a great deal of respect, even from those who don’t support him, although there was one point in the fight where Haye showed poor sportsmanship, and karma occurred instantly.
To conclude, it was clear to see after the 4th round that there was only going to be one real winner and it was always going to be Bellew from that point on. Credit where credits due. A cruiser weight stepped up to the mark and squared on a heavyweight world champion, took his best hits, on the night, to the chin, and was the one who came out laughing.
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