Wladimir Klitschko's Big 5: The day he shut up David Haye

Wladimir Klitschko's Big 5: The day he shut up David Haye

The long-awaited meeting with David Haye, who also failed to oppose the Ukrainian boxer

Although it ended with a loss to Anthony Joshua, Wladimir Klitschko's career in the professional ring has been more than memorable. It is true that at the beginning the Ukrainian had serious problems with proving himself in the heavyweight division, but in the end he managed to occupy all possible titles and make nearly 20 defenses of his honors. It also achieves an enviable number of successes. We've already covered four of his best fights, so all that's left is Klitschko's greatest fight. He is again against a Brit, as was his last meeting.

It is about the fight with David Haye, in which all four belts of Vladimi are at stake, as well as the only title that still eludes him, namely the World Boxing Association Super Champion award, which in some places you can also meet as the world title in the super heavyweight division.

After Haye became the absolute light heavyweight champion in 2008, he decided to take the next step and move to the upper division. Even then, he challenged Klitschko, but a match was reached in June of the following year. The bout was scheduled for Gelsenkirchen, Germany, but Haye pulled out due to a back injury, although the Briton appeared at the pre-fight press conference wearing a T-shirt displaying the severed heads of the Klitschko brothers. However, the match did not take place and instead Vladimir defeated Ruslan Chagaev in a bout we already talked about.

The long-awaited match between the Ukrainian and David Haye is coming on July 2, 2011. At that time, Klitschko held in his hands the belts of the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Organization, the International Boxing Organization and Ring magazine. And hey is the super champion of the World Boxing Association. The arena of the clash is again in Germany, but in Hamburg and more precisely "Imtech Arena". Everyone expects an extremely serious and contested battle, in which a suitable competitor will finally be found for Vladimir.

Well, that doesn't happen, but the fight is extremely exciting to watch, even though the Ukrainian's dominance is once again evident from the start. Klitschko again has a height advantage of 7 centimeters, and in terms of weight, he is heavier than Haye by as much as 14. This can't help but affect the ring as well. After all the talk, all the swagger in the build-up to the fight, the Briton's serious talk, it's a laughable performance from him as he seems to show he's not ready for the big heavyweight fights.

Serious but meaningless claims to the referee and furious attacks without a particular purpose on the part of Haye, make us absolutely believe the words of Wladimir after the end of the match, which say that the British boxer was simply afraid of the meeting with the great champion.

The result of the match is more than definite in favor of Klitschko, even though the match lasts for 12 rounds. In the card of the three judges, the Ukrainian wins, respectively, with 117:109, 118:108 and 116:100 points. It's another victory that has been achieved with wins in almost every division and comes extremely close to Wladimir's success against Sultan Ibrahimov in 2008.

The most serious reason to put this fight in the first place has to do with winning another title that is missing from Klitschko's business card. But we can also add to it the surpassing of expectations, which are for contested rivalry. The way the Ukrainian's composure and class has been displayed in the ring in Hamburg leads everyone to believe that it will be difficult to find anyone to dethrone him from the top of the world.

Despite Haye's complaints that he was playing with a broken big toe, which changed his plans for the fight, nothing could take away from the quality of boxing displayed by Wladimir Klitschko that earned the Ukrainian his 56th win in the professional ring. Yes, he has to wait for his 50th knockout, but the points dominance shows that even at 35, he is a true beast, ready to tear apart any opponent, and without pressure.