Reply to: David Haye vs Nikolay Valuev

[rsingh]

It seems he broke a bone in his right hand in the second round. So he beat him with one hand

[DaveB]

I watched some of the fight on an internet live stream - think it was rounds 6 -8'ish - and was surprised Haye won as he hardly threw any punches in those rounds.

I've not read any articles since his win as it is coming across as hype but did anyone see the fight and can atest that he indeed did a good job?

It may not have been an entertaining fight to watch but Haye did exactly what he needed to do. Nothing flashy, no showboating, just work hard and out box the other guy.

WIS.

It's coming acrross as a bit of hype atm as he's the first british heavyweight to win a title in a while and the fight itself was unusual in the scale of the mismatch physically. 9" in height, 8" in reach and 6.5 stone difference between them. Haye did it the only way he could have done it.

[Clippy]

I watched some of the fight on an internet live stream - think it was rounds 6 -8'ish - and was surprised Haye won as he hardly threw any punches in those rounds.

I've not read any articles since his win as it is coming across as hype but did anyone see the fight and can atest that he indeed did a good job?

[DaveB]

Actually AtW is an expert on boxing and unboxing.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...wk(VS.80).aspx

I didn't realise he worked for HP

[DimPrawn]

Not only is AtW an expert on boxing, he's also an expert on divorce.

Actually AtW is an expert on boxing and unboxing.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...wk(VS.80).aspx

[sasguru]

Exactly. I don't think AtW has got the hang of boxing.

Not only is AtW an expert on boxing, he's also an expert on divorce.

[Doggy Styles]

outhink

Exactly. I don't think AtW has got the hang of boxing.

[Money Money Money]

Why did he celerbrate before the results? Thats what annoyed me!

[sasguru]

outhink

Not hard.
Apparently the Russian had several degrees from some tinpot institution.
So the same as the old 11+.

[snaw]

outrun

outhink

[AtW]

It may not have been an entertaining fight to watch but Haye did exactly what he needed to do. Nothing flashy, no showboating, just work hard and out box the other guy.

outrun

[DaveB]

They wre interviewing Haye on R4 this morning. Came over as an intelligent and articulate bloke.

Talking about his hand. He said he thinks he's broken it and did it in the second round. He'd done it once before, a few years ago, when he hit his opponent on the head with a badly aimed punch. Skulls being somewhat resilient when hit, his hand came off worse. Apparently this time he did it punching the other guys jaw!

It may not have been an entertaining fight to watch but Haye did exactly what he needed to do. Nothing flashy, no showboating, just work hard and out box the other guy.

[TimberWolf]

Ah, I see. It's purely concerned with the number of people enagaging in a firefight. It's not concerned with tactics which would affect that number or any other tactical considerations which might change the outcome.

It makes sense though, both sides will be losing people but it will affect the smaller side proportionately more.

Which is possibly why enemies try to outflank each other, or divide and conquer. Easier to fight (all things being equal again) two half sized armies twice than a big one once. In (over simplified) theory.

If there were 4 people in my army and 4 people in some else's army, I would sure prefer it to be 4 against 2 twice than 4 against 4 once (or better still 4 against 1, 4 times).

[Bunk]

Here you go: Lanchester's Square Law

Ah, I see. It's purely concerned with the number of people enagaging in a firefight. It's not concerned with tactics which would affect that number or any other tactical considerations which might change the outcome.

It makes sense though, both sides will be losing people but it will affect the smaller side proportionately more.

[TimberWolf]

Here you go: Lanchester's Square Law