Who would win Cooper or Haye??

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There was a recent article that mentioned Cooper it reminded me that this was a great british heavyweight. Cooper as we know almost beat Ali there fight he caught Ali with a massive left hook that almost knocked him out his corner had to split his glove to buy him extra time. A bit naughty from Alis corner tbh but he is the best boxer of all time so i will give him a break. What a win that would have been for Cooper though and how many guys can say they knocked down Ali?? Many people believe Cooper was very unfortunate not to win a world title.

Haye is another of our quality heavyweights who unlike Cooper won a world title. But many people believe Haye was at his best at cruiserweight where he was one of the greatest cruiserweights of all time. Here is the thing to remember though Cooper was also a very small heavyweight he was not much bigger than Haye so this fight could be at cruiserweight or heavyweight!

This would be an all British heavyweight clash I would love to see. Who would win? Very hard to say I think. Haye has the advatage in speed maybe that would make the difference but who could rule out Cooper if he lands that left hook on Haye he could end it right there because Haye would not be able to get up like Ali did imo. Who would you say wins this fight??

I think Colonial Lion is right in the respect that the respective records of the two is a bit misleading. I also agree with him on Hayes supposed technical ability. But as milkyboy said, with Cooper its pretty clear where he sits. With Haye it isnt. We can safely say neither are elite or even the level below that but I would back Haye to make a better fist of things against similar level opponents and while we cant assume Haye would beat the likes of Johanson and Patterson its hard to imagine him doing any worse than Cooper did and easy enough to imagine him doing a bit better. I dont think Haye would have the same conservatism against Cooper as he showed in his other heavyweight contests where he was outsized and based his gameplan around being elusive and pot shotting.