Haye vs. Harrison: Will Audley knock David out?
August 28th, 2010
By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) still hasn’t officially announced who his next opponent will be, but many boxing fans figure it will be former EBU heavyweight champion Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) that Haye fights on November 13th at M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire.
Harrison can punch very well with his left hand. He may not have much of a right, but his left hand power is quite good. Harrison can deliver knockout blows with left hooks, overhand lefts and uppercuts. Harrison is clearly not as fast as Haye, and doesn’t have equal power in both hands like he does.
However, Harrison has the size and reach advantage and if he lands anything hard, Haye may be counting stars. If Haye doesn’t respect Harrison it could lead to big problems for Haye, because Harrison is a lot more dangerous than Nikolay Valuev.
We saw how scared looking Haye was against Valuev. He treated him like a knockout threat for 12 rounds and fought like a timid rabbit. If Haye fights like that against Harrison, he’ll lose. Harrison will spear Haye from the outside with his long jab and peck away at him with left hands and right hooks.
But if Harrison falls behind in the fight, I think that is where he’ll be his most dangerous. Harrison can be lethal at times when he has his back against the wall, and if he lets his left hand go with knockout intentions, Haye will be in big trouble.
This isn’t Monte Barrett or John Ruiz. Harrison has a lot more power than those two and has the size to give Haye a lot of problems. It would be funny if Harrison ended up destroying Haye and ruining his chance at fighting the Klitschko brothers. Although at this point I don’t even see that ever happening, so it probably doesn’t matter if Harrison starches Haye.
I see Harrison as the hungrier of the two. He knows he can’t afford to lose because of his age. At 38, Harrison isn’t going to be getting any second chances. He’s got to win this fight if he wants to get a big fight against the Klitschko brothers or other heavyweights. Haye can afford to lose because he’ll be able to talk his way into another fight with one of the top fighters.
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The fight could go either way. I mean yes Haye could get knocked out.
we’ll see that when it happens.
Why is Sam Peter ranked no.2?
Or getting a shot?
Audley will always have chance,as it is h/weight boxing,but to say his chances are slim is an understatement.Haye will make an example of him!
@ rick .. i am actually more annoyed at sam peter then wlad … sam peter may be rated at no.2 by IBF not wbo thats tua dumbass !!! and i hav no idea how he made it to number 2 because he hasnt actually fought anyone good !? lost to vitali and chambers and beat 2 or 3 chumps nobody has heard of … so great fight rite !? NO !!!!
few other points from the blog … coz that is all it is
- M.E.N is in Greater Manchester not Lancashire right ?
- Has Mackay ever watched audley harrison ? “But if Harrison falls behind in the fight, I think that is where he’ll be his most dangerous” is this a joke ? if harrison falls behind he usually crumbles under the pressure !! (except against sprott II)
- “Harrison can be lethal at times when he has his back against the wall” like he was against Martin Rogan ? and Danny Williams ?
FACT – weneva harrison has his back to the wall it is usually followed by his ass on the floor !!
Mackay seriously you need to brush up on your boxing sense. Haye was fighting smart against Valeuv getting in to attack when the time was right and back out and repeat which is the way to beat Valeuv as there isnt many guys in the division who can stand and trade with him. And Fraudley being the hungrier of the 2? You have got to be kidding since when has Fraudley ever been hungry if hes to scared to even fight? Trust me within 3 rounds Haye will knock Fraudley clean out and then bye bye Fraudley Harrisons career!
Mark
Your boy Haye is basically finished. He is a hype job. If he was so brave, he would have backed up all of his damn talk and fought the K brothers.
You have the nerve to disrespect Wladimir for fighting Peter. Peter is rated number 2 in the world and he can punch hard. Haye would not even dare to fight Peter. Instead, Haye will fight Harrison or some other weaker opponent. Haye will not fight any of the tough contenders. Mark my words on this predication. The Haye fans are blinded by the Haye hype. They cannot see the truth. Haye wants o retire by the time he turns 31. How many fights will he get in before he retires by Oct 2011 and against whom?
3 rounds and it will be all over for harrisson
Haye vs. Harrison has all the appeal of a country fair event which is barely able to stir the interest of bored to tears local yokels. Yet despite it all it would appear this fight will nevertheless be imposed upon the boxing community as a whole whether the fans wish it or not.
Unfortunate but true is the fact that Audley Harrison has shown himself not up to the demands of top class heavyweight competition with his last fight against the dreadfully ordinary Michael Sprott being a case example of Harrison’s limited standing and ability as a heavy. The same applies to David Haye who has not exactly taken the division by storm but has instead selected to keep away from fighting as much as regulations will duly allow all the while carefully protecting his title with the help of which Haye and his handlers have first and foremost high-flying plans to become filthy rich more or less not giving a tinkers damn about the tender sensibilities of their once loyal fans.
A truly pathetic state of affairs.
Haye wins by KO easy … mackey i am going to suggest a few more headlines for u
Adamek fighting Bums ? total regression in opponants since winning a split decision against Arreola key words being SPLIT DECISION !!
Wadimir Fighting Bums – i will go toe to toe will the hardest man in the world with the subject Sam Peter is nothing but a regional fighter, got nothing on world class ( Harrison vs Peter would be good) … (Harrison to win via points)
how about : Team Klitschko work together to keep their titles : Vitali takes the big hitters while china chin wlad takes the quicker yet pillow punching fighters e.g. sam peter !!
come on guy lets get a few more suggestions for the best writer this website has ever seen LMAO (obviously not mackay =P)
Haye was terrific in defeating Valuev, the guys 7 feet tall and over 22st and Haye nearly knocked him out, Valuev has over 50 wins and he couldn’t land a punch on Haye, the gameplan worked perfectly, and he destroyed Ruiz too.
Give credit where credits due.
why do they keep going on about hays chin seen him take loads of big shots 17 stone landing on peoples chins is going to knock most people out so get a crip haye is a top fighter
Audley was easy to hit even by Carl Sprott.. a semi retired fighter who bullied Audley up until he ran out of gas… so in which dream did Audley envisage beating Haye ?
david haye wins ko in the 2nd!!!!
nope he wont knock david haye out it wont go any further than three rounds audley kod
Harrisson doesn’t have a fight in him, the combo that floored Ruiz inside 30s would end harrissons night and hopefully career. He is getting this fight due to a lucky left hook in the last round against a nobody.
Valuev is a knockout risk over 12 rounds. Just watch some of his knockouts. Punches that if they came from anyone else would barely be felt, knocking people out, due to his shear size. Very difficult fighter to take on. You either beat him over 12 rounds, do the near impossible in knocking him out, or he lands one slow, seemingly ineffective punch, and it’s more or less lights out.
Harrison is so slow, Haye will do a river dan ce around him. Harrison will try to clinch before the KO. Harrison’s biggest pay day he might even dive.
what a load of rubbish this is….time after time on here i hear garbage. No matter if you hate or like Haye you gotta respect his power/speed he will distory harrison inside 3 rounds!!! i would love it if harrison knocked him out but it won’t happen. ill even put my years salary for haye to win by KO.
Theirs a reason why Haye is champ and Audley has being fighting classes apart for years and thats the power difference and the skill also.
Haye is a much bigger puncher than all Harrison as faced and he’s being KO’d, Haye is god compared to Harrison for boxing Skill, Speed, Power and will to win.
David Haye has alot of critics for the wrong reason he’s been stopped once profesionally, but didn’t Pacquiao, Wladmir and Vitali and alot of other great fighters.
People judge Hayes defence and chin but they are make believe when was Haye last counted out, cos he aint being KO’d before when you have such a bad chin, why has it only being brought to attention when he’s moved up to heavy’s.
No matter who you are eventually you will be put on your ass and if your unlucky the ref will stop the fight because he feels that 4 punches is too much to take with out stopping them.
People jump on Haye because he is good and like all greats get slated just look at Ali, Suger RR, Sugar RL, Frazier and Mayweather.
People just like to make a fuss why not support these athletes and maybe we might get more big fights, MMA is stealing everything because they support fighters skills and strengths comaparing un-biased to their opponents rather than just pointing out their weakness’s its a shame boxing aint going to be around for to many more years.
You tend to see alot of boxers at UFC events more so than at a boxing match.
The faught already on sparring…Harrison was beaten very hard by a superior Haye.
no no no no I’m wrong. It’s PUSSEYFEST
BUMFEST
Behave its won before its even announced! Haye will destroy him within 3 rounds