Is Haye embarrassed to be fighting Harrison?
August 24th, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: It’s really strange to see WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) talking long and hard about his next fight against Audley Harrison. Haye isn’t really saying much about the fight and has seemed to distance himself from it rather than coming right out and embracing the fight. It’s like something Haye tiptoeing around rather than just talking about it and admitting that he’s going to be fighting Harrison. I may be wrong about this, but Haye seems to be showing the signs of being embarrassed about the Harrison fight. So what if boxing fans will think that Haye is ducking the Klitschko brothers yet again. At least he’ll have a better chance of winning.
I don’t think Haye is really interested in fighting Harrison, but he needs to come out and talk about it anyway, since it does appear to be his next fight. It didn’t have to be this way. Haye could have fought either of the Klitschko brothers if he wanted to. But instead, it looks like he’s going to settle for the 38-year-old Harrison. This is after Haye already fought 38-year-old John Ruiz in his last fight. It looks like there’s some milking going on.
If Haye hates the Harrison fight so much, why doesn’t he stand on his principals and walk away from it and take on the next best opponent in the heavyweight division, like maybe Odlanier Solis, Tomasz Adamek or Denis Boytsov. I find it hard to imagine Haye being this silent about his next fight if he were facing one of those fighters next. By not talking about Harrison, Haye might be trying to put off the firestorm of criticism that he will likely receive until the last possible moment when it can no longer be avoided. It’s like putting off a dentist appointment. Haye is going to have to bring it out in the light sooner or later. He might as well embrace the Harrison fight already, and take the criticism that will follow.
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Go Fraudley! Knock Davey the Coward out!!!
i always hear the same trash from hayes mentally challenged fans…vitali is actually about to turn 39 and yes, hes not nearly the fighter he was a couple of years ago…but vitali is a great heavyweight, to merely a good heavyweight like ruiz,,,38 is old. besides look at the records of the old men haye has faced…combined the 3 of them have a losing record in the last 3 years since haye became a heavyweight…a losing record over 3 years isnt significant either?
Ordinary Harrison=Olympic Fraud David Haye=Little Boy Lost Together they can join their superpowers to make A HYPED UP LOW QUALITY FIGHT THAT ADDS FURTHER SHAME TO BOXING! Hey remember when the title HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD used to mean something?
Scott is retarded
I think Harrison could be a contender if he was better prepared for his fights phisicaly.
I wonder how Haye feels now that he is being called out and trash talked against?
Harrison is hungry and he could be motivated enough to put up a great fight with Haye. Harrison doesnt have much to lose. Haye must be feeling the pressure now. Haye knows that Valuev will not be an option for a while also. Then who is there for Haye to fight? Solis and several others would be ready and willing to fight Haye.
I don’t know why everyone allways is saying, 38 Years old Ruiz or 38 years old Harrison! 38 38 38.. Oh men watch out and open your eyes… Vitali Klitschko is almost 38!!! So what this all about??
Thompson was 40 as he kicked Hayes ass.. But Haye surly learned so much from that fight. I am sure Haye will unify all the HW Titels and will be the best HW in the World soon..
David, keep your head up and blow their heads of!! Good luck!
If David Haye has anything to be embarrassed about it should be because the world thinks he’s a coward for not fighting one of the Klitschkos.
haye is probably a blood relative of floyd mayweather… both cchiicken out of fights
Yawn… Haye is such a prima donna it’s boring. He will fight Harrison and will in all likelihood win by KO. So What? He will not have made any impression on the heavyweight landscape and will remain in a distant third place to the real champions of the division. And to anyone feeling the urge to wax lyrical about how Haye would KO either Klitschko… well he’s actually got to get into the ring with one of them first. And that seems increasingly unlikely to happen.
@ adam9 – chagaev is a free for the fight but im not sure he would be able to fight in the USA or UK coz he has Hepatitis B which is incurable
even in germany both parties have to agree to the risk of chagaevs hepatitus threat
Yeah Scott, and whatever you write, haye will still have that nice shiny belt to comfort him
chageav would fight david in a heartbeat…eddie chambers would…juan gomez would…povetkin would jump at the chance of fighting a beatable champion…thompson would…dimitrenko would…solis would….there are 20 names between the top fighters and audely harrison and many of them would fight david…besides david outwaited the k brothers, this was his plan…he has fought 7 times in 5 years….he likes to take his time and find an easy mark.
I used 2 be a haye fan but this guy is at it he had plenty of chances to fight the klitchkos and he would have made a packet at 50-50, if he’s not embarressed he should be
Audley is a top bloke & David like’s him.Do you think it is easy to smash someone you like? So no he is not embarrased he is just doing something he has to,because the people want it.
bit*h fight
@mark wat about chagaev
Haye won’t be fighting harrison, i used to be a haye fan but after dodging the k brothers and everything else that has gone on over the last year begining to loose respect for the man. I still believe the only fighters in the h/w to stop hay is the k bros. haye will be fighting Chagaev next…you heard it here 1st……
if haye is embarassed to fight ,then fight a klitchko problem solved ,
man up and sighn the contract and stop running away again haye
The heavyweight division is embarrassing. Hell, we still have Evander Holyfield fighting and doing pretty well. That explains enough. HBO, sadly won’t even broadcast them anymore.
@dougie boy before the fight it will Hayes haters going Tua will knock Haye out and then after the fight it will be Tua was well past it and Haye will not gain any respect as fans seen Barrett vs Tua and who rates him now? I dont think any American does.
I think Ruiz was a better fight for Haye than what Tua was and do you think Tua deserves a shot?
I dont think so I know Haye hadn’t earnt the shot, but he was the Cruiserweight champ and I really beleive their is more competition and higher quality opponents in that weight class.
Haye will find a fight and I really dont think it will be Harrison, its the media in England that try make this fight because it as alot of potential to write further.
Imagine if the fight had been signed the sun on back page headline “Can The Hayemaker, Stand the power of Harrison”
and they would build up and write about how they think it could be an upset.
Its garbage the media sucks and trust me Haye said he wouldn’t fight Harrison unless he really proved himself and as he? NO he got lucky against Sprott and who is Sprott he is absolute garbage.
This article is bad. It’s based on you presuming something. All the writing that needed to be done about David Haye has been done. We all know who he can fight and who he cannot. Personally, I hope he fights Chagaev or Adamek as they are the only credible opponents but let’s just wait and see. You never know, he could surprise us and tell us Frank Bruno is coming out of retirement to challenge him??? Joking btw, before I am abused. Come on Hayemaker, give us a fight to remember!!
haye is stuck with fraudly really … none of the top 10 are really ready for a title fight
- Boytsov has a good record yet no good fighters on it so he isnt ready
- Solis has 16 fights so could still be considered a baby at the pro game
- Povetkin isnt ready, showed that by dodging the wlad fight
who else is there ?
- Adamek is fighting sum bum called whittiker next ?
- Tua (WBO no.2) drew or should have lost against Barrett so any match up with haye will be a laughing stock
- Valuev = injured for the foreseeable future
Wlad has been forced to fight bum sam peter again, Vitali is left with an old shannon briggs which may be good for 2 rounds but then will be one sided and there is nobody i can think of left for haye !?
He should be, considering he called out Wlad Klitschko…
Maybe he’s doing what Adamek did, y’know by fighting bigger guys, to “grt ready” for the K’s… oh, yeah, he already fought Valuev… hahaha
Whatta joke this fellow is.
Davey’s the worst.
PA
dont think the fight is going 2 happen- which would explain why he isnt talking about it
oh shut up scott. please
Of course he would not be embarrased, cause he has no pride….I hear is fighting with Harrison on twitter, well that is his activity for the year..
Well, in order to understand ‘why’ Haye isn’t bragging is possibly down to the fact that the two were once very good friends.
I agree that this is little than a domestic crowd pleaser, although it will still manage to generate a fair few bob for both fighters !
I think Audley’s last showing against Sprott, with the 12th rd Ko, has meant his stock has risen again. However, I am not fooled by this guy – he doesn’t have a heart or a decent pair of boxing balls, put plainly. I would take Haye to KO Fraudley as soo as he clocks him ( which will not take that long ).
On to the Klit Brothers. As the principles of natural justice dicatate that : 1) there are two sides to every story ; and 2) one must not judge their own cause without hearing the other side ! Up until now, we have had just this, largely coming from Wlad. I think the Klit brothers are interesting to some degree, but very robotic and predictable. Vitali is a very strong guy with a bloody good chin. However, he is slow and cumbersome and a decent boxer would box his head off all night long. Wlad is the more skilled of the two brothers but has a chin made from Bone – China. This fact would be disasterous for Wlad if he stepped into a ring with Haye. I only see that fight going on way – a KO win for Haye within the first 4 – 6 rounds. I do think a fight between Haye and Vitali would be a much harder fight for David Haye and he could come unstuck if he lost focus at any time during that one.
*wups, imeant the only reason ‘Vitli’ fought sosnowski, obviously
another fighter haye could take on is the dangerous undefeted david rodriguez this is another fighter who is being avoided haye would get so much respect fighting someone like rodriguez they r good fights an fighters but harrison is a fight if it happens will do more bad than good like 2 hear ur views
I thought he was looking for a quality opponent and wouldn’t sign the deal with Harrison. In any case Harrison is no worse than Vitali last fought.
On boxrec.com haye is schedueled to fight Harrison in november. Does this have any truth do you think?
@ insider a agree tht barrett won the fight but tua still has a lot of respect in the usa an evn thou he was ko dwn in the fight hez nvr been stopped a jst think the yanks would luv2 c tht fight happen alot would evn fancy tua 2 beat haye
There has been a pre-requisite for a fighter to get a title shot with Wladimir is to tangle with 375lb Gabe Brown. How bout it David ready for a real mixer.
I was a David Haye fan but after that stunt when he lost his bottle and pulled out of the Klitschko fight, he lost a lot of fans and a lot of respect then.
As for Haye V Harrison, they will struggle to sell tickets for that, the British fans are not daft.
@dougie boy fighting Tua would be as much good for Haye as fighting Harrison.
Tua should have lost to Barrett and got knocked down god knows how the judges scored it even.
if haye wants respect he should fight the most avioded heavyweight in the past 15years david tua by fighting tua hel get respect from the yanks taking on the dangerous but limited tua a fight haye would win easy love 2 hear oppinions of other fight fans
Scott Gilfoid you are dumb Haye as said many times he isn’t going to fight Harrison and he wont.
He shouldm’t neither its too easy and he wont get no respect he’ll get blasted for it
its a shame to see how far the heavyweight division has fallen