Haye-Harrison: So much for Haye giving fans the fights they want to see
September 9th, 2010
By William Mackay: After WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) defeated 38-year-old John Ruiz in his last fight in April, Haye, 29, said “I’d like to fight who fans want me to fight.” Well, it looks like Haye has chosen to ignore that comment because in choosing 38-year-old former European Boxing Union heavyweight champion Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) to fight next on November 13th at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire, Haye is choosing someone that is benefiting his bank account but not really getting fans the fights that they want to see.
I have doubts that Haye will choose to fight the Klitschko brothers next. I just don’t see that fight happening next. Maybe his fans in the UK want to see him decimate Harrison for some reason, but they might change their minds about it if Haye takes Harrison out in one or two rounds. There’s something about watching a fast blowout that has a way of turning fans off. But the thing is this fight has early knockout written all over it. You’d have to really reach to give Harrison much of any chance, because he looked positively awful in his recent win over Michael Sprott.
Injury or not, Harrison looked bad from the very first round of that fight even before he injured his chest muscle. You take one look at Harrison’s performance in that fight and it’s hard to give him any chance in this fight with Haye unless Harrison rushes Haye in the first round and lands one on his jaw. Once this fight is over with, I’m hoping Haye at least goes after guys like Denis Boytsov, Odlanier Solis or Tomasz Adamek next. I have no faith in Haye fighting the Klitschko brothers before he retires, so I’m just hoping he at least fights those guys.
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Bring on……Captain Hook vs the Hayemaker for 2011!!!
who’s next Danny Williams what a joke, so much for all his big talk,
neither the us or england has a heavyweight champion right now…but if you add up all those silly wbo and wbd and wbs belts the usa has had about 4 hundred…theyre not champions of course..
there was only one heavyweight champion on that list andre…lewis…the rest were third rate belt holders…like david…they all fell apart when they got in the ring with decent fighters….and i said i didnt know about lewis…i thought he was the islands and fought for canada in the olympics.
stu…how dumb can you get….ruiz has been washed up for years…he has a losing record over the last 3 years…a 50 percent ko record…so he could never punch….the only decent fighter he has faced late in his career was chageav…who beat him. you blindness is astounding. haye has yet to fight anything but old washed up fighters,,,what next kick over alis wheelchair and claim hes the greatest? and now hes fighting an old never was…his ppv is high because of teenage misfits like you…and the desperation for a true heavyweight champion…which has always been the case in england. haye he will never be that champion…he seems to lack courage.
Haye has angered many people by saying that the Harrison fight will be as one sided as a gang rape. How low can Haye stoop? I hope Harrison KO’s Haye on Nov 13th.
Haye will most probably beat Harrison though and then he will have one or two more fights by the time he retires in Oct 2011. And yes, I do believe Haye when he says he wants to retire by the time he turns 31. Haye had decided this early in his career. I doubt that he will change his mind. My question is; Who will Haye fight after he beats Harrison? I doubt that it will be a tough contender and I dont see Haye fighting the K brothers either.
“Jam says:
September 10, 2010 at 7:36 am
@ stu
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j jackson hasn’t got a clue what he’s on about..”
so so true.
” j jackson says:
September 10, 2010 at 5:33 am
stu…you are an unrelenting idiot…there are probably 20 american heavyweights who rank higher than harrison.”
i’m sorry…i thought i was talking about ppv sales. you can call me “an idiot” but at least i can read.
perhaps you can name me 1 us fighter who will do better ppv than haye in their next fight? oh…that’s right…no us heavyweight is even gonna be on ppv in their next fight. cos no-one in the us cares about any of them.
& perhaps you missed it…but haye actually faced one of the “best” us heavyweights of the last ten years in his last fight (john ruiz…not an atg…but certainly in the top 3 or 4 us heavyweights…at least…when haye faced him…which shows how sh**ty us heavyweights are i guess) & this fight will massively outsell that one on ppv. which is kinda my point. you massive f**king idiot.
Auderly harrison on a good night can put any heavyweight to sleep,he has the skill’s to pay the bill’s.If Haye win’s this fight hell clean up the division no dought.
@ j jackson
you have had one heavyweight champion in a hundred years…ERR “WRONG”—MICHAEL BENT WBO HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION,BORN LONDON UK……HERBIE HIDE WBO HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP(UK)HENRY AKINWANDI WBO HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP(UK)FRANK BRUNO WBC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP BORN LONDON(UK) LENNOX LEWIS UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP,BORN LONDON (UK) and last and by no means least BOB FITZSIMONS…BORN HELSTON CORNWALL (uk)
YOU!! ARE AN IDIOT WHO KNOW’S FCUK ALL ABOUT BOXING….AS ON MY COUNT,THATS 6 YES 6…HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPS FROM THE UK….HOW MANY HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPS THE USA GOT NOW……..N.O.N.E………DUMBEAZZ.
@ stu
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I’m with you on this one mate.. j jackson hasn’t got a clue what he’s on about.. who cares if there is higher ranked fighters than Harrison.. does that mean the fight is going to sell better? err no!!
@ j jackson
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come on then, lets hear these US heavyweight fihgters who are ranked higher than Harrison that are recognised enough to generate huge PPV sales.. I look forward to your reply, not that I’m expecting one from a dumb yank who needs to get a clue!
@kosciuszko
Cheers for your life story mate.. Isn’t this supposed to be about boxing? We don’t want a history lesson..
Fact of the matter is your some nerd hiding behind a computer with your big words and you clearly don’t know jack about boxing.. Maybe you should go comment on some chess forums or something you muppet!!
stu…you are an unrelenting idiot…there are probably 20 american heavyweights who rank higher than harrison. you have had one heavyweight champion in a hundred years…i think your inferiority complex is showing. (and haye will never be champion because he wont fight the man, so you just have lewis). was he even british…oh well, ill give it to you you seem desperate.
US Heavyweight boxing is poor at present – until the quality improves the interest there will be more limited than in he past and the top HW boxers do not have to fight there to be recognised and make money.
Although the Haye v Harrison fight will make decent money, Harrison has not done enough to deserve a title shot and Haye should not have given him the opportunity.
I still think Haye will fight a K Brother before he retires, but he’ll do it when he’s ready and the deal structure is right.
I’d like to see Haye fight more regularly as he is the most exciting fighter in the HW division as this time and hope that will be the case in 2011 after defeating Audley.
its a warm up… ppl over here want harrison out of boxing now and he will fight one of the K’s next year…its staged and they need him as much as he needs them…
Haye is working his way up the age chart, two 38 yr old’s then he should be ready for Vitali at 39. He is not a coward after all! Haha, smart guy.
nicktoft & jam:
spot on. nice warm up for the klitschko main course. let the haters hate. they’re the ones who look stupid.
check it out .UK fans love this fight ,as the WBA title stays in the country.Harrison gets a shot,and exposure at last.
Jam…
you really are a retard arn’t you? My user name, ie kosciuszko is in honour to the Polish fighter squadron that helped the RAF win the battle of Britain. Got a problem with that? Well check out your history, and you will see just how close we came to losing that particular battle, and therefore the war without their particular help. They helped to train our RAF pilots that eventually defeated the Luftwaffe, but hey, what would a narrow minded xenophobe like you know about your own nations history? I am
a white English brummie with a 600-year old English heritage, for your information.
Thanks to motownhitman and
j jackson!!
What do Haye fans mean when they say Haye “couldn’t” get a fight with a Klitschko? He had every chance to fight a K bros but ran and hid from them. It was clearly a case of wouldn’t and not couldn’t.
I agree this is a no win for Haye. If he ko’s Harrison its a so what and if Harrison takes Haye the distance then Haye’s still a bum. Should Harrison get a lucky punch and win, than Haye is even more of a laughing stock than he is now for hiding from the Klitschkos.
i actually dont see any other real choices and dont say the klitschko’s because the fight isnt happening at the minute and everyone wants him to keep active
i dont see any americans who deserve to fight for a title, and even adamek is fighting safe journeymen to get a title shot aka just keep winning
Povetkin doesnt deserve a fight after walking out on Wladimir and leaving him with a fight i will watch but not enjoy as much as 2 Olympic gold medalists going at it
please dont say Chagaev aswell, only idiots say his name, not knowing he has a incurable disease that will make fights almost impossible in the UK and USA
@NickToft
Well said mate.. These dumb ass yanks don’t have a clue do they!!
@j jackson
Like Haye said he is taking on fighters as per the general public interest. Everyone in Britain knows Fraudley.. Who else in Britain can contend with Haye right now? No one! Apart from the Klitchko brothers the general public probably can’t even name another heavyweight..
What is the boxing world coming to…. Why critisise Haye for taking this fight with Fraudly when the K2 browthers have been taking out bum after bum for years. I think this fight makes PERFECT sense. Haye is a young up and coming heavy weight and he wants to beat down on an old enemy who he despises and he will shut A-farce up once and for all.
Aside from the mega amount of cash that this fight will generate, it will do wonders for boxing in the UK, will give Haye more experience in the ring with a genuine (albiet poor) heavyweight and will mean that Haye can align his training schedule with that of the K2′s who are both fighting soon.
This fight is happening get over it and enjoy watching Haye’s career blossom.
Next year for the K2′s one after the other then retirement…. Job done!
jam…idiot. he has plenty of better fights than audely out there…there are 45 men ranked higher than him. and every fighter he gets in the ring with doesnt have to be 38 years old. and by the way mate, theres nothing but immigrints in england…one after another for thousands of years….nobody started there.
Jam..what’s up with the comment to kosciuszko? As for Haye..I don’t think he has the confidence to beat the K brothers…perhaps he is building up his confidence by using his last 3 opponents as stepping stones.
@kosciuszko
An english man with your name.. You might live in England but your clearly just one of the millions of immigrants we have here.. Keep your focus on making bombs rather than commenting on here, you don’t know what you are on about you muppet!
I’m an English man and a Haye fan and I can’t wait for this fight! The only reason I want this fight to happen so much is I’m sick of seeing Audley Harrison’s name everywhere in boxing. He is a joke! Finally we can see get sparked out and carried out on a stretcher. This will be the end of Fraudley! Which is why it is such a good fight. Everyone loves to watch a knock out and there is deffinetly going to be one here! What is everyones problem, the Klitschko’s have both got fights scheduled.. This fight isn’t going to dent Haye, he is going to make £millions and use it as a warm up fight for Vitali or Wldamir.. It makes perfect sense for this fight to happen!!!
Another nail in the coffin of the heavyweight division.And it gets worse the fight is on sky box office.If you are a true boxing fan don’t spend any money on this farce.
Haye is a known cherry picker but what if this time he made the wrong choice in Harrison?
Yes but he couldnt get a fight with the klitchkos so he took the third best option that like you said maybe isnt good for boxing fans but its good for the sport this will attract a lot of media attention in britain puting boxing in the linelight for a while
Haye said he got emails and twitter messages from fans wanting him to make that fight, but if you look at his facebook page, his own fans are bashing him. For some reason, Haye doesn’t allow critical comments on his youtube channel as well..
However enough people will still pay to watch this fight, so the masses get what they deserve. Haye even said he fights more for the “general public” than the boxing fans.
But then he should shut the f* up and not make ridiculous claims like the Klitschkos fighting bums, don’t treat him as a champion etc.
As an Englishman, I have to say that I havn’t heard a SINGLE British fight fan request this matchup. Just about everyone I have spoken to wanted Haye to back up his big mouth and fight a Klitschko. And the problem for Haye is that this is a no-win fight for him. If he bombs Harrison out in 1 or 2 rounds, people are going to say ‘so what?’. If it goes the distance, then it will tarnish even further his standing in the division, and if he loses, well we all know what would happen then.
So much for his claims that he would bring excitement to the division!