Khan picks Haye to beat Harrison on November 13th
September 9th, 2010
By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan is picking World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) in his November 13th fight against fellow Brit Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 Ko’s) at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire. Khan’s opinion about this fight is a little biased because Haye is a really good friend of his, so you have to keep that in mind about Khan’s pick for the fight. In an interview at Skysports, Khan, speaking about Haye, said “He’s new to the heavyweight division, but he is strong, he hits hard and I think he is untouchable. He moves around and can take a good shot. If I have to put my last pound on any of them, it would have to be David Haye. Me and Audley go back a long way, we are good friends. He has supported me. When I won the Silver medal, he gave me some tips and the same with David Haye. He gave me some tips when I turned professional.”
Haye will likely move around a lot in this fight, and look to pot shot Harrison. If Haye can hurt him, he’ll then open up with a flurry of shots. Haye is hard to fight because he sometimes throws rabbit shots when he’s in close like in his fights against Monte Barrett and John Ruiz. You really have to stay on your toes with him and hope the referee is doing his job to try and prevent some of these illegal punches from being thrown.
Haye also isn’t untouchable like Khan says. Haye moves around a lot and does this to protect his weak chin. He can’t really jab very well because he lacks flexibility for throwing jabs. He’s a lot like a body builder when trying to throw a jab. It just doesn’t work nearly as well for him compared to when he’s throwing his power shots. He loves himself wide open when he does throw his pot shots and he’s the opposite of being an untouchable fighter.
In his last fight against 38-year-old John Ruiz in April, Haye was hit a lot by Ruiz. Had that been a bigger puncher like Wladimir Klitschko, Haye likely would have been counting stars on his back. Haye does move around a lot but he wastes a lot of energy by doing this. He’d be better off being a little more stationary and just going for broke in his fights.
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stu…what are u 16…david constantly lies…why dont you worry about that…i dont hate haye…i dont respect him. besides it doesnt matter what i think about him as a person…as a boxer he is not that good…he is not the great black hope…sorry.
“j jackson says:
September 10, 2010 at 5:23 am
he deserves to be trashed because he gives no respect…”
so you admit you’re just “hating” even tho you said you weren’t. so you’ve been caught lying again. lol
I think that if audly or as some here say fraudly decides to realy turn up he may cause a big upset, he can deliver when he decides to not be lazy and his hand speed fr a big guy is good looking forward to it after seeing them on the news yesterday certainly no love lost between those two.
i dont have to make up things to make haye look bad…he makes himself look bad…im not as fascinated with haye as i am the moron fans that defend his lies, deceptions, and apparent lack of integrity and yes he deserves to be trashed because he gives no respect…he cant expect to get it…why shouldnt somebody who trashes everybody in sight expect to get it back.
when you are unproven and make no effort to prove yourself…yet claim to be great…isnt that the exact defintion of a fraud? he is retiring in a year…he already said he probably will never fight the k brothers…he is wasting time fighting a nobody..fraud is perfectly accurate.
who is hay?
“j jackson says:
September 9, 2010 at 8:26 pm
pointing out that haye is a fraud is not hating on anybody”
calling a 2 weight world champion a “fraud” is very definitely “hating”. fraud’s don’t win world titles in 2 weights in the champion’s backyard…travelling to countries most top fighters are scared to box “away” in.
haye is unproven…sure…but you admit you’re “guessing” what he will do next. pass judgement on a career when it’s done.
btw: you’d look less like a “hater” if you commented on ANYTHING other than haye. you’re obsessed with the guy & criticising him. you comment on every story about the guy. you make up stuff to try & make him look bad. that’s what “haters” do. haters & losers. well…one & the same in your case lol.
Or just third time lucky?
All you guys saying Haye can’t beat the K’s well the K’s must have some doubt about winning they want a 3 fight clause in the contract why so Haye beats one of them they have the chance to win it back if Wlad fails second time big bro can try?.
pointing out that haye is a fraud is not hating on anybody..even haye. its just the facts. he will fight holyfield then retire…thats my guess. but then i always predicted he would never get in the ring with a fighter with a pulse…i suppose theres an outisde chance if vitali keeps slowing down or looks even worse…but vitalis chin, size, jab, and work rate would still be a lot to overcome.
you see these 2 on morning tv.hahah im actually intrigued to see what happens come fight night and see if audley steps up
Remember the Barret suprise when well trained.
Not sure why Mackay’s trying to make such an issue out of the fact Khan’s picking Haye to win. I’ve stepped in things which would pick Haye to win-it’s an almost certain no-brainer. Which says a lot about Mackay, really.
like shannon briggs eh
This “championship of London” fight should never have been allowed. The WBA should have forced Haye to face a legitimate contender. The big question is who will Haye cherry pick next.
Why does this writer constantly hate on British fighters?
I’m guessing by your name william mackay, that ur scottish. In that case you shouldn’t be commenting, on any Englishman it’s no secret that the scottish hate the English, based on something that happened hundreds of years ago get over it. U weren’t alive it didn’t affect you.
Haye beating Harrison by KO is obviously a no-brainer … dont expect the bookies to put big odds on a KO for haye
@….King Kong…..Your right about Harrisons motivation, your wrong about hating the English, I go there 2-3 times a year to visit my English friends, they are like family.
trouble with audley is that he doesn’t throw enough punches, i’v watched him fight a number of times, he has good hand speed and enough power to KO anyone anytime.
audley just seems to be lazy imo, maybe it’s his age, he gets tired i dont know.
how comes americans secretly hate english people
Kahn picks Haye to win….what a shock. Kahn even if he did think Harrison would win he wouldn’t say it anyway, that would be politically incorrect in English boxing, they would turn on him like a pack of mad dogs. I watched Harrison fight on youtbe last night. He has alot of skills and is way bigger than Haye, he can throw a straight left ok, he can throw a hook ok and he can throw an uppercut as well. Haye doesn’t protect himself that welll and lunges in with looping wild punches. Harrison needs to put iit on him while Haye makes his little postures making little circle movement with his left hand that he holds very low. This is going to be another Tyson vs Douglas.
Haye had promised the boxing community a great deal, however very little of what he proclaimed has come about. This has shattered his reputation and made him justifiably the butt of jokes among boxing aficionados.
that said, he is not like ali. haye leaves himself wide open, especially when he tires…and he tires quickly, just as the author says. he would need a strong chin, endlessly energy, and a rapier jab to fight like ali. and he just doesnt have them.
tom excellent post…excellent
At the end of the day there is nothing wrong with haye wanting the fights getting his money and retiring why go on longer than you have to, just look at holyfield, roy jones, their credability has gone down. Anybody who knows haye knows he does not run from any fighter and he will get the fights with the klitchkos and then he can be judged fairly.
It would appear Haye has one genuine stratagem, snatching the money and scurrying for the exit (retirement).
I know im not the first to say it but this blog has just made my day. We old know what poor willie is like but on september 9th he has just lost his last tiny shred of credibility. He has actually called someone elses boxing opinion biased. Astonishing
Yeah and the rest of the sane world,so what.course hayes gonna ko audley he,s on a different level,audleys barely european level,he very very nearly lost that so what makes you think he,s gonna land that big left on haye.
this fight is a mismatch.and will be over in 2-3 rounds
Firstly, what does it matter what Khan thinks? Seconly, what kind of crack is the author of this article on? Haye wastes a lot of energy when he moves around and should just toe to toe instead? Are you on the koolaid? Is that your assessment of Ali’s style as well? Haye is not a volume puncher. He fights to KO primarily with his right hand, the jab is only a range-finder for him – that’s his style and it works best for his shape and size. If he were to toe to toe with puncher guys and voume punchers he would be commiting ring suicide. You have to respect your style and find the best expression of that style. Don’t you understand anything about combat? It’s not a test of toughness from a kid’s comicbook, it’s about finding a way to win, despite the disadvantages of terrain, numbers, weaponry – in short, strategy!
The first thing Mackay looks for in a good boxer is a granite chin.
He disregards boxing skill hence his hate for Khan and Haye.
If Tommy Cooper decided to take up boxing, Mackay would be all over his nuts due to his tremendously huge chin.
Did you, william mackey, just use the word biased? OMG its 9.29 am here and you really have just set my day up ha