By William Mackay: Since moving up to the heavyweight division in 2008, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) has had things pretty cushy. Instead of taking on dangerous younger fighters like Odlanier Solis, Denis Boytsov and Alexander Povetkin, to name just a few, Haye has gone after a senior citizen’s row of older fighters like 38-year-old Monte Barrett, 36-year-old Nikolay Valuev and 38-year-old John Ruiz. On November 13th, Haye will be facing another older fighter in 38-year-old Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire.

There is expected to be an announcement about the fight in the next week. I suppose they can’t too much longer to make the announcement because they need to start marketing the fight for the British fans. For a lot of fans of Haye, they won’t even entertain the idea that Haye might get knocked out in this fight. Indeed, to hear them talk about him, many of them are convinced that Haye has a good chin and that his loss to 40-year-old Carl Thompson was a result of Haye running out of gas rather than the huge shots that Thompson was hitting Haye with in the 4th and 5th rounds of that fight.

This is perhaps why they see Haye as being immune to the biggest left hands and right hooks from Harrison. I wish I could see it that way, but I still think that Haye has a glass jaw. Wins over old guys like Barrett, Ruiz and Valuev, none of which can really punch, hasn’t convinced me that Haye’s chin is all of a sudden made of iron. What it does make me think is that he’s been very careful since moving up to the heavyweight division. Haye had chances to fight not one but both of the Klitschko brothers, all without really having any substantial wins on his resume at the time that he was trying to get a fight with them.

But now I don’t know what to think about Haye’s fight with Harrison. I’m sickened a little that he’s taking on a guy so far down in the pack to fight rather than a young contender, but I’m not surprised. I never believed all that nonsense that Haye was talking about when he said he was the new breed of heavyweight when he first moved up to the heavyweight division. He’s found his guy, Audley, and now it’s going to be interesting to see if Haye can blow him out or if he’s get blown out himself.

I don’t care either way. If he beats Harrison, it’s not like there’s going to be some great fight in the future that we’ll likely be seeing him in. My guess Haye will go after either Ruslan Chagaev or Kali Meehan next. It’s going to be one of those guys, and not a very interesting match-up. But as far as the Harrison fight goes, I wouldn’t be surprised if Haye gets stretched. And I can see the same thing happening with Harrsion. If he goes out fighting scared, he’s going to get knocked out. It’s as simple as that. Haye will pick up on his fear and tear into Harrison.

But if Harrison comes out with some aggression, I can see Haye running all around the ring like he did against Valuev, just looking to survive. Harrison would then have a chance of beating Haye, but not by decision. I can’t see Harrison winning a decision against a younger, more popular fighter like Haye. He’d have to knock him down four or five times before I see Harrison winning a decision against Haye. No, he’s going to have to knock him out if he wants to win this fight and I think he has a good chance of doing that.