Haye looking slender and small for Harrison bout
October 24th, 2010
By Scott Gilfoid: I have to say after looking at some recent photos and video of WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s), I couldn’t help but notice how slender and emaciated he looks. My guess is Haye is weighing no more than 215 now for his fight against the giant 6’5″ 250 pound Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) next month on November 13th at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire. The 6’2″ Haye is already on the short side for a heavyweight, but his small build puts him at a distinct disadvantage against big heavyweights with reach and power. Haye also seems to be sporting a slight pot belly. It’s looks kind of strange given how skinny he is right now. This is going to be the first fight for Haye at heavyweight in which he’s going to be taking on someone that can actually punch.
I know speed is the name of the game in boxing, but when you got a fighter as small and skinny as Haye, with a glass jaw, it spells disaster. I think Harrison is going to knock Haye into next week when he lands one of his big shots. Haye looks more like a little body builder right now with a slight pot belly. I don’t see him doing well against the huge Harrison. This is probably going to be a duplicate effort from Haye as in his fight with Nikolay Valuev. Expect Haye to be running around the ring, throwing an occasional wild pot shot and desperately trying not to get hit.
It’s Harrison’s job to keep spearing the much shorter Haye from the outside and have him eating a steady diet of jabs. Haye can’t stand getting hit period and isn’t used to it, given that he fought most of his career in the weak cruiserweight division. I can see Harrison beating Haye with his jab alone and puffing him up enough to the point where Haye will quit on him. When you got a guy that’s used to bullying weaker opposition, and not used to being hit, they can fall apart when they start to take shots for the first time in ages. The last time that Haye got hit with any regularity was against Carl Thompson in 2004, and Haye was staggering around after only getting hit with a handful of punches by Thompson in the 5th.
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Yawn… all hail another anyone-but-Haye article. I’ll be looking forward to the attempted spin you try and put on it after Haye wins with ease. Do you not get bored of seeping out the same old nonsense? I love the lack of a picture as well… WHO NEEDS EVIDENCE, CONJECTURE FOR ALL! Jackass.
emaciated with a pot belly!!! are you for real???? what a moron, get off these pages
Looks like speed, in/out is Hayes game plan. He will alwaays have the power. did you see harrison ‘running’ up that mountain. I can walk faster than that.
this fight is a match up like Ken Norton Vs.Tony Tubbs.
haye doesnt struggle against big fighters look what he did to valuev and they dont get bigger than him so get it right. audley dont stand a chance in this fight. nor do the klitschkos if and when they get of their stupid bums and step up to fight him. the klitschkos arent comfortable fighting anywhere but germany anymore and that is stupid the contracts their opponents agree to are stupid thats why they havent fought david yet cos he wont take any of their stupidity or s**t contracts anymore
a new low…
Haye struggles against big fighters, so will struggle against Harrison is basically what I keep hearing from the ignorant Haye-haters, but didnt he win his World Champs belt against a giant?!?! lol and he never took wild pot-shots at Valuev, he made solid landing and scoring shots. Face facts, he ticks more boxes in terms of boxing prowess than any other heavyweight boxer. He’s fast, he hits extremely hard, his technique is excellent and he’s shown heart a number of times by getting off the canvas and winning those fights.
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He’ll beat Harrison in 4 rounds, and it’ll only last that long because he’s a showman and will want to get the crowd excited before he takes him out.
Pot-belly – lol he’s such a c0cky ba$tard who loves himself, there is no way he’ll go into that ring without being ripped for the ladies (and Klitschko fans
Harrison has a punching chance at best….. but he’d better find it quickly because mark my words Haye will find the target very early on… Harrison is not the bravest so Haye will have to go looking for him!
Scott youre a a ******* moron Haye is looking in great shape in this fight and just because hes lighter then harrison dosent put him at a disadvantage being lighter gives him the ability to move faster then fraudley and Harrison has been fighting well lately? You gotta be kidding the guy fights totally scared. Harrison has a glass chin to and Haye will absoutely destory that bum fraudley once and for all
Shut up scott, the fight will be stopped before Round 5. The guys that write on this website seem to know nothing about boxing and get most predictions wrong.
one of the best heavy weight of all time was 5ft 11 and 215lbs.(tyson)
David will win this fight but not as easly as he thinks, 1st one to land will win . unless audleys heart lets him down.
scott do u now anything about boxing cos there is no way in the world harrison is going to stop haye you r a joke if you think so
Klitschko fan – your the most boring, humourless commentor on this site. And your David haye obsession is approaching stalking. Get over it
i think people genuinely like reading scotts articles. of you want him to lose his job, stop commenting, and leave his articles alone. thats the only way you can get rid of him. unless obviously he is either friends of the web publisher, or somehow he managed to kick that retardation from his brain long enough to actually make this site. who knows?
Harrison KO David Haye
Is this the same author who said haye would get knocked out by valuev, and the same author who said haye would get knocked out by ruiz?
Possibly the most biased article i have ever read? Harrison 9/2 so if you’re that confident you could win alot of money!!! “The last time that Haye got hit with any regularity was against Carl Thompson in 2004″, Haye got decked by mormeck when he won the WBA and WBC Cruiserweight titles so that is rubbish!
Haye has burned alot of calories by beating his gums together and running from the Klitchko’s
Can’t imagine Haye’s handlers letting him fight anyone that has a real chance of beating him. This site lost a lot of credibility when Dave Lahr kept claiming Shannon Briggs was going to come in ripped at 242 lbs. Briggs was going to knock Vitali Klitschko out in the 1st or 2nd round. Briggs came in at 263 lbs, and we all saw what happened.
How can you believe anything this site puts out?
The biggest threat to Haye is Harrison falling on him when Harrison gets KO’d.
haye should bury harrison in round 1 but will have to let it go 3 rounds to give people their monies worth. easy KO harrison is a 3rd tier HW.
LMFAO gilfoid you are the biggest fool i’ve ever heard. Harrison has no chance. Now take your racist pathetic comments and shove it.
i agree with every1 here this is a mismatch haye will knock harrison out badly..harrison is slow and only has a punchers chance but even that is very slim
Haye is 6′ 3″ for a start and harrison the giant lol have you seen him lose to the taxi driver? Lets face it harrison is god awful and is goin to get completly destroyed by haye.
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Haye looks smaller than the 6’5″ Harrison by at least four inches, and Haye stood eye to eye with the 6’2″ John Ruiz in his last fight. There was zero difference in height between them. Need I say more?
agree with the above comments, ive read alot of articles about how powerful harrisons left hand is but to be honest it is no more powerful than anyone at european level! lets not forget that haye is the ko artist, he has serious power in both hands with everything he throws and thats why he’s a threat to everyone in the division
rob is right, harrison flinches and clinches. he did well in the olympics because he was wearing headgear. As soon as he took that off and turned pro he changed drastically. haye is going to destroy this guy. as for saying haye has a belly maybe you should go and google fateola and take a good look at that american bum.
Harrison has always been scared to engage and never hadhis chin tested. I don’t think people realise how hard Haye hits. Harrison was lucky to beat Sprott, before that big shot he was being bullied. If Sprott had a punch like Haye it would have been all over before. Haye to KO in 2.