Haye wants to send Harrison into retirement
October 27th, 2010
By William Mackay: It seems like WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) is obsessed with the subject of retirement. When he’s not talking about his upcoming retirement next year in October at age 31, Haye is talking about sending his November 13th opponent Audley Harrison into a permanent retirement. This is what Haye had to say on the subject of Harrison and retirement in an interview with the BBC Sport: “I’m sick of hearing of him [Harrison], sick of reading about him, and sick of seeing the sight of him. My plan here is to put Audley once and for all into retirement. My last two fights against Nikolay Valuev, he’s not fought since. He’s looking at retiring. John Ruiz is officially retiring. I’m looking to retire my opponents.”
If Haye wants to take credit for that, then that’s on him. Haye really didn’t land that many punches against Valuev in their fight. Indeed, Haye only threw 10 punches per round and didn’t land anything significant until the final round in the 12th when he knocked Valuev off balance with a wild right hand. Haye failed to go after Valuev and ruined his chance at trying to score a knockout.
Haye and Harrison fight on November 13th at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. This is a fight that Haye wants rather than taking on the Klitschko brothers, which is what the boxing public has been trying to pressure Haye into doing without luck for the past year. It doesn’t look likely that Haye will be fighting the Klitschkos in early 2011, because Haye will have to fight a mandatory challenger for the World Boxing Association unless he wants to pay the fighter a step aside fee. Haye defeated Ruiz, who was his mandatory challenger in April, and is taking Harrison as his elective non-mandatory bout. You could have figured that Haye would select an easy mark for this defense and that appears to be what he’s doing with Harrison. However, Haye is still unproven and he’s still small for a heavyweight at only 6’2″ 217 pounds, and he could end up getting knocked out if Harrison fights with any kind of intensity.
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yeah but tyson was alot more powerful than haye ,and alot more aggresive.haye wouldnt lasted 1 round with a peak tyson.guy was an animal.
haye cant become what he thinks he is with 1 fight a year fighting c rate boxers like audley.
he said he was gonna light up the devision.all ive seen him do is talk alot.more fighting less talking needed.
Hayemaker will smash harrison to bits, then when he does take on those boring clowns he will smash them up too. you say haow is a small heavyweight how big was tyson.
There is an awful lot of rubbish spoken and written about the Haye-Harrison match relating to the article written by William Mackay.Ali, Foreman and Tyson were roughly the same weight and height as Haye and yet Mackay states Haye is too small.What arrant nonsense.He even suggests that Harrison could knock out Haye.Don’t make me laugh.Harrison is a completely deluded individual who runs like thief and has struggled to defeat bums and stiffs and has lost four times. How anyone who allegedly knows anything about boxing gives him a prayer needs to stop punditry for good.
2.5 on Haye halts Harrison inside distance is the nearest thing to a certainty in sport.Easy money.
Good luck chaps.
I’m really starting to dislike this guy. His big talk and cowardice are getting annoying.
This fight is bollocks!!!!!
@…MKo….I don’t know why you would think that Haye should have equal terms against the Klitchko’s, he is way below they’re status in boxing. He is also for the most part unproven against a good oponent, and please don’t bring up Ruize or Valuev or his belt of lesset status coming from a joke of a sanctioning body.
I don’t know why people think Haye is being unreasonable in his demands. The fact is, the Klitschkos claim they are providing a reasonable deal of 50/50, Haye claims all he wants is 50/50. None of you will know what has gone on at the negotiating table. The level of speculation represented as fact in boxing drives me nuts.
One thing is clear, Haye and the Klitschko’s should be regarded on equal terms. The Klitschko’s have had long and decent careers and have a achieved a fair amount in a lacking division. They’ve dominated unspectacular fighers. The fact is haye is a unified Cruiserweight champion and the current WBA Heavyweight champion. Adding to this he has a huge fan base which will draw heavy revenue streams.
So the options are, the Klitschko’s have to give up their one-sided contracts and both parties should agree to a genuine 50/50 deal. I think on paper that should sound fair to a neutral… unfortunely we all know there aren’t many of those around with these 3 fighters.
Wlad brings IBF & WBO belts to the table and Haye brings the WBA. Two belts against one, I’d say Haye is lucky to get the 50/50 deal from Wlad and is probably trying to sabotage the prospect of a fight.
The rematch clause is interesting though, by refusing it, it gives validity to his intension to retire after fighting the K bros or it gives him an excuse to refuse the fight because it interferes with his retirement plans.
I’m going with the later because I believe Haye to be more of a business man than a boxer because of the way he has planned his career. I also think he knows he hasn’t got the ability to beat either K- bro so he will sabotage it or make the fight so lucrative that he will take a beating for the money.
Haye has seriously become an arrogant twat! I hope A-Force flattens this A-Hole!
@James Blond, er no we don’t!
Ah yes, Haye dispensing his distinctive but rather mindless palaver once again. The Brits eat this stuff up but it leaves the rest of us positively cold. What the rational boxing world wants is a Haye vs a Klitschko bout not this rip-off between buddies sharing a purse for old times sake.
Yeah baby, just do it. he he he. IDIOT!!
a good test. dont get it. you mean harrison, ranked somewhere around 50 in the world is a test for haye??? or its a test for our patience? a test for the swill that the boxing public will buy? a test for the haye stories we will swallow hook, by-line, and sinker?? no really…a test for what? is haye finally getting a pap smea?
well, this is a good test. let’s see what happens.
DAVID HAYE IS THE OLDER BROTHER OF FLOYD MAYWEATHER. I AM TIRED OF THIS GUY. HE IS BOASTFUL JUST LIKE MAYWEATHER- A VERY TALKATIVE FELLOW AND FULL OF BALLOONEY. I WONDER WHY SOME PEOPLE WASTE THEIR TIME OF LISTENING TO HIM.
dont wory guys he wont go past harison
If he had the balls he might want to retire a Klitschko too or have a taste of his own medicine.
haye is a sad case. whats sadder is the one who cant see through him. he retired ruiz? ruiz had a losing record over the last 5 years of his career—thats 5 years, count ‘em. ruiz would naver had a title if he hadnt met with with holyfield after he was washed up. ruiz should have been retired for 3 years prior to the fight with haye. the payday was a gift from don king for being a good patsy. yes, if you fight men who should already be retired, then they may retire after the fight. haye is the biggest a*s to ever lace on boxing gloves, bar none. barrett has a losing record over the last 5 years before haye and had been knocked out in one by a c level part time roofer. and also in his late 30s, valuev is also past retirement, as hes needed to surgeries since the fight. and a pituatary case like him probably wont live past 50. so he is probably physically more worn than the other 2. how does haye’s disgusting rhetoric play well in england, thats what i dont get. being a coward is one thing, but taking pride in it is a little over the top. harrison was his good friend and mentor, show a little repect….
WHY DOES THIS FOOL ALWAYS LOOK LIKE A CARTOON?
Valuev off balance with a wild right hand. <=== proves the writers on this site kno nothing! it was hayes left had that rocked valuev!
Haye baby don’t worry Harrison will swing you a huge lullaby.