Wladimir Klitschko says Haye and Harrison were like “Scared chickens”
November 17th, 2010
By William Mackay: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) wasn’t impressed with the “London championship” bout between WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) and his hand-picked opponent 39-year-old Audley Harrison (27-5, 20 KO’s) last weekend at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. Both Haye and Harrison looked paralyzed with fear for the two rounds until Haye finally decided to throw some punches and took Harrison out in the 3rd round after knocking him down.
I agree with Wladimir. Haye looked like a frightened rabbit against Harrison last weekend, and while Haye was quick to make excuses after the fight about wanting to hold off on his attack until the 3rd round due to having bet money on that round, it seemed like a flimsy excuse to cover-up being afraid to let his hands go for fear of being knocked out. I firmly believe Haye was so afraid in the first two rounds that he couldn’t let his hands go even if he wanted to. Finally, the crowd boos seemed to get Haye the nerve to throw punches in the 3rd. Boxing fans had already been booing the lack of action in the opening two rounds.
Wladimir continues “He [Haye] talks about what an exciting fighter he he is but even if we do agree to a fight, I’m not sure he would even turn up. I’m talking from a fan’s perspective, not as someone who is going to beat the s**t out of him. I’m getting tired of the nonsense and the lies from his side that the contract is not right. He promised to fight us once, then he promised Chelsea stadium. People forget that. We were supposed to fight in June, but he couldn’t deliver anything.”
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Hey Anonymous – Let’s not quote George Foreman here. About 4-5 years ago, when George came to UK he said Audley is the next big thing. We all know what happened.
Lennox may be an exception since he spent his growing up years in Canada, that toughened him up.
Fatpimp and Chase ‘DULL’us.
My comments are made very ‘tongue in cheek’ guys with more than a little irony I hope. Probably wasting my time though Americans are not renowned for their sharpness and wit are they?
Even your sitcoms have cues when you should laugh and its pretty much ‘here comes the funny bit’ so it doesnt take too much working out.
The mecca of boxing??? Maybe twenty years ago but you did only realise that planes didnt just fly to the next state about then and that other nations had boxers too. Are we about level at the moment? I dont know- lets see. Calzaghe smashed up RJJ, Hopkins (ill cry to the ref all the way through and feign injury). Froch beat Dirrell, Taylor. Hatton smashed Malignaggi, Haye smashed Ruiz! Nigel Benn used to smash up your boys for fun on your home turf. Lennox whooped all your boys. Mmm
Fatpimp and Chase ‘DULL’us.
My comments are made very ‘tongue in cheek’ guys with more than a little irony I hope. Probably wasting my time though Americans are not renowned for their sharpness and wit are they?
Even your sitcoms have cues when you should laugh and its pretty much ‘here comes the funny bit’ so it doesnt take too much working out.
The mecca of boxing??? Maybe twenty years ago but you did only realise that planes didnt just fly to the next state about then and that other nations had boxers too. Are we about level at the moment? I dont know- lets see. Calzaghe smashed up RJJ, Hopkins (ill cry to the ref all the way through and feign injury). Froch beat Dirrell, Taylor. Hatton smashed Malignaggi, Haye smashed Ruiz! Nigel Benn used to smash up your boys for fun on your home turf. Lennox whooped all your boys. Mmmm
I used to try not to be offensive towards different nationalities, well after reading stuff like Chase Dallas puts up here it’s hard not to be offended, however I don’t really want to offend innocent boxing fans that have a different opinion…..Chase Dalllas your a low life.
Just a poor fight .
“Yeh call the Americans for help. Then the Americans will probably kill the wrong person anyway.
It makes me laugh, American boxing is in its worst state for decades. You have no one really to speak of and you have sort of adopted Pac Man as your own. He’s from the Phillipines guys!!!
I know that none of you have a passport and still think the earth is square but it’s another country, yes they do exist!!
Go back and enjoy your ‘WORLD’ series, ha ha a world series that only one country plays in, what a joke!!!
Haye rules, RULE BRITANNIA!!!”
LOL, spoken like a true Brit, sticking up for a coward like Haye.
The US is the mecca of boxing. If you don’t understand that by now, find another sport to follow.
On further note, the UK and US are on about even terms as far as boxing goes at the moment so you should just practice being humble mr union jack.
Mike says:
November 17, 2010 at 1:49 pm
“Haha listen to wlad he is such a hypocrite! HAHA sorry ill just stand here and jab my opponent for 12 rounds until he can barley move and then i might dare to land a right hand on my greatly undersized…i mean large opponent. Haye has him rattled so badly its hilarious”.
At least Wlad initiates contact ya fool. He don’t just stand there posing and then run when his opponent gets close. He sets up big right hands and left hooks off of his pulverizing jab and usually ends up knocking out his opponent brutally. That’s more than I can say for Haye.
I would not want to be David Haye when he steps in with Wladimir. It will end in brutal knockout if Haye can withstand the jab long enough.
@….Big T…..Your funny dude, yes we are aware of 3rd world nations like yours, And because you are small and weak, we do our best as good people to help you less fortunate.
Yeh call the Americans for help. Then the Americans will probably kill the wrong person anyway.
It makes me laugh, American boxing is in its worst state for decades. You have no one really to speak of and you have sort of adopted Pac Man as your own. He’s from the Phillipines guys!!!
I know that none of you have a passport and still think the earth is square but it’s another country, yes they do exist!!
Go back and enjoy your ‘WORLD’ series, ha ha a world series that only one country plays in, what a joke!!!
Haye rules, RULE BRITANNIA!!!
j.jackson haye would ko adamak and i think hed beat solis aswell.solis is very very overated…..but u do make alot of gd points.im british i dont support him cause hes a brit im not supporting him untill he fights some1 decent so i can judge hin up to now he hasnt shown me that he has the ability that he can defeat a decent heavyweight never mind the top champions…..tho i must say wat u said about rahman and holyfield is bullsh1t of the highest order lol..wat do u base it on holyfields fight with valuev as ive said on other posts valuev is prob the poorest boxer to hold a title in the history of the sport he may have been big but he was not very good to say the least…ur forgettin holyfield is fighting old men aswell thats y he is still about hopeing some1 will take notice and give him one last big day
Haye knows he will never beat either of them ,boxing fans know that its only brain dead flag waving sun readers who think outherwise.
Chisora has stated that Haye should just go ahead and retire now instead of next October. Maybe that isnt such a bad idea.
Haye can not beat the K brothers. They are in a different league to him. There are several contenders who could also beat Haye. Haye will not clean up the division. He may as well quit.
brits ridiculously overhype their fighters…they talk about america having no decent heavyweights. its apparent looking at their fighters that if the 10 best american heavyweights fought the 10 best brit heavyweights, the brits would lose 9 out of the 10 fights. the brits have one decent heavyweight and the american, yes american, amadeck, may well beat him, so it could be 10 out of 10. even solis may beat him and he certainly beats anybody else you have. then eddie chambers, easily beats any bit heavy. as does thompson. fat old arreola would demolish tyson fury. johson would outbox any of them. even rahman probably could take any of your heaves. and there are still more out there, like holyfield, even at his age he fought valuev basically to a draw. so you have one decent heavyweight, who is probably about even with amadeck and solis, and you get involved in an orgy of self love. the brit heavyweight landscape is a joke. and its like it always has been, one good fighter and a lot of nothing……
Brits have a tendency to over hype their fighters. This Haye Vs Harrison was sold as the next big thing. It turned out to be a London championship. Another brit hype job was Hatton, everybody said what a great fighter he was, he beat folks in his backyard – Manchaster. When he stepped up to world level against Floyd and Manny, we know what happened. Manny cleaned clock it was a brutal 2nd round knockout, Hatton lay flat on his back gazing at the ceiling – they were not even in the same class.
Only exceptions to this are Lennox Lewis and Calzaghe.
CORRECTION, WLAD… ALSO THE FIGHT WAS FIXED ANYWAYS… SO FU GHEYED OUT GHEYMAKER… BROTHERS WILL RIP U A NEW A-HOLE… JUST GROW SOME BALLS AND STEP UP U BIG LADY.
haye was scared of harison! you must be joking
Haye was terrified.what a pssy,he looked as scared as audley.Im not sure if he was scared of getting caught in a fixed fight or if he thought audley might doublecross him and break his glass chin.
haye as president. haye would be laughed out of the usa. remember, mayweather handpicks his fighters as well, but he has built up a legacy. vitali and vladimir have a legacy. vitali went toe to toe with one of the greatest boxer who ever lived. vladimir fought 2 guys in the top 5 a year ago. he took the title from byrd, who was then the best heavyweight in the world. haye hasnt gone near the top 5, he hasnt even fought a good heavyweight . haye is cherry picking without a legacy. you earn the right to take a couple of easy fights. haye fought one good cruiserweight…mormeck…and barely won. he fought one decent heavyweight, good is going way too far, and barely one…valuev. you wet ourselves over paper champions…we’ve had hundreds of them. nobody in america knew that haye fought—i seem to be the only one—and i havent watched the fight. but then nobody seems to know that haye holds a belt. most people i ask didnt know ruiz was american–most never knew he once held a paper title…this nationalistic, “kill them for england football mentality” just doesnt apply in the usa. now, lewis was held in very high regard in america and was generally recognized as the champion after tyson, then holyfield. i cant see that his reign was less popular than theirs and when vitali and lewis fought the vast majority of the crowd was behind lewis. to put it simply, here in the usa we dont quite understand you’re crazed attitude in a sport thats about individuals. but then we dont have one little country, we have fifty of them—we call them states.
ha,play it safe?,pretty safe vs valuev aye?,and vs veteran ruiz who makes everyone look bad when they fight him!.
mormeck in france,safe?. poweful macrinelli safe?.
lol,haye destroys a bum in round 3 when he opens up after scaring the fraud in 1 and 2 and finishes it in 3,easy work.hit and ont get hit,finish an opponent with combinations,the klits fail to finish poor opponents off early enough.
Both want to fight,both sides want the unified titles,big payday and career defining fight,but agreements still cant be made.
i see it as klitschkos greed.
if the klits had more money from thier tv revenue and haye said he wanted a split from thier tv becuase he gets less from his would that be fair?.
haye will have to fight chgeav,he will KO him,wlad will KO chisora,vitali will beat solis or the other guy.
then the fights WILL happen.
TALK IS CHEAP,JUST LIKE WLADS TV DEAL!.
and everybody knows about the klits. calibre of opponents,their contracts,and how boring they are.
HAYE betting boy hahaha…
HARRISON no punch disgrace in boxing
hahaha hahahaha fraud fight….
Haye is just another oversized, overhyped Mayweather to say the least. I don’t see anymore difference. He should be with the WWE if he qualifies..
Haye is nothing.Vitaly is a wrecking machine.His knockout rate is unmatched as a heavy weight.He is a legend.Haye was a unified paper champion at cruiserweight.He’s only had one fight in his career worth mentioning.Valuev in a fight,he may have lost.Valuev never fought back that night either.Lennox lewis was never a good champion neither.Only one real challenger in his career.That was Vitaly.He retired too afterwards.The Klitschko’s saved the division.No longer do we have to watch hyped up overated street thugs,who fight only outside the ring.
@Richard
Dont read the tabloids mate they will type anything to sell papers and it has been proved on more than 1 occasion that they make up completely fictional stories!
If it was a fix audley must be a good actor coz he was almost crying at the end of the fight….
WHO IS KLITCHKO TO SAY DAVID HAYE HAND PICKED HARRISON….LOOK WHOSE TALKING
The K bros will see who’s chickin when haye plants one on there chin !
I understand the english fans supporting Haye. Having a Canadian perspective the reason why Haye is being persecuted is the same reason Floyd Mayweather is. They don’t take challenges, they play it safe. Remember Hatton was beloved by the entire boxing community because he accepted challenges and fought his ass off. Sometimes he won sometimes he lost but he fought the best.I understand why Haye intially ducked the K brothers and fought that slug Valuev to win a “world” title, so he would have a little bit of leverage make a few extra bucks when they fought. But now whats the hold up, in my opinion there is no way he deserves a 50/50 split he needs the Klitchko’s more then they need him. If Vitali or Wlad bomb Haye out what’s everyone going to say oh Haye was too small he hadn’t fought really any legit heavyweight. So they really don’t have anything to gain by beating Haye other then maybe filling Wembly.
Tony: ! ? to be the best you have to beat the best out there and you have to stay on top for some time. I wish Haye would man up to fight the Klitschkos or at least a boxer ranked among the ten best.
If only the Klitschkos would ignore the paper champion of a meaningless Federation.
Haye has done nothing but damaging the HW division with his handpicked oppenents, and the ducking of the Klitschkos.
Mackay is a British hater, he slags off every British fighter in the book. He doesn’t have a clue about boxing.
Tony
I couldnt have put it better myself. If Haye was american he would be up for president by now. It was same with Lennox Lewis and Joe Calzaghe, they try to discredit their achievements so their guys are not left in the shadows.
George Foreman said “Lennox is beyond doubt the greatest heavyweight of all-time.
He is not second any more, he is there at the top of the tree. It reminded me of a young George Foreman and an elusive Muhammad Ali – everything you want in a fighter”
Thats from someone who has been there and done it all.
its as simple as this…if haye was american…he wouldnt get half the slagging he does…the americans wouldn’t shut up…
its just jealousy
bj flores who is hayes sparring partner said danny green would beat haye. danny green vs david haye great fight.
What a sh*t article. That’s all.
@ Anonomous.
Oh yeah I forgot.
Your mums a sh*t shag
@ Stuart
Totally agree mate.
Respect should be shown.
how did war get involved in this debate. For one there seems to be more americans killing (blue on blue) and being used as cannon fodder. Whatever I hate seeing any joint nation taking casualties. I agree that the whole match was a total joke but Haye did his job and yeah his mates did have money on whatever round.I am sure Ali used to predict what round he wanted to dispatch of people like many others after him. As for Haye looking scared LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. I know for a fact if I was in that ring I would have been knocked out in the first round but I would have thrown more than one punch. Haye did his job and Audley will have to live on a tall mountain and never show his shamed face again with his nice pay packet. Disgrace when others have worked so hard to get in his position but never got there fighting for small change. And I was one of those people that got caught up in the hype. Remember this is a boxing site and we have just had remeberance day so shame on the idiot who pokes fun at dead soldiers.
Haye would ko both of the sl*gs
Vitali vs Briggs! some fight and one sided Vitali showed he could take on the best no problems! haye would give him a good go but thats all. I agree I have my doubts that Wladimir would beat Haye now! think Hayes speed would overcome him on the day.
haye will beat wlad due to his speed and power but will be hard against vitali.I know alot wont agree on it but that will be the out come of it
Haye would obliterate these klitschkos. He throws harder and faster than any heavyweight out there. The klitschkos boring @ss jabbing for 8 rounds would leave them so far behind on the scorecards that they’d have to hunt for a ko and they are not used to pushing the pace.
Haye knows however that the klitschko fights will make or break his career so he needed to ko bums like fraudley first to make sure he’s got money in the bank should he lose.
A lot of truth being said and a lot of rubish! the bottom line is that it needs to be 50/50 split and perhaps a neutral place to fight not England or Germany this time! but as always money does the talking and who ever pays the most wins the place of the bout. Either way its time to see them fight once and for all.
There are rumors in the British press today that the fight might
have been a fix, as Haye was seen giving verbal “commands” to Harrison during the third round…………
The newspaper the sun has the story!
It would not surprise me, as this would give Haye a much better
negotiation position in the upcoming dealing with the K2 group.
I have 2 words for Wlad. Brewster and Saunders. You bish!
wlad might fight cautious but atleast he throws punches the 1st 2 rounds of that fight wer a joke to boxing any wonder boxing is losing fans i dont know how any1 can defend the man..i suppose the way u can look at it is wlad used to have an issue with bein knocked down so fights behind a jab wear his opponent down then goes for the kill which is sensible.haye with the same chin issue fights scared and runs around the ring tryin to land his flurrys when he can to try n nick the fight(didnt really do it at crusier but does at heavy against bigger guys)ive said it b4 wlad and haye had the same problem wasnt being chinny it was havin terrible balance which wlad dosnt have anymore but haye still must do it he fights that way.u think adam booth would help get rid of it would make him a better fighter….i must aplaud mackay for another useless article by the way lol well done
He is an athlete, he is a clever fighter
My theory is SPEED + POWER = Vitali KOD
@ Anonomous.
What makes you so sure that its Haye that doesnt want to fight.
I would love to see the proof.
We all see Haye and the Kbros calling each other out and both offered 50/50 split.
I need proof of who wont fight because as yet I HAVNT SEEN ANYTHING THAT PROVES ITS HAYE.
haye vs harrison is the worst fight of the century…harrison landed only 1 punch
@boxfan i concur. Haye is just building up his money for retirement
lol…at least haye got the bum he faced out of there in 3. wlad is so terrified of getting hit he regularly carries the bums he faces to the later rounds. wlad saying another fighter boxes scared…lol. that’s like b-hop saying another fighter clinches too much. lol.
David haye has successfully been ducking the klitschkos for more reasons than one. Injury, money contracts, etc. But i believe the main reason is because he feels he hasn’t been fully prepared for them yet. I believe that after the next mandatory which will be chaegav haye will have enough time to have a solid gameplan + confidence to take them on. Also the fact that he is retiring within a year, so he has taken fights to have a cusion for his retirement.
ha wlad is one to chat, one of the most boring boxers of all time, haye will ko him
Haha listen to wlad he is such a hypocrite! HAHA sorry ill just stand here and jab my opponent for 12 rounds until he can barley move and then i might dare to land a right hand on my greatly undersized…i mean large opponent. Haye has him rattled so badly its hilarious.
this was clearly written by somebody whose never had the balls to get in a boxing ring himself and understands nothing of the sport. No more articles from 12 year old American schoolboys please