By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) still hasn’t officially announced who his next opponent will be, but many boxing fans figure it will be former EBU heavyweight champion Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) that Haye fights on November 13th at M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire.

Haye could fight some younger an arguably more dangerous heavyweights than Haye, but it looks like Haye doesn’t want to take any chances that he could get knocked out. But as things turn out, Haye will be in constant danger of being knocked out by Harrison because he can punch a little. In fact, that’s Audley’s major asset.

Harrison can punch very well with his left hand. He may not have much of a right, but his left hand power is quite good. Harrison can deliver knockout blows with left hooks, overhand lefts and uppercuts. Harrison is clearly not as fast as Haye, and doesn’t have equal power in both hands like he does.

However, Harrison has the size and reach advantage and if he lands anything hard, Haye may be counting stars. If Haye doesn’t respect Harrison it could lead to big problems for Haye, because Harrison is a lot more dangerous than Nikolay Valuev.

We saw how scared looking Haye was against Valuev. He treated him like a knockout threat for 12 rounds and fought like a timid rabbit. If Haye fights like that against Harrison, he’ll lose. Harrison will spear Haye from the outside with his long jab and peck away at him with left hands and right hooks.

But if Harrison falls behind in the fight, I think that is where he’ll be his most dangerous. Harrison can be lethal at times when he has his back against the wall, and if he lets his left hand go with knockout intentions, Haye will be in big trouble.

This isn’t Monte Barrett or John Ruiz. Harrison has a lot more power than those two and has the size to give Haye a lot of problems. It would be funny if Harrison ended up destroying Haye and ruining his chance at fighting the Klitschko brothers. Although at this point I don’t even see that ever happening, so it probably doesn’t matter if Harrison starches Haye.

I see Harrison as the hungrier of the two. He knows he can’t afford to lose because of his age. At 38, Harrison isn’t going to be getting any second chances. He’s got to win this fight if he wants to get a big fight against the Klitschko brothers or other heavyweights. Haye can afford to lose because he’ll be able to talk his way into another fight with one of the top fighters.