By William Mackay: David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) was ready today at his press conference with a quick excuse as to why he chose Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) to fight next on November 13th, saying “I get more e-mails asking me to fight Audley Harrison than anyone else.”

That seems almost unbelievable because it’s to imagine that boxing fans are e-mailing Haye to ask for him to fight the 38-year-old Harrison rather than the Klitschko brothers. Up until recently, Harrison wasn’t even ranked in the top 15 in the heavyweight division. It took a come from behind 12th round knockout win over British journeyman Michael Sprott for Harrison to crack the top 15. He’s now ranked number #13 by the WBA, but it’s unbelievable that Haye is getting e-mails asking him to fight Harrison rather than the Klitschko brothers, both of whom are considered by far to be the best heavyweights in the division.

But strangely enough, I believe Haye. I think British fans do want overwhelmingly want to see Haye fight Harrison and put him out of his misery. Harrison is a fighter that has failed to live up to expectations after winning a Gold Medal in the 2000 Olympics. There are a lot of British fans that aren’t happy with the mess that he’s made out of his career. Instead of being happy with what he did achieve, they’re miserable what he didn’t. But who knows? Harrison could pull off an upset against Haye on November 13th. Haye isn’t that great of a fighter, has a weak chin, and has faced only limited opposition at the heavyweight level. In his toughest fight at heavyweight, Haye ran like track star for 12 rounds against WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev and beat him by a narrow 12 round decision.

I personally had Valuev winning that fight, but never the less, Haye looked scared and afraid to get hit by Valuev. That was Haye’s best opponent thus far at heavyweight. Harrison hits a lot harder than Valuev, and can knock you out with either hand. If Haye runs around the ring all night long against Harrison, he could be taken out with one of Harrison’s spearing left hands. And if Haye comes after Harrison, and doesn’t respect his power, Haye could run into one of Harrison’s mammoth left hands or right uppercuts.

There’s no question that Harrison has power and his power is well balanced, unlike a lot of heavyweights. Harrison can knock you out with either hand. I’d say he punches a lot harder than Monte Barrett, and we saw Barrett put Haye down in their fight in 2008. Barrett, a smaller and weaker fighter than Harrison, had Haye hurt. If Barrett can do that to Haye, then a fighter like Harrison might have a better average chance of putting Haye down for the count, especially if Haye comes into the fight with a cocky attitude thinking he’s going to easily win the fight.