By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan is picking World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) in his November 13th fight against fellow Brit Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 Ko’s) at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire. Khan’s opinion about this fight is a little biased because Haye is a really good friend of his, so you have to keep that in mind about Khan’s pick for the fight. In an interview at Skysports, Khan, speaking about Haye, said “He’s new to the heavyweight division, but he is strong, he hits hard and I think he is untouchable. He moves around and can take a good shot. If I have to put my last pound on any of them, it would have to be David Haye. Me and Audley go back a long way, we are good friends. He has supported me. When I won the Silver medal, he gave me some tips and the same with David Haye. He gave me some tips when I turned professional.”

I have to disagree with Khan’s opinion about Haye being able to “take a good shot.” I don’t think Haye can take a good shot at all, at least he hasn’t shown it in the past against the opposition that’s been put in with him. Haye has faced non punchers since moving up to the heavyweight division. Harrison can punch better than the other fighters that Haye has been in with at the heavyweight level, but Harrison will only have a punchers’ chance in this fight because Haye has the better hand speed and power.

Haye will likely move around a lot in this fight, and look to pot shot Harrison. If Haye can hurt him, he’ll then open up with a flurry of shots. Haye is hard to fight because he sometimes throws rabbit shots when he’s in close like in his fights against Monte Barrett and John Ruiz. You really have to stay on your toes with him and hope the referee is doing his job to try and prevent some of these illegal punches from being thrown.

Haye also isn’t untouchable like Khan says. Haye moves around a lot and does this to protect his weak chin. He can’t really jab very well because he lacks flexibility for throwing jabs. He’s a lot like a body builder when trying to throw a jab. It just doesn’t work nearly as well for him compared to when he’s throwing his power shots. He loves himself wide open when he does throw his pot shots and he’s the opposite of being an untouchable fighter.

In his last fight against 38-year-old John Ruiz in April, Haye was hit a lot by Ruiz. Had that been a bigger puncher like Wladimir Klitschko, Haye likely would have been counting stars on his back. Haye does move around a lot but he wastes a lot of energy by doing this. He’d be better off being a little more stationary and just going for broke in his fights.