By William Mackay: Former 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) is about as supremely confident of winning his with with World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) as Haye is about beating Harrison. It’s scary how confident these two fighters always seem to be. I thought Haye was bad, but Harrison is about the same. He’s always so sure of himself and there’s just not the history to back up what he’s saying. But whatever the case, Harrison does have the power to beat Haye on November 13th when they go at it in the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England.

Harrison had this strange quote to say in an article at the Telegraph.co.uk: “I’m going to knock out Haye with compassion. And when he is down on the canvas I am gong to reach out to him and pull him to his feet.” I don’t know why Harrison is talking about wanting to help him to his feet when Haye says he wants to annihilate Harrison and humiliate him. It seems to me that the last thing Harrison should be thinking about doing is helping Haye to his feet under those circumstances. Besides, if Haye does get knocked out, the last thing you want to be doing is helping him to his feet. Haye may need to stay down until he can get his head together and you don’t want to rush him to his feet if he’s badly hurt. But that’s the kind of thing about Harrison

I don’t understand. Instead of talking about compassion, he should be talking about wanting to take Haye’s head off and knocking him cold. The last thing that Harrison needs is for Haye to get up off the deck in an angry mood and knock him out, which is what Haye did in his 5th round TKO win over Monte Barrett in 2008.

Harrison says “I already know what is going to happen. He can’t beat me. There is no plan. I trust in myself to do what I was born to do. I have a God given talent. My tools are too much for David.”

I don’t know. Harrison needs a plan, because he might find himself in a situation where things are going well for him. He should already know that letting Haye dance around him all night long won’t work. Harrison is going to have to apply pressure on Haye and look to put him on the defensive. Harrison should also know that he’s going to have to load up with every shot and not play it safe by fighting timidly. He can’t fight the way he always does if he wants to beat Haye. He has to fight differently and with much more aggression.