By Sean McDaniel: Adam Booth, the trainer/manager for WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, is ecstatic about the interest the British public has shown in the November 13th fight between Haye and 39-year-old former Olympic Gold Medalist Audley Harrison at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. Booth says that the fight is already sold out, and he’s hoping that the fight will sell as well on pay-per-view as it has with ticket sales.
Speaking with Sky Sports, Booth said “There was so much pressure and demand for this to be made that we paid attention to it and it’s been born out…The arena’s totally sold out. If that’s directly proportionate to public interest with the TV audience, which I believe it is because of Audley’s name and reputation as well as David’s, we have got an event, a real event on our hands. I am surprised at how much this has caught on. It’s an event that transcends boxing.”
Many boxing fans see the Haye-Harrison bout as Haye’s way of milking his title for as long as he can before he’s forced to fight better opposition – whether that be his mandatory challenger or the Klitschko brothers. Haye doesn’t have to fight the Klitschkos, but he should have opted to do this instead of fighting Harrsion. Haye has lost fans because of his unwillingness to face one of the Klitschlos. A lot of fans see Haye as lacking courage, and that’s something that Haye could have avoided had he faced Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko. Wladimir is worried about Haye possibly getting knocked out by Harrison on November 13th, which would all but destroy any chance of Haye fighting the Klitschko brothers for big money. To be sure, Haye could still fight them even if he’s knocked out, but the fight will make a lot less money.
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