Should be confirmed soon its David Haye v Audley Harrison 13th November M.E.N Arena

[skel1983]

Think I might go to support Audley against this joke of a champion.

This is like Khan deciding to not fight the likes of Maidana and JMM and deciding to fight David Barnes, fucking joke of a fight.

[skel1983]

David Haye v Audley Harrison fight could form Manny Pacquiao precursor

David Haye travelled to his training base in Northern Cyprus 72 hours ago to sharpen his focus for a week ahead of his next defence of the World Boxing Association heavyweight title.



By Gareth A Davies, Boxing Correspondent
Published: 6:45PM BST 19 Aug 2010







It will almost certainly be against friend-turned-foe Audley Harrison, in Manchester, on Nov 13.

The Haye-Harrison fight — one of the biggest since Lennox Lewis defeated Frank Bruno almost 17 years ago — is likely to be finalised and announced within two weeks.




The Telegraph understands that discussions are for a pay-per-view event on Sky Sports, and could be the precursor to Manny Pacquiao versus Antonio Margarito, a light-middleweight title contest, later that night in the United States.
Although European champion Harrison, the 2000 Olympic Games superheavyweight gold medallist, is ranked only 13th in the WBA list, and has been dismissed as an also-ran after a decade of verbosity with little to show in the way of performance on the world scene, the contest has intrigue value on British shores.
The two fighters were once been close friends in the England amateur boxing team, and have sparred dozens of rounds with each other in training. Yet last year, they fell out publicly with a war of words, Harrison claiming Haye had turned his back on an old friend. On Nov 13, they can sort it out face-to-face.
Elsewhere, Vitali Klitschko, one of Haye’s rivals, has confirmed he will defend the World Boxing Council heavyweight title against Shannon Briggs in Hamburg on Oct 16.

[CFH]

Think I might go to support Audley against this joke of a champion.

This is like Khan deciding to not fight the likes of Maidana and JMM and deciding to fight David Barnes, fucking joke of a fight.

It would be like Khan not fighting them after he essentially made his name by calling them out and promising to reignite the once-glorious division they fought in. Fuck Haye, his actions are indefensible and his credibility is shot. I hope Harrison sparks him.

[Gandalf]

What a fucking joke! Haye is deplorable for going through with this. All that smack talk and now he is fighting Audley Harrison? The heavyweight division might suck, but there are a lot more much better matchups than this out there.

Shame on David Haye. So much for reigniting the heavyweight division.

[ross]

Harrison wins by KO

[amat]

Ha, this is hilarious. Haye is making his money but damn the boxing fan is losing out here. I just hope someone gets sparked. It doesn't really matter who it is, if it's Haye then it's a lot funnier but I'd rather hear Haye talk then hear Audley talk. I'd rather hear both talk then hear Lyle talk :P

[TheMacMagician]

This is just total crap. Haye has taken a serious nose dive in reputation for me, way down. I may even add Lyle as a friend now and begin to discuss the klitschkos.....

[Fenster]

Audley wont make it through the walk on without fainting. Fact.

If Sky do the PPV with the Pac fight then i'll pay for it.

Haye will go down as one of biggest mugs ever if Audley sparks him. It's not such a long shot either - one lucky clip from A-Force

[LennyT]

What a fucking joke! Haye is deplorable for going through with this. All that smack talk and now he is fighting Audley Harrison? The heavyweight division might suck, but there are a lot more much better matchups than this out there.

Shame on David Haye. So much for reigniting the heavyweight division.

Yes, I agree. You can't go calling somebody out like he's been doing and then completely bottle it! It's embarassing!
You can see why he's done it though - if he gets sparked next fight by one of the Klitschko's it's a slow road back - but picking up some cash for fighting Audley in a tune-up for a Klitschko gives him longer in the limelight before he gets KO'd.

I still think he has a decent punchers chance against Wlad but the so does Audley against haye......

[ono]

Think I might go to support Audley against this joke of a champion.

This is like Khan deciding to not fight the likes of Maidana and JMM and deciding to fight David Barnes, fucking joke of a fight.

I remember back in the day i had a bet with my Old Man that David Barnes would become a world champion. Luckily my Dad seems to have forgotten all about it

I'm not so annoyed at this fight. It's fairly interesting for me. More so, than him fighting anyone other than Adamek or either Klitschko. Plus it'll be funny if the A-Train gets lucky and beats him.

[bcollins]

I wonder how Audley feels about the renewed sense of support - I know I'd love to see him drop the bomb on Haye.

[armyash]

It'll be a good british 'event' but how can Audley be considered worthy of challenging for a world title? He was being given a boxing lesson by sprott and landed 1 lucky knockout shot.

Hey it is heavyweight boxing and the fight can change with one punch - that's one thing people love about it. Fair dos but Harrison should have been a lot more competitive up to landing the knockout shot. I heard him saying afterwards how he is the man and he came through a tough fight and pulled it out the bag like all true champions do!! lol it was a british maybe commonwealth level fight, they were lucky to get it for the european in the first place.

I was a big fan of harrison when he turned pro i had just left school and believed all his talk of being British heavyweight champ within 10 fights - looking back he might have been able to if he fought with the hunger he needed. I got his autobiography for christmas too It didn't take long for me to change my opinion after watching his fights on tv and being booed and fighting blokes half his size and being main event on big shows!! I reckon audley regrets going about his career the way he did in the beginning but will never admit it - i know i would.

David Haye is getting used to fooling the public, does no1 remember the build up to the valuev fight everyday in the papers all you could read was how haye was going for the knockout and taking it to the bigger man! I'm sure that was to fool valuev into adopting the wrong gameplan but the public were all over the fight everywhere i went people were talking about it.

Haye has built up a massive name for himself talking about the klitschkos and can't fault him for that but i reckon he is biding his time, they are at the age where they could start showing their age (if they haven't already) and i think he will take the fight when they are ripe for the picking. Ok Haye might beat them but the longer he waits the more people will always say he fought them too late.

Anyway back to Haye v Harrison. I reckon Haye beats Audley 6 days out of 7 but what happened against Sprott, he could do to anyone he has the size for it. Audley also has great skills i think it's his toughness that is missing he just looks scared of getting hit lol. I am picking haye to win and he should win early but harrison can turn it in to a long fight but being very cautious. I pick Haye by 5th round stoppage but would not be surprise if Harrison sparked haye as he can be dropped.

Wouldn't say i agree with the fight in terms of being meaningful, not on the world scene anyway but it will be huge in the uk and both fighters can make huge money and can't begrudge them that. If Haye wins if he doesn't then make a Klitschko fight asap then i don't think i'll waste my time watching his next fight. If Harrison wins......then that'll just be fooking funny!

Imagine the Klitschkos and Haye all losing their next fights

[boxingbantz]

Audley wont make it through the walk on without fainting. Fact.

If Sky do the PPV with the Pac fight then i'll pay for it.

Haye will go down as one of biggest mugs ever if Audley sparks him. It's not such a long shot either - one lucky clip from A-Force

Agreed. Although I'll be paying to see Pac fight, two these two clowns.

I'll be sticking £20 on Haye to win in the rnds 1-3 too. Easy money.