Haye/Harrison Press conference tomorrow

[Drago]

No, I disagree. I found that press conference painful. A lot of that was so forced. It was admitted that Audley didn't deserve a shot. It was admitted that it was for the public (ie. a conman enterprise).

Where is the entertainment in such a charade? And obviously there is no meaning whatsoever.

It's just such a stupid fight.

i suppose every champ should get an easy 1st defence

remember riddick bowe fought dokes then ferguson or the other way round?

forgot his `1st defence was ruiz ha ha

oh ok let him have harrison then tyson fury then holyfield the white buffalo then henry akinwande finishing with kevin mcbride

[skel1983]

No, I disagree. I found that press conference painful. A lot of that was so forced. It was admitted that Audley didn't deserve a shot. It was admitted that it was for the public (ie. a conman enterprise).

Where is the entertainment in such a charade? And obviously there is no meaning whatsoever.

It's just such a stupid fight.

i suppose every champ should get an easy 1st defence

remember riddick bowe fought dokes then ferguson or the other way round?

forgot his `1st defence was ruiz ha ha

oh ok let him have harrison then tyson fury then holyfield the white buffalo then henry akinwande finishing with kevin mcbride

I sound like a fucking broken record but if Ruiz is seen as soft Harrison is a foooooking joke, like I keep saying Harrison has never beat a guy in the top 50, he has never even been British Champion. He was Euro champ by de fault it's a shame the Polish fella got a shot at Vitali Harrison would already have retired after being beat again.

[Drago]

Full conference no on sky sports web site:

Sky Sports | Video | Clips & Catchup | Boxing

cant watch @ work so will check out fella, cheers man

[Drago]

i have slagged off haye alot lately, & rightly so in my opinion for not fighting the brothers grim but i am actually warming to this haye harrsion because i will actually be able to speak to people abt the fight as almost all brits will know both fighters!

[ross]

Hahhahaha!! Harrison to Haye

"Iv seen light heavyweights put you down!!"



Well iv seen a middle almost take him out Lolenga Mock weighed 160 just 2 years before they fought!

Take it to 5.50 minutes in!

[skel1983]

i have slagged off haye alot lately, & rightly so in my opinion for not fighting the brothers grim but i am actually warming to this haye harrsion because i will actually be able to speak to people abt the fight as almost all brits will know both fighters!

Yes I suppose let him fight Audley and lets see if it's Klits next if not we should boycott the fucker for good.

[boxingbantz]

Just seen Audley a message of support on twitter:

@audley_harrison you have the chance to become the worst heavyweight champion in history - don't blow your chance! Actually throw punches.

No doubt he'll block me as well just like Floyd, Amir khan and David Haye all have.

[skel1983]

Just seen Audley a message of support on twitter:

@audley_harrison you have the chance to become the worst heavyweight champion in history - don't blow your chance! Actually throw punches.

No doubt he'll block me as well just like Floyd, Amir khan and David Haye all have.

Hahaha!!

[Saddo]

I'm such a sucker... this morning i thought whats the point, after watching the conference and the after interviews i'm actually looking forward to this one.

it could be great for british boxing but they have both had stamina issues in the past and they have both been to scared to get involved in the past so i just hope it aint another black eye for the sport and they really go at it.

[boxingbantz]

I'm such a sucker... this morning i thought whats the point, after watching the conference and the after interviews i'm actually looking forward to this one.

it could be great for british boxing but they have both had stamina issues in the past and they have both been to scared to get involved in the past so i just hope it aint another black eye for the sport and they really go at it.

I can't see it being a fight, I see Harrison doing what he usually does - backing off, not throwing anything and generally being scared. Then again, Haye is bound to be a bit cautious at the start as he's obvously seen that punch which knocked Michael Sprott the fuck out. Fully expect a quick KO though, within three rounds. Once Haye lands his first properpunch, he'll go in for the kill and it won't take long for Audley to fall on his arse. Then Haye will be mouthing off to Adam Smith how he is 'coming for the Klits'.

[Nameless]

Haye will win this within four rounds.

However, if Harrison manages, somehow, to land the same punch that he knocked out Sprott with, it is lights out David Haye.

Haye lying face down on the canvas, Harrison jumping up onto the turnbuckle, arms aloft, the WBA belt in one of his hands - it won't get much better than that!

I agree with the first paragraph but whole heartedly disagree with the second, unless you want someone like tyson fury fighting for the title which would probably be harrison's first defence (realistically though it would be a rematch with haye).

It's obvious that haye has nothing to gain in this fight but absolutely everything to lose. From that point of view it's a silly fight to take.

You wholeheartedly disagree that seeing Harrison beating David Haye wouldn't be something to behold? I'd fucking love it and I am sure many other people would, too.

It would be hilarious and it would force the planet boxing to rethink some of their system in order to do something for the HW that would reach some new heights in matter of laugh-ability

[CFH]

From what I just read Haye is getting 10 million British pounds for this, convert that into the United States Dollar and that would be approximately 15.3 million.

Just think Haye is getting that much for fighting a bum compared to both Klit Brothers fighting top 10 HWs and getting about half that.

So in other words, it's just business. Hell, if I was Haye I would fight a bunch of Audley Harrisons and avoid the Klits for the next 4-5 years and make money in safe fights and then fight them when they're old and possibly shot and then calling it a career after 1 big payday.

That is all very well but, if that's the case, you shouldn't have spent the past two years calling them out and then pull out of two fights. You will be liable to looking rather silly.

And that's the issue right there. It's not that Haye is fighting yet another gimme opponent in Harrison, plenty of fighters do the same thing, it's that he's fighting yet another gimme opponent after talking all that shit about the Klitschko's, got everyone excited about the HW division for once, and then turned down multiple fights with them.

It's looking like Haye is little more than a con-man who has used his ability to talk to generate a massive amount of interest in him while delivering very little. That will make him a lot of money in the short-term, but his credibility is beyond suspect at this point.

[Conrad]

I know I'm of the minority but I am actually looking forward to this and I will pay for it. Hell, I would've gone to it if it was in a different venue as I've already watched Haye Vs Ruiz at The MEN. O2 would've been cool.

I doubt for a second Haye is proud of fighting Harrison but put yourself in his shoes:

Fight Harrison for $15m and then a Klit for at least $15m again

Or just fight the Klit for approx $15m ??

Everyone takes the first option, that's business. Haye WILL fight a Klit, he knows he has to or he'll forever be known as a joke. Even Booth has said this on record so you know Haye is more than aware.

[El Kabong]

He talked shit for over 2 years and then fights Monte Barrett, everyone said "Give him a pass, let him get accustomed to the division and extra weight"...he kept mouthing off and fought Nicolay Valuev "Let him win a belt so he can negotiate better with the Klitschko's", he kept on mouthing off and fought John Ruiz "Well he has to fight his mandatory", and up until recently he's been quiet and now he's fighting Audley Harrison and people STILL want to give him a pass "Let him build his fan base up in England...THEN he'll fight the Klitschko's".....I'm begining to think the likes of Barrett, Valuev, Ruiz, and maybe Harrison assuming Chicken Little can pass that "test" are the best fighters he can hang with at heavyweight...he MAY fight Adamek, (but I've heard rumors that Adamek has 1 more fight and then Vitali, but nothing is set in stone) but even then you really start to question his skill, his dedication, and his ethics....is he in fact white washing his career to make a fight vs a Klitschko look a lot closer than it will actually be?

SIGNS POINT TO YES

I doubt he ever fights a Klitschko and if he does he'll be humiliated...or his fans will be, I bet Chicken Little knows what's coming to him if he dares set foot in the ring with Wladimir.

Oddly enough I think fights vs Povetkin and Boytsov would be quality....if he has ANY trouble with Harrison then he should steer well clear of Dimitrenko and Pianetta

[Drago]

is it just me or did anytone else think harrison won that press conference? he really got under hayes skin