Harrison and Haye talks progressing
The world of boxing has been dealt a further blow as Barry Hearn confirms that talks between the camps of WBA champ David Haye and Audley Harrison are progressing well.
Barry Hearn told Sky Sports news: "I'm not part of these negotiations; my son Eddie is fronting up the discussions and I understand the talks are going reasonably well."
After a year of big fights falling through the last thing fight fans want to see is this unholy alliance coming to be. How did it even come to this stage? It’s the boxing equivalent of going on a night out on the town to woo a highly attractive specimen, then having too many shandy’s and taking home a conquest of questionable pulchritude who tips the scale at the same size of a small horse. Like the protagonist of that tale Haye should feel dirty and ashamed of himself of for even negotiating with Harrison.
Frighteningly “A-force” has leapt up the WBC rankings to 15th. Is there really only 14 heavyweights’ in the world better than the former Olympian? It was only a few months ago that A-force was two-and-a-bit minutes away from losing to Michael Sprott and retirement, now he is in for a world title match. It is truly bizarre.
Anyway on Matchroomsport.com Eddie Hearn, Harrison’s promoter said: “Everyone knows just what Audley Harrison brings to the table and the new rankings give him the credibility to get that shot,
“We are looking at a number of options right now and we hope to make an announcement in the next two weeks with regards his next fight.”
In layman’s terms that mean that the Haye v Harrison fight will probably be announced next week or so.
It’s been a funny old time for Haye. When he slayed the giant Nicolay Valuev he was proclaimed as a true national pride, since the John Ruiz fight in April he has dropped in many people’s estimations. The self-assured, humorous and exciting talent that is Haye was a true breath of fresh air in the sport, after the largely dull Klitschkos dominated for so long. However in the last few months his actions have proved questionable and he is not backing up his words in the way he once looked like doing.
Haye can’t forget he is still the new kid on the block in terms of the heavyweights. He got a title tilt almost instantaneously, but still has only the scalps of Monte Barrett, Valuev and Ruiz to his name. The Ukrainian brothers have basically beaten all before them and to be the best he has to beat them, plain and simple.
If not the Klitschkos right now there is Tomasz Adamek, Ruslan Chagaev, Alexander Povetkin, even the ancient Evander Holyfield would be better than Harrison. There’s no doubt Haye could leave a great legacy but he is going about it all the wrong way and needs to fight a Klitschko. He says he wants to retire in four years but if he does that after beating fighters the ilk of Harrison will anyone even notice? What would be worse would be if Harrison actually managed to win.
Audley Harrison, heavyweight champion of the world? Just doesn’t sound right.
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