Haye v Harrison : The Mismatch

It has been rumored David Haye’s second defence of his World Boxing Association heavyweight Crown will be against Audley ”A Force” Harrison, the 38 year old, Olympic Gold medallist of 2000. I have read several articles on the web covering this topic, so I decided to voice my own opinion. Some people believe this fight is a good match-up and will do great things for British boxing and some people believe this proposed bout is a mockery of the sport and will do no good for either boxer’s careers.

I am one of those who feel Harrison V Haye is a complete mismatch.

Harrison had a successful amateur career and went onto win Gold at the Sydney Olympic games in 2000, this achievement earned him a MBE and he decided to turn professional.
His almost over night fame brought Audley offers of high profile sponsorships deals and he signed a £1 million deal with the BBC to show his first ten professional fights.

Harrison was tipped as the next big heavyweight from Britain to get to the top of sport at a world class level and was thought to be the next Lennox Lewis, who beat all the toughest boxers in the world at that time to be considered the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.

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