Please, Audley, try to give me some kind of challenge

13 April 2012

The hard work is all done now. My training is complete, sparring ended last week and I couldn't feel fitter or healthier. Connecting with Audley Harrison's chin will be the easy part.

You spend months preparing for a fight and, more often than not, the end result comes about in a matter of minutes. I know this will be the case on Saturday night, too.

Audley has had plenty to say about my training camp, knockdowns in sparring, and other alleged distractions.

However, I have remained silent on his own shenanigans. The reason being? I couldn't care less how he is preparing or what he is doing.

No amount of training is going to prepare Audley for what is about to confront him. Even if he had knocked out a prime Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis in sparring for this fight, he still wouldn't beat me.

Audley needs to speculate and invest hope in false rumours in order to build his own hollow confidence. I don't function the same way. I don't need to hope Audley comes in out of shape or comes off a bad camp.

I want Audley to have enjoyed the best camp of his career. I hope and pray he is better than ever and has knocked out countless sparring partners in the gym. I want him to give me something to at least think about on Saturday.

If Audley turns up and is simply Audley, then this fight ends quickly and embarrassingly for him.

For the sake of British boxing fans, please Audley, give me some kind of challenge.

We know you're a master of talking a good fight but, at around 10pm on Saturday night, you're finally going to have to fight one. If you are unable to do that, I'll have you talking nonsense in a brand new language — within a matter of minutes.

WBA world heavyweight champion David Haye defends his belt against Audley Harrison on Saturday, live on Sky Box Office and in 3D. For details on how to order Best of Enemies', please call 08442 410 888 or book via the box office function on your Sky remote control.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in