Audley: I Thought Haye Would Carry On, I Won't Retire!

Audley Harrison believes former two division champion David Haye "has time to come back" to boxing. Haye announced his retirement on Thursday - his 31st birthday - as he planned to do for the last two years. Harrison's last fight was a three round stoppage loss to Haye last November, but Audley plans to fight again. In July, Haye was dominated over twelve rounds by Wladimir Klitschko. Discussions to face older brother Vitali Klitschko fell apart before they began.

Harrison told BBC Radio 5 live: "David is very young so he has definitely got time to come back and box again. Haye's last fight was against Wladimir. I thought David would carry on but it will be hard for him to fight anyone other than the Klitschkos now. He has gone to the top and to come back down and have a warm-up fight would be tough for him. But he goes off into the sunset and he has achieved a lot.

"A lot of boxers come back because of money problems but I don't think that will be a problem for David. He is very young so he has definitely got time to come back and box again if he wants to. He always had the goal of retiring at 31 but it wasn't the performance he wanted to retire on. That is why I am not retiring. I can't retire on my last performance [against Haye]."