By Mark Vester
According to Olympic gold medal winner and unbeaten super middleweight James DeGale, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye could be in serious trouble if he doesn't stop Audley Harrison within six rounds on Saturday night at the MEN Arena in Manchester.
DeGale feels Haye has issues with stamina and slows down the longer a fight drags out. Audley has already displayed that he has the ability to knock a fighter out cold in any round, including the twelfth and final one. If the fight doesn't end within six, DeGale gives Audley a good shot to pull off the upset the longer it continues to play out.
Haye has only gone the twelve round distance twice in his career and only once in the last four years, against Nikolai Valuev last year. The fight with Valuev was fought at a very slow and measured pace.
"That is a very intriguing and interesting fight," DeGale told ESPN. "I see David Haye knocking him out within six rounds, but if it goes past six rounds Harrison has got a good chance. Haye has got a bit of a stamina problem, I think he slows down and blows up after six rounds.
"Audley's a big heavyweight, he's a southpaw, he's awkward, so if it goes past six Audley's got a good chance. Audley's got something in his eyes this time, he's definitely convinced me that he's in with a shout."
If Haye does win, DeGale says that he has to fight one of the Klitschko brothers for the sake of his career.
"If he does the job which he's expected to do on Audley, I think he should do because there's no-one else out there that he can fight," he said. "If he does the job on Audley, the next fight has got to be one of the Klitschkos. It's got to be."
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