By Mark Vester
In a recent interview with the London Evening Standard, former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield gave 2000 Olympic gold medal winner Audley Harrison a decent shot at beating WBA champion David Haye on November 13 at the MEN Arena in Manchester. Alot of people have called it an easy fight. Holyfield says there are no easy fights in the heavyweight division. He learned his lesson many years ago in a fight with Michael Dokes.
“David is a good fighter with good hand speed. But he overloads himself with too much talking. Once you start down that path you can't turn from it and it hurts you in the end. My momma never let me be a braggart. She told me that's the weakest thing you can become. People are now telling David that Harrison is going to be easy. If he believes that and repeats it out loud, he could be in trouble," Holyfield said.
“I remember back in 1989 I fought a guy called Michael Dokes. My people told me he was on drugs and that after three rounds he would be dead. I knocked him out in the 10th, then went back to my corner and told my people, don't you ever tell me someone is going to be easy'. Dokes proved the toughest fight I had before I won my first heavyweight championship.
Holyfield has advised Haye to take Harrison seariously because it only takes a single shot to knock a fighter out in the heavyweight division.
“I say to David, don't let anybody put you to sleep over an opponent'. For whatever reason, Harrison never became a world champion. But now he can suck it up and say, Lord, thank you for giving me one more chance'. People say Haye against Harrison will be a mismatch but it ain't no such thing. Harrison will have the desire and the determination and all it takes is one shot to put Haye down,” Holyfield said.
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