By Mark Hepplestall: November 13th marks two huge fights in the world of boxing, the WBC light middleweight clash between Antonio Margarito and Manny Pacquiao, and the WBA Heavyweight title matchup between David Haye and Audley Harrison.
Momentum is with Manny Pacquiao who is undoubtedly in the form of his life; he is fighting the best and beating the best convincingly. Antonio Margarito is lucky to get this shot after being caught cheating using illegal hand wraps but luckily the light middleweight division isn’t filled full of exciting boxers that put butts on seats and sell PPV’s on a world stage now that Martinez has left for middleweight, Foreman is injured, Rhodes was overlooked for Margarito and Mundine has an opponent scheduled.
Likelihood is Manny Pacquiao will win by KO.
The second fight is Haye Vs Harrison, also known as “The London Championship”, which caught the imagination of the whole of the UK and even all Klitschko fans are eagerly awaiting the victor to face either Wladimir or Vitali in the near future since their opposition has been less than spectacular when looking at matchmaking such as Briggs and Chisora.
Haye receives some criticism for deciding not to fight the Klitschko’s straight away now he has captured a world title, yet most experts agree he is in the top 3 heavyweights in the world. WBA world heavyweight champion David Haye has won 24 of his 25 fights, 22 by KO to 1 loss, while his opponent Audley Harrison has a record consisting of 27, 20 by KO to only 4 defeats.
Haye has great advantages in speed, power and movement and is tailor made for Harrison due to Harrison’s tendency to look like a rabbit caught in the headlights when under pressure. Also Haye weighing in at 210.5lbs shows he will have a major speed advantage and Harrison as always struggled with quicker boxers notably Michael Sprott in both fights, Sprott’s speed in their second fight had him win all rounds but 3 in the fight before the knockout.
At the end of this fight there is a high chance that the career of Britain’s worst underachiever will be truly over.
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