David Haye vs Audley Harrison OFFICAL THREAD

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Sky sports news lineup for the week.

Here's what's coming your way...
Monday

MIKE TYSON:

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On Sky Sports News Special Report, talking boxing and of course, Haye v Harrison
SHADEED SULUKI: The second part of our interview with the man in Harrison's corner
THE PANEL: Are back to tell us what Audley has to do to pull of the unthinkable






Tuesday

BEHIND THE ROPES: We give you a sneak preview of our fabulous fly-on-the-wall show.
DAVID HAYE: The WBA champion tells us why he's the man in the heavyweight division
AUDLEY HARRISON: Tells us why nothing can stop his date with destiny







Wednesday

LIVE CHAT: Have your say and follow the pre-fight press conference right here
THE HEAD-TO-HEAD: Both fighters face-off live on Sky Sports News
DERBY DUAL: Haye and Harrison drop in on Man City-Man Utd, live on Sky Sports HD2 and in 3D
THE PANEL: Tell us what tactics to expect from the champion come fight night







Thursday

FINAL WORKOUTS: Both fighters go through their paces one last time, on Sky Sports News.
DAVID HAYE: Watch his extended, exclusive interview with our own Ed Robinson
AUDLEY HARRISON: In another exclusive feature interview, the challenger opens his heart
BEHIND THE ROPES: Our sensational documentary gets its first screening on Sky Sports HD1







Friday

LIVE CHAT: Join us for the chance to have your final say on the fight and follow the weigh-in
THE WEIGH-IN: Both fighters take to the scales in front of none other than Lennox Lewis
PREVIEW SHOW: Lewis is part of the Sky Box Office team, 6.30pm, Sky Sports HD1
VIDEO SHOWCASE: Check out Sky Sports Xtra online for a special night of Haye and Harrison.
JIM WATT: The legendary Scot will give us his definitive big-fight verdict







Saturday

LENNOX LEWIS: See what the former undisputed heavyweight king has had to say
THE PANEL: Johnny Nelson,

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Glenn McCrory,

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Nicky Piper

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and Jim Watt

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tell is who will win
LIVE FIGHT BLOG: All the MEN Arena action from 8pm. Join in the debate and follow the main event
REPORT AND REACTION: An in-depth report on the final bell, plus what both fighters have to say

 

Yeah he was like this when aload of us went to canvey island in essex to see him at a charity event hu turned up 4 hours late and when he got their he was with 2 bodyguards who would not let you near him and he just walked past everyone, on the other hand Ricky Hatton was literally signing things and having his pic taken for 4 hours and inbetween footie games he signed my glove too. this is why he has lost alot of fanbase everyone slated him for this.

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Shadeed Suluki believes we will see a new Audley Harrison climb through the ropes and into battle in Manchester on Saturday night.
The trainer is the first to admit his man has had his problems in the past and accepts there have been times when he has been his own worst enemy.
But he firmly believes all that will be forgotten at the MEN Arena when he takes on David Haye

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for the world heavyweight title, live on Sky Box Office HD and in 3D.
Suluki has been in Harrison's corner for close to two years now, but was well aware of the Olympic gold medallists failings before they paired up. False dawns, freezing in the ring and falling in crucial fights have all combined to keep the fighter from fulfilling what he says is his destiny.
But with the world title within touching distance, the trainer believes all those demons have been conquered, that Harrison has come through unscathed and emerged a different prospect and above all, a different person all together.
"People are saying it's a different Audley, he's looking different, he's talking different, he and Shadeed are getting on very well," he tells skysports.com.
"They always felt that Audley had the ability but he just couldn't get it together - he's got it together now.
"He's at peace with himself, he knows himself now. He knows where he went wrong and that had to happen to get him to this point of maturity
"That had to happen for him to be where he's at today, for him to step on over and achieve that and deal with it."
Dealing with David Haye though, will be a different matter.
If Harrison has dumped the baggage he has carried round since turning pro in a blaze of publicity and pound signs nine years ago, there is one nagging reminder of the past he needs to get rid of.
And on Saturday night, that reminder will be firmly in the present, stood in the opposite corner, between the 39-year-old and his destiny.
Both fighters have talked openly about their fall out, yet it is Harrison who is left with the burning sense of injustice. He was the one, he says, who was let down by Haye, the one who reached out to his friend only to find he wasn't there.
He clearly got to Haye when the pre-fight verbals began but has kept relatively calm whenever questioned about their friendship since. He remains philosophical about it, content for personal revenge to remain a sideshow while he sets his sights on becoming a world champion. And his trainer reckons that is half the battle.
Purpose

"I'm a firm believer that things happen for a reason," says Suluki.
"I don't believe in chance. I believe that to the extent where Audley and I didn't come together by chance, there was a purpose, a reason we were brought together and I think there's a bigger force that controls that - and I think he believes that as well.
"There was a time that he had only just come out of the Olympics and started his professional career and he understands where David is at now; his ego is out of control.
"Audley's experienced that, so he can look at David and say mate, you're out of control, because he's been there. But he's not there anymore. That comes through the experience of going through that."
But, as fight night rapidly approaches, the odds are again stacking slowly up against Harrison.
As the time for talking draws to a close and we await the final barrage at Wednesday's head-to-head images of what we have seen both fighters do in the ring will return to the fore.
Few pundits give the challenger more than a puncher's chance, few punters think he really can and every bookmaker in the land will take a huge hit if he actually does win the world title. He will, it is accepted, need more than the fickle finger of fate to floor David Haye.

Believe

Suluki is aware his man is the underdog, knows this will go down as one of the biggest shocks British boxing has seen if they do walk away with the WBA belt on Saturday night.
But, having steered Lamon Brewster to a similarly unlikely success over Wladmir Klitschko six years ago, the man with the plan is unfazed. He doesn't talk about what Haye can do, but he knows what Harrison can do and believes he can, and will, do what it takes.
"Let me say just this, we are preparing Audley for whatever David brings to the table," he says.
"If David decides to move around we've got something for that; if David wants to stand in front of him we've got something for that; if David wants to fight in the trenches, we've got something for that.
"Audley is totally prepared to do whatever it takes and to what is necessary to win this fight. I fully believe that"
Talk is certainly cheap. But when Audley Harrison steps into the ring for the biggest night of his boxing life, belief could yet prove priceless.