David Haye invites Audley Harrison to bring axe with him

13 April 2012

WBA world heavyweight champion David Haye is so confident of beating Audley Harrison in his title defence in November he has invited the challenger to bring an axe with him.

Haye was responding to a YouTube video posted by Harrison ahead of the November 13 bout in Manchester in which the challenger was filmed wielding an axe at his training camp in California.

Harrison said in the clip: "This is the mountains. I've got an axe - it ain't for David Haye, it's for the bears. We're in the wilderness and we ain't playing. David Haye better be ready for a serious, serious fight. We are as serious as a heart attack."

Haye hit back by saying: "We're going to contact the British Boxing Board of Control and request that Audley be allowed to use the axe in the ring on November 13.

"I'm deadly serious about this. At least if Audley has an axe in his left hand, I might have something to look out for. Even with an axe in his hand, Audley doesn't stand a chance. What good is an axe if you're too scared to throw it?

"It's a shame he couldn't have used the axe to cut through the rubbish that has been coming out of his mouth recently."

Harrison revealed in the video he was starting his training regime at 6am, and Haye said: "I wake up at midday and I do my running when it feels right.

"I'm conked out like a baby on Night Nurse at six o'clock in the morning and I admire Audley for his willingness to interrupt his sleep pattern to go for a jog. Rest assured, he'll be able to catch up on plenty of sleep when I finish with him on November 13.

"It doesn't matter whether he goes running at six o'clock in the morning or six o'clock at night, Audley's still getting knocked out at just gone 10pm on November 13. Nothing can change that fact - not even an axe."

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