This week?s 94th edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview with former Olympic Gold Medalist Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KOs) who is preparing to challenge WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KOs) on November 13. Harrison spoke about his upcoming fight and also provided insight and opinions on his career and other matters pertaining to the current boxing landscape. Here is what he had to say:
On training and preparations for his November 13 title shot against David Haye:
?Training is going excellent. I?m in Big Bear, California in the mountains. Yeah, training is going very well. November the 13th I know 100% I?m going to be shocking the boxing world, and it will be no shock to me. When I went to the Olympics in 2000, I told everyone I was going to win the Gold Medal. Everyone said, ?Yeah right, it hasn?t been done in 32 years?. They thought I was crazy. History is going to repeat itself on November the 13th when I knockout David Haye.?
On his decision to start training over in the United States:
?Well if anybody knows my story, I left England in 2004. I?ve been based in America since 2004 and actually from the Olympic when I signed up with Thel Torrence, I used to have my training camps in America for six weeks and then come back over. So I?ve been fulltime in America since 2004, in Vegas first and now I?m in California. So this is where I live and this is where I train. Actually I live in a nice part of California, in West Lake Village. But for this fight and for most of my fights I go away for camp. Pay the price and live the life of a fighter.?
His views on how his relationship with David Haye fell apart and how this fight against him came to be:
?Well in the beginning of my career, I was self-promoted and self-managed and independent. It was always my goal when I turned professional, I said my blueprint is that I don?t want to be with any promoter. I want to be my own manager and my own promoter, and that?s what I?ve done. I negotiated a deal with the BBC. Some of my shows, I had seventeen show
