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Haye-Harrison talks gather pace

ESPN staff
August 18, 2010
David Haye won his WBA heavyweight belt from Nikolay Valuev in November last year © Getty Images
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A British heavyweight clash betwen WBA king David Haye and former Olympic champion Audley Harrison is on the cards after promoter Barry Hearn confirmed talks have taken place between the two parties.

Hearn is not involved in negotiations between the fighters' camps, but is satisfied that discussions are going well.

"I'm not part of these negotiations; my son Eddie is fronting up the discussions," he told Sky Sports News. "We are in talks, I understand the talks are going reasonably well."

Hearn believes a fight between Haye and Harrison would be great news for British boxing. While Haye has enjoyed huge success since stepping up from cruiserweight, Harrison has failed to live up to expectations following his Olympic gold medal in Sydney.

"In the heavyweight division, there is nothing else out there as far as British fight fans are concerned, Harrison-Haye is enormous," he said.

"The fantastic thing about David Haye is that he's burst on the scene and done a fantastic job against [Nikolay] Valuev, boxed the ears off [John] Ruiz and put him into retirement. He's hot.

"Audley Harrison, in my opinion, is a bigger draw. People don't know what to expect from Audley Harrison, he's been talking a great fight for years, never delivered it. He's at that last stage saloon - every fight fan in England wants to see this fight.

"The fight's going to be amazing. I hope Eddie and Adam Booth get this fight together. Watch this space."

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