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Audley Harrison's defeat to David Haye was the fifth of his career © PA Photos

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Dereck Chisora has hit out at Audley Harrison and David Haye, describing their heavyweight clash an "embarrassment" while urging Harrison to retire and insisting the sport doesn't need WBA champion Haye.

Haye delivered a chilling third-round knockout to Harrison in a one-sided contest at the MEN Arena on Saturday night, with 'A-Force' only managing to land a single punch in a hugely disappointing display from the former Olympic champion.

"It was a big embarrassment for boxing to be honest for both parties," Chisora told Sky Sports. "Audley Harrison chucking only two punches and David Haye betting on himself winning in the third round - I think it's an embarrassment for the sport."

Harrison has yet to announce his plans for the future but Chisora feels the 39-year-old has no other option but to call it a day.

"I don't know what kind of game he was playing, Audley, I think he should hang up his gloves. Who is going to fight him? Who is going to want to fight him? The public aren't gonna buy a fight to go and watch him anymore," he said.

Haye, meanwhile, is now targeting a lucrative fight with one of the Klitschkos but, although the 'Hayemaker's' stock has risen over the last year, Chisora is adamant the sport would be better off without him.

"Haye is pricing himself, saying he is retiring next year," said Chisora. "So basically he wants everybody to run after him but if the guy wants to retire let him retire - the sport is not going to miss him. It will be a good riddance. If he doesn't retire next year, I'll give him a better fight than any fight he's had his whole entire career.

Chisora, the British and Commonwealth champion, is currently training for his showdown with IBF and WBO heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko next month, and he is vowing not to waste his opportunity.

"We're training. The sport we're in is a gladiator sport you don't have to wait for later rounds or the first round, I'm just gonna go for it from round one to round 12," he said.

"I'm going into the Klitschko fight a big underdog, but I promise you now that I'll throw more than one punch and put up more of a fight than he (Harrison) did. I've got a big challenge ahead of me by going out to Germany, but I'm going out there to give it my best shot because winning the title means more to me than the money.

"I'm confident that I call pull off a massive shock and bring the title back to Britain, and I'm ruining Haye's dreams of beating the Klitschkos because I'm going to do it first."

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