Poll tips Haye to keep title

Readers back champion to beat Harrison

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Poll tips Haye to keep title

Haye: tipped to retain

David Haye is 15/8 to defeat Audley Harrison by KO. Bet now

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Skysports.com readers are almost unanimous in believing David Haye will retain his WBA heavyweight title against Audley Harrison when the two meet on November 13.

Haye's Sky Box Office HD showdown with Harrison, which will take place at the MEN Arena in Manchester, will be the biggest all-British heavyweight title fight since Lennox Lewis' victory over Frank Bruno in 1993.

The pair fell out over a dispute regarding undercards and their rivalry has escalated out of the ring ever since; their feud will now culminate in November.

Harrison, whose professional record reads 27-4, has had his sights set on the world heavyweight title since taking the gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Ten years on, he has secured that opportunity against his bitter, Bermondsey-born rival.

Nearly 88 per cent of skysports.com pollsters don't believe Harrison has the credentials to take Haye's title, while only 11.2 per cent think a new heavyweight champion will be crowned in Manchester. A minuscule 1 per cent are backing an unlikely draw, which would result in Haye retaining his title.

Sky Bet offer 1/8 for Haye to beat Harrison, and 4/11 to do so within twelve rounds - something which Haye has achieved in 22 of his 24 wins. It took Haye 16 fights to go beyond six rounds, and Sky Bet offers 10/11 he disposes of his long-time rival within rounds 1-6, and 11/4 he does between rounds 7-12. A TKO victory, which accounts for 19 of his 24 wins, is evens, while a first-minute knockout is 16/1.

Those who believe Harrison can beat Haye can find 5/1 with Sky Bet, and 15/2 that the victory comes within the first six rounds (10/1 he wins in rounds 7-12). He's promised his left hand will knock out Haye, and he's 10/1 to win the title by KO, and 7/2 to knock down Haye during the fight.

For those thinking Haye and Harrison will go the distance, Skybet price it at 7/2, with Haye 9/2 to win on points and Harrison 14/1. The draw is 33/1.

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