Audley's next opponent confirmed.

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » 01 Jun 2004, 15:45

News that the opponent was Tomasz Bonin has leaked on Auds official forum and various others here he is

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=032655

This forced Audley Info on Auds forum to confirm the opponent as Bonin. They explained leaks happen all the time so they were forced to name the opponent.

Personally Im a drop disappointed and Im expecting the Hersisia treatment. This guys record is padded and he is short. But he will get Aud up those EBU rankings as he is ranked 10th. This seems the only positive I can think of.

Thoughts please.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 01 Jun 2004, 15:48

Another Richel Hersisia: small, unbeaten...and untested. Audley does love these guys who look good on paper but can't fight a lick.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 01 Jun 2004, 15:50

Bonins record is more padded than the room Nasty is in.
Bonin has been showed a couple of times on Eurosport when he fourght on Universum undercards. IMO he didnt look that good it should be an easy win for Harrison (i dont know enough about Bonins chin to say if Harrison can stop him.

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » 01 Jun 2004, 15:56

Official press release is on the way Ill post it here as soon as it's up.

I hear what everyone is saying. However I can feel a little for Aud as he was having talks with Warren for a while which ultimately never materialised. But yet again we are using the not much time excuse. Still he is fighting top ranked european fighters even if they are the crapper ones. But hey look on the bright side at least he aint fighting Keith Long or Bob Mirovic.

shakermaker · Post by **shakermaker** » 01 Jun 2004, 15:57

Keith Long would have been a better test!!!

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » 01 Jun 2004, 16:05

shakermaker wrote:Keith Long would have been a better test!!!

I cant see Long being that much of a greater test. He aint fought in ages and is small. At least with Bonin u have the cherry of getting up the EBU rankings. With Long u wouldnt have that. Also I think it would be a similar scenario, if Aud KOs Long/Bonin before the 4th so what their rubbish. If he is taken the distance then he is a bum. People can say 'yeah but Danny went the distance with him' but that doesnt rub, that was 2 years ago and he has been knocked down by a few no-namers since then so if it was me I would go with Bonin.

Still doesnt mean Im raving (that happy) about this opponent tho.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 01 Jun 2004, 16:12

I'm trying to work out what his Polish International title is all about. He won it by outpointing a German and defended against a Belgian!

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 01 Jun 2004, 16:18

Freiheit wrote:Bonins record is more padded than the room Nasty is in.

That's a one-liner worthy of the Simpsons.

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » 01 Jun 2004, 16:26

bennie wrote:I'm trying to work out what his Polish International title is all about. He won it by outpointing a German and defended against a Belgian!

Some Polish guy has clearly looked at the WBA/WBC etc International titles and thought 'right Iv got an idea.'

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 01 Jun 2004, 16:27

I've never seen this Polish guy fight, by looking at his record he looks like another strong, stocky Polish fighter

Harrison should really try and stop this guy after the Francis fight.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 01 Jun 2004, 16:36

Christ, he'll murder this guy. He couldn't even stop Antoine Palatis last year in an eight-rounder. A fight later, Matt Skelton stopped Palatis in four rounds.

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » 01 Jun 2004, 16:57

Iv just noticed Audley's heaigt has changed from 6'5.5" to 6'6" I know it is only half an inch but is there any official measuring that has taken place. I know Valuev lost 3 inches when he was officially measured.

adamiw · Post by **adamiw** » 01 Jun 2004, 18:28

6ft 1 as well

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 01 Jun 2004, 19:00

Can't same I'm surprised. I would have prefered Long, at least we know what he is like. Still think Long is a not bad test, although Harrison should be thinking beyond him and this guy by now.

Dissapointed, but not surprised or shocked.

Costa · Post by **Costa** » 01 Jun 2004, 19:38

BONIN!
I hope Audley has an excuse for this bout hopefully along the lines of his original oponent dropping out. As pointed out by James the only thing Audley stands to gain from this fight is an ebu rating's boost.

I realise this is two fight within six weeks which shows hes ative but I'd rather wait another month and see him face someone decent.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 02 Jun 2004, 05:46

Hmm, this is starting to look a little poor...

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 02 Jun 2004, 07:26

Costa wrote:BONIN!
I hope Audley has an excuse for this bout hopefully along the lines of his original oponent dropping out. As pointed out by James the only thing Audley stands to gain from this fight is an ebu rating's boost.

I realise this is two fight within six weeks which shows hes ative but I'd rather wait another month and see him face someone decent.

Is Bonin ranked higher than Harrison, Costa?

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 02 Jun 2004, 07:33

I see the Pole has beaten some fighters with winning records, so hopefully he's coming to win.
Wasn't expecting anyone remotely good for Audley, so I'm not even disapointed!

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 02 Jun 2004, 07:36

It's a pretty poor choice to be fair....we all know the old "He's an unbeaten fighter" lines will be flowing from Aud but seriously Bonin is a plodder with little skill. I saw him on Eurosport against Pavel Vanacek who i believe he stopped in one round, Vanacek was a body builder type guy though trying his hand in the sport and Bonin had few problems with him...he has gone eight rounds with Garing Lane who holds a 22-34-2 record. He stopped Belgian Dirk Wallyn in five rounds, i remember Johnny Nelson blowing Wallyn away in one at Cruiserweight a few years back on a Hamed undercard. This will be an early stoppage IMO and a general mismatch.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 02 Jun 2004, 07:38

steve689 wrote:He stopped Belgian Dirk Wallyn in five rounds, i remember Johnny Nelson blowing Wallyn away in one at Cruiserweight a few years back on a Hamed undercard

Says it all, really.

Costa · Post by **Costa** » 02 Jun 2004, 09:11

Isn't Harrison 9th now if not higher so the answer would be no, Bennie. But then look at the boxrec rankings, Valuev is ranked tenth and look at the quality of the oponents hes faced.

BubiScholz · Post by **BubiScholz** » 02 Jun 2004, 09:32

...and the show goes on. same procedure as every time.

there will never be a serious boxer who fights Harrison. they fix fights only some weeks in advance. always the same A-Farce...........

BTW Harrison is 9th in the EBU, Bonin 10th......

Bard of Boxrec · Post by **Bard of Boxrec** » 02 Jun 2004, 10:12

Let's hope, if Skelton gets to Krasniqi before audley does, that matt loses comfortably, which I think he will. then warren's cynical tactic of freezing out audley will be foiled.

this bonin fight is very predictable, i remember a few months back someone cited bonin as a future opponent for audley and now here he is.

If audley doesn't get his euro shot soon, there won't be many more undefeated european padded record guys to fight.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 02 Jun 2004, 10:14

As long as this is leading to a European title, then I don't have a problem with the fight, but I don't want to see Audley in too many more of these calibre of fights otherwise. They aren't going to teach him anything.

BubiScholz · Post by **BubiScholz** » 03 Jun 2004, 11:35

...maybe his fight for the EBU-title takes place in 2006........