Audley's retired

[stevieb_8006]

people only ever mention the olympic gold, but he achieved much more in the unpaid ranks. hes surely one of our most decorated. I also dont think he gets enough credit for his campaigning for better funding, thats prob reason we've been so successful in the Ams ever since.

Nice fella, he'd also make a better pundit than say, Khan. 1 thing audley can do is talk!!!!!

[n1ebf]

That's a really classy statement. Well done Audley and good luck in the next chapter

[Benelio]

Then we have the armchair fans who paid £15 for his box office fight (who will never tune in again I add)

Actually I reckon Audley SAVED us money. If his Box Office fight was not as awful as it turned out then every semi-big fight* in the last two and a half years on Sky might have been an extra £15!

* Yes I realise there have been few.

[TheCobra]

Thank fook for that.

[n1ebf]

My take is that I enjoyed primetime boxing on the BBC, there were some decent Saturdays in there during Audley’s journey.

the win over the Dutch Sonny Liston being a high point for me!

I suspect Audley may reconsider things in about 3 weeks...I hope not as with a wife and young family this is the best thing to do but Audley's not going out on that nonsense when he's got another Prizefighter in him - Audley IS the Prizefighter

[ILikeBeer]

the win over the Dutch Sonny Liston being a high point for me!

Joking aside, that was a good fight. Or at least a good performance from Aud.

That era of BBC boxing has some happy memories for me. Not particularly due to the quality of the boxing, but due to me being at university and only having five channels. So boxing being on television was a rarity.

I remember when Audley fought Julius Long. I was sat in my bedroom, and drinking some beer I'd managed to skank off of somebody or other. A mate of my dad's, I think. It was some weird French lager that he'd got from some booze run to the continent.

Anyway, I sat around waiting until about 11pm, or whenever the boxing was and watched Big Trouble In Little China on Channel 5 and getting pissed. By the time the fight started, I was nicely pished and the fight was over in two rounds. I was thinking because Long was 200-foot tall, it might be interesting. I was sat there like; "Aaaah man! I got drunk alone and watched a shite film because of that." Actually, I quite enjoyed myself.

[black panther]

Audley’s the scapegoat for the BBC’s withdrawal, but the viewing figures weren’t terrible for the time of night and for sporting events, some of the boxing nights out-did ITV’s MOTD dalliance. The Beeb pinned everything on Audley, just as Sky pinned a lot of blame on FWP, rather than admitting that they were done with boxing for the simple reason that they couldn’t be arsed with it. That’s not allocating blame, either, as boxing is hard work. People are too tough on Audley, the stuff about “bringing the sport into disrepute” is nonsensical, and shows a lack of understanding as to what disrepute, as a charge entails. Sure, Audley’s going to have a comfortable life yet he’s a sportsman who wanted to do big things and will have decades of looking back on his career with regret — that’s going to be tough.

Harrison later popped up on ITV, versus Williams 1, and did a peak of 8 million, which the BBC would kill for, so the drawing power was there, they just didn’t tap into it and didn’t have enough quality control. Perhaps the Beeb were too busy noncing about to notice.

My take is that I enjoyed primetime boxing on the BBC, there were some decent Saturdays in there
during Audley’s journey.

Agreed. Aud was just a scape goat for the BBC.

[Finch]

Olympic Champion, European Champion, 2 x Prizefighter Champion, World Title contender and a hell of a lot of crap talk in between. Not a bad career.

Chuck in a shitload of cash and there are people who have had worse careers!

[Syntax Error]

I really wanted him to do it at the start of his career, so on one hand I'm quite sad.

But towards the end he'd become a joke. And despite being a fan of his initially, even I'd began to laugh.

He was going to get hurt if he carried on. The best thing for him and his family.

This is exactly how I see it.

I used to be a fan, but I turned against him during the first Williams fight, where he wet himself at the prospect of a bloated Danny Williams; that, after all his rhetoric about being British champ within 5 fights.

I forgave his farcical 10 fight deal with the BBC, but the Williams debacle was the last straw.

The few years of his career have been largely a joke, with a couple of exceptions.

I also became quite annoyed at the fact that someone like him had become so wealthy off the back of boxing, when other fighters who have more talent in their shorts than he ever had or ever will, never made anywhere near as much money as he did.

He is doing the right thing & I really hope he sticks to it.

There's nothing more satisfying than see a fighter get out of the sport with his health, wealth & faculties all intact, even if I don't believe that Harrison deserves that wealth.

[Final round]

Big Aud certainly made his presence felt in British Boxing that's for sure! Shame that the bad lingers longer than the good but my favourite moment of his pro-career was Harrison/Williams II. After them stinking the joint out in the first bout, Audley found his game face and unleashed his armoury , re-arranging Danny features and stopping him in his tracks. It was impressive but sadly that was the angriest and most dangerous I ever saw him.

[Ratchet Exits Nu]

Sorry guys, but in pure sporting terms.... good riddance

Never has a fighter taken so much money and publicity from our cherished sport - and given so little back in return.

The damage he did to the BBC and the knock on effect on terrestrial boxing and other fledgling fighters cannot be measured. Then we have the armchair fans who paid £15 for his box office fight (who will never tune in again I add) and the legacy of sh*t fights is completely unrivalled by anyone ever in the history of boxing.

Didn't he pave the way for amateur funding?

Wasn't he one of the first UK Boxer/Promoters/Manager?

I would say HAYE has taken more and given back eff all.

Haye undercards alone take the shitty spoon!

At least no one travelled and paid for flights hotels etc HAUDLEY promise to chop off Wlads head.................................then run like a bitch.

Or Valuev! Zzzzzzz

[n1ebf]

Big Aud certainly made his presence felt in British Boxing that's for sure! Shame that the bad lingers longer than the good but my favourite moment of his pro-career was Harrison/Williams II. After them stinking the joint out in the first bout, Audley found his game face and unleashed his armoury , re-arranging Danny features and stopping him in his tracks. It was impressive but sadly that was the angriest and most dangerous I ever saw him.

it's worth having a look at again

part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BbWwEaav90

part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AWaASQyg9U

quite a few points of interest in this fight.......not least for me Danny Williams dispensing with 2 doctors of his own accord and everybody allowing that to happen ....unreal.

In A-Force's (let me wear my rose-tinted glasses here) post-fight interview he mentioned the phrase mentally, spiritually, emotionally a few times........very similar rhetoric to how he was talking last week before his Sheffield fight. I wonder if he has some personal issues out of the ring...hope not.

I was wondering who was training him as he seemed to enter the ring without much confidence on some occasions but it was actually a guy that trained Riddick Bowe!......Audley was good in that fight....I think however that a big shot would have unravelled him. Pretty weird how he could box/fight in such totally contrasting styles!

[n1ebf]

Sorry guys, but in pure sporting terms.... good riddance

Never has a fighter taken so much money and publicity from our cherished sport - and given so little back in return.

The damage he did to the BBC and the knock on effect on terrestrial boxing and other fledgling fighters cannot be measured. Then we have the armchair fans who paid £15 for his box office fight (who will never tune in again I add) and the legacy of sh*t fights is completely unrivalled by anyone ever in the history of boxing.

Didn't he pave the way for amateur funding?

Wasn't he one of the first UK Boxer/Promoters/Manager?

I would say HAYE has taken more and given back eff all.

Haye undercards alone take the shitty spoon!

At least no one travelled and paid for flights hotels etc HAUDLEY promise to chop off Wlads head.................................then run like a bitch.

Or Valuev! Zzzzzzz

Valuev was regarded as a good win for Haye. However, Haye p*ssed me off bragging how all his family were going to make money by betting on the secret round in Haye-Harrison, but then happily selling it as PPV to all the suckers.
Haye's p*ssed me of a few times tbh. Wlad had his beating before they got near a boxing ring, absolutely nothing to do with his toe.

[Final round]

Big Aud certainly made his presence felt in British Boxing that's for sure! Shame that the bad lingers longer than the good but my favourite moment of his pro-career was Harrison/Williams II. After them stinking the joint out in the first bout, Audley found his game face and unleashed his armoury , re-arranging Danny features and stopping him in his tracks. It was impressive but sadly that was the angriest and most dangerous I ever saw him.

it's worth having a look at again

part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BbWwEaav90

part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AWaASQyg9U

quite a few points of interest in this fight.......not least for me Danny Williams dispensing with 2 doctors of his own accord and everybody allowing that to happen ....unreal.

In A-Force's (let me wear my rose-tinted glasses here) post-fight interview he mentioned the phrase mentally, spiritually, emotionally a few times........very similar rhetoric to how he was talking last week before his Sheffield fight. I wonder if he has some personal issues out of the ring...hope not.

I was wondering who was training him as he seemed to enter the ring without much confidence on some occasions but it was actually a guy that trained Riddick Bowe!......Audley was good in that fight....I think however that a big shot would have unravelled him. Pretty weird how he could box/fight in such totally contrasting styles!

Thanks for that, I enjoyed watching that again. A few more fighters should try telling the quacks to get lost
It's funny you drawing parallels between then and now because even then they were talking last chance saloon and redemption back then.! As for getting Kayoed the Audley of today would have crumbled under Danny's attack but he weathered it and fired back harder.
Danny must have really hit a nerve with all his abuse because I never saw him like that again.The amount of punches he was throwing, hard and with variety!

[liamlion]

Im glad to see the back of him in terms of him being a professional boxer.

A figure of absolute ridicule all because of his massive claims and his consistent inability to deliver, with the exception of one desperate haymaker against Michael Sprott.

I hated his style, where he fought scared. And would all too often hang on for dear life.

Rob McCracken once told me that the problem with Harrison is that he is scared of his own shadow. I think that sums it up perfectly.

[loaded_gloves]

Wow, I haven't seen that Williams rematch in years, what a great scrap on iTV. Williams was 35-5! Diminished by the Klitschko fight yes, but coming off 24 pretty easy rounds with world ranked Matt Skelton where he held his own without really trying too hard.

Harrison had that nervy fear face again but just went out aggressively, cut Williams, hurt him, and then he was too difficult to discourage. Chopped him up with uppercuts. Very nice performance indeed. I remember in his next fight, when he decked the durable Sprott hard in the first, thinking 'holy crap Audley really is starting to look like a champion!' Such a shame he suffered such an unlucky loss and then was out a long time, the narrow Rogan decision didn't go his way, everything went a bit wrong.

I'd of relaunched Audley in America in 2008, taken him away from the baying UK media and boxing crowd and built him back up with regular fights. Ah well.

[n1ebf]

Big Aud certainly made his presence felt in British Boxing that's for sure! Shame that the bad lingers longer than the good but my favourite moment of his pro-career was Harrison/Williams II. After them stinking the joint out in the first bout, Audley found his game face and unleashed his armoury , re-arranging Danny features and stopping him in his tracks. It was impressive but sadly that was the angriest and most dangerous I ever saw him.

it's worth having a look at again

part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BbWwEaav90

part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AWaASQyg9U

quite a few points of interest in this fight.......not least for me Danny Williams dispensing with 2 doctors of his own accord and everybody allowing that to happen ....unreal.

In A-Force's (let me wear my rose-tinted glasses here) post-fight interview he mentioned the phrase mentally, spiritually, emotionally a few times........very similar rhetoric to how he was talking last week before his Sheffield fight. I wonder if he has some personal issues out of the ring...hope not.

I was wondering who was training him as he seemed to enter the ring without much confidence on some occasions but it was actually a guy that trained Riddick Bowe!......Audley was good in that fight....I think however that a big shot would have unravelled him. Pretty weird how he could box/fight in such totally contrasting styles!

Thanks for that, I enjoyed watching that again. A few more fighters should try telling the quacks to get lost
It's funny you drawing parallels between then and now because even then they were talking last chance saloon and redemption back then.! As for getting Kayoed the Audley of today would have crumbled under Danny's attack but he weathered it and fired back harder.
Danny must have really hit a nerve with all his abuse because I never saw him like that again.The amount of punches he was throwing, hard and with variety!

yes - I noticed straight away too when they mentioned the last chance saloon! That was an excellent win by Audley because Danny came throwing things and he's a big bloke and Audley fended him off as you say. They were certainly talking like it was a new dawn and this was the way things were going to be............I want to know what Audley's "mentally, spiritually, emotionally" is??
Quite bizarre going by how much he talks but I wouldn't say I know anything else about the guy.
I think he will do okay in retirement Audley, I hope so

[spudder56]

Sorry guys, but in pure sporting terms.... good riddance

Never has a fighter taken so much money and publicity from our cherished sport - and given so little back in return.

The damage he did to the BBC and the knock on effect on terrestrial boxing and other fledgling fighters cannot be measured. Then we have the armchair fans who paid £15 for his box office fight (who will never tune in again I add) and the legacy of sh*t fights is completely unrivalled by anyone ever in the history of boxing.

SPOT ON MATE

[Mimmy]

Look at it in a different light. Aud will be sunning it up most weekends in the Carib, driving that 4X4 and loving it loving it loving it. All thanks to the suckers that paid their dough and sat and watched the farcical performances and made a laughing stock of boxing and his fan. Now take a look at some of the grafters in the sport, and some of the lads who ended their careers in a bad way trying to make the sport what it is today.

Audley had a game plan and stuck to it to the end. He wasn't daft, it was just like the Great Train Robbery. I think I shelled out a few hundred quid on Aud thats paid for his holiday suitcase this bank holiday weekend.

Theres the door, don't for get your coat and please leave the key on the side.

[Exoddus]

I posted before the Wilder fight took place that Audley would get knocked out in the first round and then retire. It was on the cards for a long time and his get out of jail free card finally ran out. He had some good moments in boxing but he just wasn't good enough and fell well short of world champion material.

[lefty]

I wouldnt completely write him off changing his mind and coming back! I know people are going to think im crazy saying this but I think Wilder was a bad style matchup for him. I dont think Audley does well particularily against people who are taller than him! I really think that if he fought Povetkin he would probably put up a better showing than he did against Wilder and Price.

[n1ebf]

Audley had a game plan and stuck to it to the end. He wasn't daft, it was just like the Great Train Robbery.

No, that was when a dozen or so men boarded a train carrying guns and sticks to hit people with. The train crew weren't given much choice in the matter. Harrison didn't force anybody to do anything.
I just don't think Audley was cut out for violence but because he was in a comparatively small and weak division, it was relatively easy for him to get away with it. He took the risk of being hit by these guys.

The real c*nts incidentally are the bookmakers. I was thinking this the other day. Who punches them? Do they make weight? Run at 6am yet every weekend they make more purse on boxing than ANY fighter........those slags with a red and white logo are taking bets on Fury versus Haye already in 2014.
You can ring up and put money on it right now if you want and the slags will take it. Or on Fury Klitschko.........nobody even knows if it's happening yet but they will hold your money and take your interest. Slags.

[ra2006]

people only ever mention the olympic gold, but he achieved much more in the unpaid ranks. hes surely one of our most decorated. I also dont think he gets enough credit for his campaigning for better funding, thats prob reason we've been so successful in the Ams ever since.

Nice fella, he'd also make a better pundit than say, Khan. 1 thing audley can do is talk!!!!!

This.

In the late 90's, Audley was pretty much the most successful amateur in the british camp, and acted as a montor/team captain for the Froch's and Hatton's when they were in the English Amatuer set up.

That period between 1997-2000 revitalised amateur funding, and Audley was the main breadwinner in terms of major titles at that level and time.

His pro career has not been anywhere near as successful as his amateur career, and have no doubt that the London 2012 Olympic boxing successes where mostly due to the marker Audley laid down 14 years earlier.

Enjoy your retirement Aud, hope to see you replacing Nelson on Sky soon, or coaching the Team GB 2016 team in the run up to Rio.

[polecateddy]

I think his run winning the Olympics was genuinely exciting. He beat some good heavies and beat them well. He just wasn't built for the pros.

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I wouldnt completely write him off changing his mind and coming back! I know people are going to think im crazy saying this but I think Wilder was a bad style matchup for him. I dont think Audley does well particularily against people who are taller than him! I really think that if he fought Povetkin he would probably put up a better showing than he did against Wilder and Price.

Anyone that can hit him back is a bad style matchup for Harrison.