Audley wins

Cuban Lion · Post by **Cuban Lion** » 10 Jun 2006, 03:36

Harrison beats Greeley by 3rd round KO.

(craig) · Post by **(craig)** » 10 Jun 2006, 04:09

No doubt he'll be feeling confident now,expect him to call out Bruno again any day now!!

jomothepure · Post by **jomothepure** » 10 Jun 2006, 04:14

Good grief. If he won he must have thrown a punch. Way to go Audley.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 10 Jun 2006, 12:06

I've just looked at Harrisons record and he appears to have weighed his lightest for two years. So maybe he got down to some serious training?

However with all due respect to Harrison I'm still a non-believer.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=044026

pasty_spud · Post by **pasty_spud** » 10 Jun 2006, 14:29

i'm still a believer....he has the skills, i know he has.....but does he have the heart & hunger?? with abit of luck he might be finding it.....hopefully..

anyway i play the lottery every week and it's about time i saw a return in my investment

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 10 Jun 2006, 15:59

Well good luck to him if he's making the effort to carry on, no doubt Mcgirt will be a great boost to him....

mattyp151 · Post by **mattyp151** » 10 Jun 2006, 16:04

silkov wrote:Well good luck to him if he's making the effort to carry on, no doubt Mcgirt will be a great boost to him....

It was an untelevised bout, I'm interested in seeing if he was throwing a lot of jabs or was using both hands.

shoutout · Post by **shoutout** » 11 Jun 2006, 02:16

silkov wrote:Well good luck to him if he's making the effort to carry on, no doubt Mcgirt will be a great boost to him....

with a guy like mcgirt & dedication, anything is possible in the current barren landscape of HW losers!!

fist · Post by **fist** » 11 Jun 2006, 04:04

Audley was disgraceful in his last two fights, but when you look at why it doesn't seem to be that he cannot box. He certainly has some good movement when he wants to, he also has power, but he seems continuously hesitant to unleash it. He sparkles for just a few seconds and then goes quiet as if in a trance. The question is why?

In my opinion it may partly be mental i.e. lack of commitment to the task, but this too is questionable. I think the real reason lies with conditioning. From the start of his pro career Audley would get exhausted after a couple of rounds. This is the only thing that epxlains his refusal to throw punches and is evidenced in the way he sucks up air.

Now, if he changes his training regime and gets super fit like a true athlete in addition appraising technique, I think there is every chance he can be a contender. No reason at all.

Syntax Error · Post by **Syntax Error** » 11 Jun 2006, 08:47

Congratulations to Audley Harrison on winning a boxing match!

It's been a while!!!!!!

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 11 Jun 2006, 11:41

From Sportinglife.com

Audley Harrison's new trainer is backing the much-maligned British heavyweight to become a champion again.

The hugely-respected Buddy McGirt, who trains Antonio Tarver and Arturo Gatti, is one of the few men in boxing who believes the Sydney gold-medallist can rise again after his defeats to Danny Williams and Dominic Guinn.

Harrison started the long road back with a third-round stoppage of Andrew Greeley in Atlantic City Friday.

And McGirt believes that journey might not be as fruitless as many believe it is likely to be.

He told http://www.secondsout.com: "Audley can be heavyweight champion.

"I wouldn't be wasting my time with him if I didn't think he still had it in him.

"I was supposed to (take over) his training before but we couldn't (arrange it) but even though he's lost his last two fights I know what he has.

"He's got all the tools, his problems are mental. I can help him with that."

It was Harrison's first fight not to be televised on either side of the Atlantic and also his first outing since hooking up with new trainer McGirt.

josh fg · Post by **josh fg** » 11 Jun 2006, 13:11

Glad he won although not against much opposition. Having said that although the guy has a mixed record its not against the worst sort of opposition.

I think its right that McGritt wouldn't be taking him if he didn't think he had something and in sperts harision always looks good he just needs to put the spirts together and with greater fitness that should come.

Harrison does have heart I don't buy the claim that he doesn't you need only look at the 11th round against williams and his willingness to fight on the inside.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 15 Jun 2006, 06:18

Why doen't Audley attempt to reclaim his esteemed WBF world title back? Maybe with McGirt at the helm he can salvage something from his career, he should have ditched the yes men ages ago.

Syntax Error · Post by **Syntax Error** » 15 Jun 2006, 06:55

steve689 wrote:Why doen't Audley attempt to reclaim his esteemed WBF world title back? Maybe with McGirt at the helm he can salvage something from his career, he should have ditched the yes men ages ago.

Exactly right.

Unfortunately, he's nearly 35, so it's probably too late for him.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 15 Jun 2006, 07:09

I'm sorry McGirt or no McGirt, you cannot polish a turd, Audley just doesn't have the heart neccesary to cut it, and at 34 he ain't going to suddenly get one, unless McGirt is the wizard of Oz.

He'll be fine facing off against these palooka level guys who fall over at the first opportunity, but the next time he's in against someone who starts whacking him back, it'll be back to pawing with the jab and standing there looking menacing.

Fool me once, Shame on you, fool me twice Shame on me! Fool me thrice, nay fukkin chance pal....

Syntax Error · Post by **Syntax Error** » 15 Jun 2006, 09:29

jamesmcdonnell wrote:I'm sorry McGirt or no McGirt, you cannot polish a turd, Audley just doesn't have the heart neccesary to cut it, and at 34 he ain't going to suddenly get one, unless McGirt is the wizard of Oz.

He'll be fine facing off against these palooka level guys who fall over at the first opportunity, but the next time he's in against someone who starts whacking him back, it'll be back to pawing with the jab and standing there looking menacing.

Fool me once, Shame on you, fool me twice Shame on me! Fool me thrice, nay fukkin chance pal....

You can't argue with that.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 15 Jun 2006, 09:58

Nice to see the Harrisonettes are still as delluded as the man himself!!

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 15 Jun 2006, 10:13

Yep, just like David Icke....

states · Post by **states** » 15 Jun 2006, 10:34

Going by his safety-first approach in Tarver's corner at the weekend, Audley and McGirt could be a match made in heaven.....

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 15 Jun 2006, 16:21

Is McGirt still working with Timo Hoffman.

josh fg · Post by **josh fg** » 15 Jun 2006, 17:00

what do people make of McGritt as a trainer?

To me he seems like one of those who can get the best out of a fighter by smoving the edges which is what he did very well with gatti I don't think he is anything to blame for him loosing to Mayweather (silk perse sows ear)

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 15 Jun 2006, 17:45

josh fg wrote:what do people make of McGritt as a trainer?

To me he seems like one of those who can get the best out of a fighter by smoving the edges which is what he did very well with gatti I don't think he is anything to blame for him loosing to Mayweather (silk perse sows ear)

I really do rate him, but he wasn't great in his last biggie (Tarver vs Hopkins) and so far I have only seen Hoffman regress under him.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 16 Jun 2006, 05:19

Terence wrote:
jamesmcdonnell wrote:Yep, just like David Icke....
Audley to KO everyone and rip his head off to reveal he is a lizard. It iwll be like that film 'They Live'

Or 'V.'

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 16 Jun 2006, 06:05

stujones wrote:
josh fg wrote:what do people make of McGritt as a trainer?

To me he seems like one of those who can get the best out of a fighter by smoving the edges which is what he did very well with gatti I don't think he is anything to blame for him loosing to Mayweather (silk perse sows ear)
I really do rate him, but he wasn't great in his last biggie (Tarver vs Hopkins) and so far I have only seen Hoffman regress under him.

Lets be honest with Hoffman he really doesn't have a lot to work with.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 16 Jun 2006, 08:08

nickd wrote:
stujones wrote:
josh fg wrote:what do people make of McGritt as a trainer?

To me he seems like one of those who can get the best out of a fighter by smoving the edges which is what he did very well with gatti I don't think he is anything to blame for him loosing to Mayweather (silk perse sows ear)
I really do rate him, but he wasn't great in his last biggie (Tarver vs Hopkins) and so far I have only seen Hoffman regress under him.
Lets be honest with Hoffman he really doesn't have a lot to work with.

Possibly, but he did well against Kransiqi, who himself did well vs Brewster.