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tear up wrote:

earsjohn wrote:http://tl.gd/967dks

Good news for fans of the near legendary Olympic Gold Medallist. He's targeting either UK Champ Dereck Chisora or English Champ Tyson Fury for his comeback.

Thoughts?

I'm torn myself. While Audley has let me down once too often, it'd be a good scalp for either of the youngsters. Is he still with Hearn? Would Henessey or Warren want to put him on a card?

hope he retire s i say haye fight was a fix 100 percent fraudley should never b allowed to fight on british soil i admire every fighter who gets in the ring but audley im sorry no respect for you mate

i dont see why people hate him so much, he's been made a hate vehicle for boxing fans. Anything he has done or hasnt done has been mirrored by countless boxers who people still defend and praise.

if the BBBoC allow him to keep renewing his licence they will stink the joint out equally IMO, which they will do!......If he was a business he'd be done under trade descriptions this fella.....The suckers on here that start threads about him each time he goes for a dump get on my nerves. Harrison wants to live in the lap of luxury at my (the BOXING fan's) expense and it stinks.

There's fighters, like the poster above*, that have packed more action into ONE round than Audley Harrison has in his professional career.

*......above kingfinn now!

YES HE CAN !!!!!! ....

NorthEastBoxingFan wrote:if the BBBoC allow him to keep renewing his licence they will stink the joint out equally IMO, which they will do!......If he was a business he'd be done under trade descriptions this fella.....The suckers on here that start threads about him each time he goes for a dump get on my nerves. Harrison wants to live in the lap of luxury at my (the BOXING fan's) expense and it stinks.

There's fighters, like the poster above*, that have packed more action into ONE round than Audley Harrison has in his professional career.

*......above kingfinn now!

Hows at your expense? Why should a guy who is probably still one of the top domestic fighters be disallowed a license?

Captain Hook wrote:

oliverfennell wrote:

Horse wrote:He was the European champion less than a year ago, and was considered good enough to fight for the WBA world title less than 4 months ago in Britain.

How can they consider him to be unworthy of fighting for the British title? They allow many inferior fighters to challenge for the title.

Yes, I think this is more of an "appeasing the masses" display than anything. If any other British boxer lost a world title fight - even as conclusively as Harrison did against Haye - especially as a big underdog, it wouldn't disqualify them from domestic contention. What if, say, Magee loses badly against Bute - loses disgracefully, even? Would anyone say he shouldn't be allowed to return to domestic contention? Or what if Eastman and Witter decided they wanted to come back to the UK for British title shots? I doubt anyone would oppose that, and their form is worse than Harrison's.

But at least they land more than one punch in a fight, even the unambitious and lethargic Witter

So Eastman, coming off a four-round points defeat to a six-fight Guyanese novice would be more eligible for a British title shot than a guy coming off a defeat in a world title bout, on the proviso that he landed more than one punch in that fight?

Captain Hook wrote:

oliverfennell wrote:

Captain Hook wrote:Both would beat Harrison, and Chisora would beat Fury IMO

Do you still think Larry O would "smash" Fury?

Yes...

Larry was beaten convincingly last time out, I hold my hands up, but he'll be back, and I hope he one day gets a shot at Fury. I'd still fancy him to outwork him and do damage....come on Warmachine!

PS I'd rather be in the corner of Larry O than a coward like Harrison, win, lose or draw

It wasn't an anti-Larry post. I like him too. But I thought your pre-McDermott prediction re a Fury-Larry fight was a little ambitious, and yet now you're sticking to it even after he got "smashed" by a guy that has been beaten by Fury - twice officially and once definitively. Even if it is commonly accepted that Fury should have lost the first one, he still went 10 rounds in a competitive contest against McDermott, yet he will be "smashed" by a guy who lost in the first against the same man?

I know boxing isn't always as simple as A-beat-B-so-will-also-beat-C but I just can't see your rationale other than a general dislike of Fury.

oliverfennell wrote:

Captain Hook wrote:

oliverfennell wrote: Do you still think Larry O would "smash" Fury?

Yes...

Larry was beaten convincingly last time out, I hold my hands up, but he'll be back, and I hope he one day gets a shot at Fury. I'd still fancy him to outwork him and do damage....come on Warmachine!

PS I'd rather be in the corner of Larry O than a coward like Harrison, win, lose or draw

It wasn't an anti-Larry post. I like him too. But I thought your pre-McDermott prediction re a Fury-Larry fight was a little ambitious, and yet now you're sticking to it even after he got "smashed" by a guy that has been beaten by Fury - twice officially and once definitively. Even if it is commonly accepted that Fury should have lost the first one, he still went 10 rounds in a competitive contest against McDermott, yet he will be "smashed" by a guy who lost in the first against the same man?

I know boxing isn't always as simple as A-beat-B-so-will-also-beat-C but I just can't see your rationale other than a general dislike of Fury.

I don't have a general dislike of Fury, I have a general love of big Larry :)

I'll be as loyal to old Warmachine as you are to Harrison mate

You can bring Eastman into it or whoever you like, fact is Harrison did not deserve his title shot and was lucky to even be allowed in the same ring as Haye.

Rather than grabbing the opportunity, as he told us he would while whoring himself around every TV show, he bottled it, landed one punch and was knocked out. And now he's back AGAIN telling us what can do. He should retire and save himself another humilation at the hands of Fury or Chisora, who themselves are limited but at least have some balls.

And Haye's big punch can not be used as mitigation for Harrison's capitulation. That's boxing, you get hit and try and fight back, or try not to get hit in the first place. Harrison stood there and just took a beating when Haye decided it was time to unleash one.

He didn't fight like an Olympic champion, he never has since winning gold.

Yes I know he was selling the fight and that's what fighters do blah blah blah.....has a man ever bigged himself up as much as Harrison while doing so little to back it up? Anthony Small, maybe, but there are not many others.

PS Yes I am sticking to my prediction that Larry would "smash" Fury....it may be (very) blinkered but Fury has done little to impress me in his career. Larry is no Lennox Lewis and that was a devastating loss last time out but I'd still pick him over Fury.

Overrated, overhyped...and yes, hindsight is a wonderful thing :)

If it happens we'll have a tenner on it. Come on Warmachine!

PS Let me know next time you're back and we'll debate it over a pint or two in the Foxes :)

Captain Hook wrote:

oliverfennell wrote:

Captain Hook wrote: Yes...

Larry was beaten convincingly last time out, I hold my hands up, but he'll be back, and I hope he one day gets a shot at Fury. I'd still fancy him to outwork him and do damage....come on Warmachine!

PS I'd rather be in the corner of Larry O than a coward like Harrison, win, lose or draw

It wasn't an anti-Larry post. I like him too. But I thought your pre-McDermott prediction re a Fury-Larry fight was a little ambitious, and yet now you're sticking to it even after he got "smashed" by a guy that has been beaten by Fury - twice officially and once definitively. Even if it is commonly accepted that Fury should have lost the first one, he still went 10 rounds in a competitive contest against McDermott, yet he will be "smashed" by a guy who lost in the first against the same man?

I know boxing isn't always as simple as A-beat-B-so-will-also-beat-C but I just can't see your rationale other than a general dislike of Fury.

I don't have a general dislike of Fury, I have a general love of big Larry :)

I'll be as loyal to old Warmachine as you are to Harrison mate

You can bring Eastman into it or whoever you like, fact is Harrison did not deserve his title shot and was lucky to even be allowed in the same ring as Haye.

Rather than grabbing the opportunity, as he told us he would while whoring himself around every TV show, he bottled it, landed one punch and was knocked out. And now he's back AGAIN telling us what can do. He should retire and save himself another humilation at the hands of Fury or Chisora, who themselves are limited but at least have some balls.

And Haye's big punch can not be used as mitigation for Harrison's capitulation. That's boxing, you get hit and try and fight back, or try not to get hit in the first place. Harrison stood there and just took a beating when Haye decided it was time to unleash one.

He didn't fight like an Olympic champion, he never has since winning gold.

Yes I know he was selling the fight and that's what fighters do blah blah blah.....has a man ever bigged himself up as much as Harrison while doing so little to back it up? Anthony Small, maybe, but there are not many others.

PS Yes I am sticking to my prediction that Larry would "smash" Fury....it may be (very) blinkered but Fury has done little to impress me in his career. Larry is no Lennox Lewis and that was a devastating loss last time out but I'd still pick him over Fury.

Overrated, overhyped...and yes, hindsight is a wonderful thing :)

If it happens we'll have a tenner on it. Come on Warmachine!

I don't disagree that

a) Harrison didn't deserve a world title shot
b) didn't deliver on his promises
c) should retire

But none of that answers my point that he shouldn't be disqualified from British title contention.

PS I'll be back for a couple of weeks in May/June, dates TBC.

Cool, we'll have a pint then, and Mo is getting married soon if you can make it.

See you soon pal.