Heavyweight Merry-Go-Round

[steve689]

I have just watched the Walker-Karmazin bill in full and have come to the following conclusions, Hide is mad, Harrison is a fraud (yes i may as well say it) and Williams is full of excuses although he was the only one of the three to come out of the night with any dignity for me. Williams managed to maintain his composure in the aftermath set of interviews while he had Hide talking bullshit from the left and Harrison from the right, he just calmly stepped back and did what any fighter should: "Let's fight", seems the afforementioned pair have forgotten that this is Boxing and not politics debating. Harrison is full of crap, i've tried to be patient but he fought a 7-4 club fighter and didn't impress me, he showed no ability in cutting off the ring for a start but looked like he was doing so because his opponent came to him every time. He was laboured and waited too long before unloading plus he got tagged himself too many times.

Steve Bunce was right when he said it was Audley's most impressive finish and yes Lewis, Klitschko etc were fighting guys of this calibre in there 13th fights but they were blowing this mediocrity away in 1 or 2 rounds. Diaz was limited but game, Harrison appears to be deluding himself in my eyes if he thinks he is any better off in America. From what i hear heis sparring guys as good as the ones he is fighting, so much for quality sparring! He is running scared of the competition back home plain and simple, the public here cottoned on to what he was doing so he cried and ran away to America where he can fight any old crap with less hassle. He says Williams lacks ambition, well trying to fight Hide in front of a packed arena shows a lack of ambition?! I would rather see that than Audley fighting in front of 300 people on a McCline-Boswell bill 3 fights down the order, going to America is one thing but doing something there is another.

Audley is cleverley waiting for Hide and Williams to fight and beat each other up, both have fragile chins and one more war for each could seriously diminish there punch resistance, perfect! Audley steps in and fights the winner or loser with much less trouble, genius! Williams said basically let's fight to Audley, what was his response "I'm in the US baby, that's where it's happening", lol that's maybe true but it aint happening for you! Get back to England and prove your the best in London first, true words Mr. Williams. Hide is all about money, he knows that one more punch froma decent fighter could finish what little chin he has left so he is using his mouth to get a big pay day, against Williams or whoever else who knows.

Williams himself is not perfect and uses many excuses after his fights, mainly "I was not with it today" as someone said how many bad nights does he have?! But he seems willing to fight and i hope he stays in Britain and fights Hide or whoever, (Golota maybe?) instead of running scared under the guise of getting better publicity. Audley says there were 10 world champions and loads of sports writers at ringside and they were all impressed with his performance. Sorry but i doubt there were even that many people watching that club fighters bill Audley, i'm afraid your either very clever or very deluded.

[Kilburn]

I agree with every word you say on this one Steve.

Danny Williams is far from being a world beater but at least he's looking to prove himself while the other two, while shouting loudest, seem to be avoiding anything remotely dangerous.

I know who's got my respect.

[knockout artist]

Steve and Kilburn, I agree with you both totally.

The Williams-Hide fight wont happen soon because, deep down, Hide knows that there is a very real chance of him getting knocked out.

Hide says he can earn more money fighting Chris Byrd - Bollocks.

Who would pay to see that fight. - Not me.

Its actually a better fight for Hide because he is unlikely to get KO'd and there is always the chance of a freak win - Then he's IBF champion. But no way does he get more money for challenging Byrd.

My guess is that Williams fights Andrew Golota at Royal Albert Hall in Feb or March with Roman Greenberg against Sprott or Julius Francis on the undercard.

[Dutch Windmill]

Amen Steve.
I could've wrote most of this, well we've already discussed this.

Harrison-Diaz looked pretty pathetic with only 24 people watching. This move to america makes no sense at all. Unless he gets a big fight soon.

I think people where criticizing him too early. Rob Calloway, Mark Krence and Ratko Draskovic are pretty good opponents to fight in your first 10 fights. But now with those last two fights it's like he's taking a step down.
And people have the right to criticize.

There so are many interesting domestic and European fights to be made, it's beyond me why he fled overseas.