How did Audley Harrison win gold and become terrible?
Posted: 14 Oct 2012, 06:10
Audley beat Michael Macquae in the Commonwealth games final to take a gold medeal however Michael Macquae did not turn professional so cannot make any comparrisons to how they both faired in the pro ranks. Then won the gold at Sydney against Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov, but again he hasnt turned pro so again cannot compare them either.
The Price fight was a shocker, Audley did not throw a punch and just had his right hand up all the time blocking like a bloody novice. After 35 fights you would have thought Harrison had learned something about the trade and fought like a gold medalist. It seemed to me even before the first bell when the referee was giving instructions Audley was shitting his pants. He came out real tentative like he knew he was going to get knocked out. He didn't come out at all with any guts and positivity that gave the impression that he was there to mix it up, early on Price knew that and proberly thought 'ok 1 punch is going to sort this out' which is exactly what happened.
From the first pro fight Harrison signed a £1 million deal for 10 fights, was that the mistake? Should he have taken a contract like most young boxers and earned his trade correctly rather than being swamped by money so early on? Do you think it would have been a different story if he had not won the gold medals and was just a young heavyweight novice? Was the fact that all the promoters TV etc thought, 'hello we have a gold mine here'?
Having his first pro fight according to wikipedia he had 6 million viewers watching his fight, thats a lot of audiance.
I think even in his last few losses hes been lucky getting the fights, was it his name on your record that made these boxers fight him, all the hype and extra cash flowing down the well. I'm sure he's made a ton of cash in his 35 fight career but has Audley Harrion take us all for mugs. I nearly paid the £10 to allegedly but luckily forgot last night as I would have been well pissed off with that, instead watched it this morning on Youtube. Well I hope its the last we've seen of the joker he's had a few quid from me even seen him live and spent a fortune in Manchester with 4 other lads but thats boxing.
Good bye Fraudley, as Jimmy Saville had on his grave stone, 'It was good while it lasted'
The Price fight was a shocker, Audley did not throw a punch and just had his right hand up all the time blocking like a bloody novice. After 35 fights you would have thought Harrison had learned something about the trade and fought like a gold medalist. It seemed to me even before the first bell when the referee was giving instructions Audley was shitting his pants. He came out real tentative like he knew he was going to get knocked out. He didn't come out at all with any guts and positivity that gave the impression that he was there to mix it up, early on Price knew that and proberly thought 'ok 1 punch is going to sort this out' which is exactly what happened.
From the first pro fight Harrison signed a £1 million deal for 10 fights, was that the mistake? Should he have taken a contract like most young boxers and earned his trade correctly rather than being swamped by money so early on? Do you think it would have been a different story if he had not won the gold medals and was just a young heavyweight novice? Was the fact that all the promoters TV etc thought, 'hello we have a gold mine here'?
Having his first pro fight according to wikipedia he had 6 million viewers watching his fight, thats a lot of audiance.
I think even in his last few losses hes been lucky getting the fights, was it his name on your record that made these boxers fight him, all the hype and extra cash flowing down the well. I'm sure he's made a ton of cash in his 35 fight career but has Audley Harrion take us all for mugs. I nearly paid the £10 to allegedly but luckily forgot last night as I would have been well pissed off with that, instead watched it this morning on Youtube. Well I hope its the last we've seen of the joker he's had a few quid from me even seen him live and spent a fortune in Manchester with 4 other lads but thats boxing.
Good bye Fraudley, as Jimmy Saville had on his grave stone, 'It was good while it lasted'