Below is a piece written by Johnny Nelson on Audley Harrison:
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"I've been a great knocker of Audley, but he has improved since making the move to the States".

"I think he can mix it with the top 10 heavyweights now because the division is currently very weak, but, the question with him is, will he want that? Has he got the bottle to do it"?

"To me Audley has got half the ingredients needed; he has the boxing skills but lacks the mental strength".

"Now I think he needs to fight someone they know about in America, someone who is a big name but is just past their best, somebody like a Riddick Bowe or a Michael Moorer would be perfect".

"However, it appears Audley is slowly but surely looking for the big one, he's looking to take the road to stardom the easy way".

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Personally, I get really irritated by Audrey Harrison and his "gravy train".

He got the BBC contract for over £1,000,000 of TV licsence payers money after promising us that he'd be fighting for the British title by his 5th fight... But then he took the piss out of us by fighting a bouncer, security guard, dentist, and florist etc.

He also said that by the end of 2002' he'd be where Lennox Lewis was at... Then it turned into the end of 2003'... end of 2004' and so on.

He's been a pro for coming up 5yrs and has had 18 pro fights yet he's not even challenged for the British title yet?

The question I ask is, Does he actually want to fight? Does he actually want to be a professional boxer? Coz' he sure as hell doesn't seem to act like it.

He seems to spend more time doing promotions, and celebrity events rather than actually getting in the ring.

And from the pace of his career and the opposition he's been in with... I don't think he wants to fight!

Agree totally - Audley doesnt seem to have the fighting "heart" needed.

I bet he would say "No mas" during the introductions against someone like Klit.

Nice bet you have there by the way-even money on PBF, who should/will outclass Gatti.

i think audley should fight fight fight, he neeeds to get more rounds under his belt!! hes 33 aint he ??

yep-34 in October.

I just did a little comparrison on boxrec between Audley Harrison and Lennox Lewis's careers.

For the length of time Audley Harrison has been a pro he's 18-0-0 (13ko's) having not yet fought for the British title or any named fighter.


Lennox Lewis became the European heavyweight champion after 13 months of being a pro. (it was his 14th pro fight).

By this same stage of Audley Harrisons career Lennox Lewis was 25-0-0 (22ko's). Lewis had won and defended the WBC heavweight championship 3 times. (To put the time lapse in perspective, - We all know that preparing, training, and organizing a heavyweight championship fight takes a lot of time, Lennox had done it 3 times by this stage of Harrisons career).


I didn't intend to start a thread just bashing Audley Harrison... But these statistics do suggest that maybe I'm not far from the truth when I suspect Audley Harrison isn't really serious about fighting. :dunno:

I think it's probably right about his heart not being quite in it, but he's got the skills to prove us all wrong, time will tell :p

I think it's probably right about his heart not being quite in it, but he's got the skills to prove us all wrong, time will tell :p

time is one thing, well actually one of the things, he doesnt have.

Harrison is an average heavy weight. If he was 20 he would have a chance of winning the title, but now he is in his 30's and although the heavy wieghts are the poorest i have ever seen they will still be good enough to beat him.

do u think audley could just fight now, and say he beats sum ranked fighters, then maybe hes got a chance!, maybe hes still reaching his prime, maybe he wont retire until 45 lol lol lol ?? do u think thats possible?

archie moore did it, but aud is no archie moore.

i was behind him for a while, now i just cringe in embarassment.

maybe he does it for the money, he must have got a better pay then sum ppl, fightin bums!??

The thing I find frustrating about Harrison is reluctance to take any sort of risk - both in terms of who he is matched with, and in terms of what he does when he gets in the ring.

In his most recent fight against Davis he barely let his hands go until the seventh - he never established the jab, and when it got up close it was Harrison who was looking to grab to stop the action. There are times at which he looks positively afraid to get hit on the chin - there were moments when he looked so concerned to smother Davis and stop him from working that he actually ended up getting caught with shots he wouldn't have taken if he had been boxing, not holding.

He needs a higher class opponent, and then we'll see what h's really made of. :boxing:

I advise anybody do not listen to a no hoper like Johnny Nelson this guy is a disgrace to boxing, maybe some fans are stupid to watch him fight but I will never watch him fight on tv do people forgot what happned in his fighs with CARLOS DE LEON & JAMES WARRING.

NOTHING

Johnny Nelson the most gun shy world champ in history

He needs to fight somebody in the top 10, and soon. :boxing:

He needs to fight somebody in the top 10, and soon. :boxing:
or in his case the top 40 lol

or in his case the top 40 lol

Yeah, :D :D

Audley has the tools, plus he has composure and patience as well as the self-confidence. I think he's been very unlucky with injuries, he's had injuries to his hands, shoulder, torn his pec muscle, broke fingers etc. The guy has had one fight in 14 months, and most of his injuries came before that. So let's be fair, the guy has had to put up with his fair share of injuries so far. But he's 6ft6 and he's a Southpaw, and I believe that he can cope with ageing due to his size and style, infact he will get better with age. I believe he can challenge for a World title at the end of next year, he's a decent infighter for his size, Lennox Lewis admitted that Audley is much better on the inside than he was but also has ability when fighters come to him.

Audley has the tools, plus he has composure and patience as well as the self-confidence. I think he's been very unlucky with injuries, he's had injuries to his hands, shoulder, torn his pec muscle, broke fingers etc. The guy has had one fight in 14 months, and most of his injuries came before that. So let's be fair, the guy has had to put up with his fair share of injuries so far. But he's 6ft6 and he's a Southpaw, and I believe that he can cope with ageing due to his size and style, infact he will get better with age. I believe he can challenge for a World title at the end of next year, he's a decent infighter for his size, Lennox Lewis admitted that Audley is much better on the inside than he was but also has ability when fighters come to him.

but does he have the most important thing that boxers require
HEART?

but does he have the most important thing that boxers require
HEART?
Since when has heart been the most important thing that a boxer requires? You can have all the heart in the world, but your never going to be win titles unless you have skills! Let's say Joe Bloggs from the street has more heart than his opponent and wants to be champion, but his opponent is Pernell Whitaker. Joe Bloggs tries relentlessly to land on Pernell but fails, Pernell plays with him, Pernell puts him down again and again but Joe Bloggs keeps getting back up.. this goes on for a while until the referee stops the fight despite Bloggs' protests. See what I mean?

Since when has heart been the most important thing that a boxer requires? You can have all the heart in the world, but your never going to be win titles unless you have skills! Let's say Joe Bloggs from the street has more heart than his opponent and wants to be champion, but his opponent is Pernell Whitaker. Joe Bloggs tries relentlessly to land on Pernell but fails, Pernell plays with him, Pernell puts him down again and again but Joe Bloggs keeps getting back up.. this goes on for a while until the referee stops the fight despite Bloggs' protests. See what I mean?

I know heart can only take you so far, but if you got the skills and no heart you're in trouble my friend, at the top the difference between defeat and victory is a thin line.

I never said having heart would allow you to win titles, I just think its the most important thing a boxer requires, a long with a lot of other attributes.

I think the mind is personally, boxer is a mental game.

There are concerns that Audley doesn't like taking a shot though, he hasn't really taken many shots yet but those that he has taken he didn't like (yeah I know that nobody enjoys being punched, but Audley just seems a little cautious about being hurt).

i wonder is there any history of him being dropped in the past in sparring or in the amatures? i think if he takes a good shot he might be in with a chance of winning a legit belt.

I predict a whooping the first time Fraudley actually steps up.

He has shown that he doesn't really have the will to fight the best out there, nor has he shown the urge to actually actively try to progress with each passing oppenent. He lacks killer instinct, thus the reason he lets so many bums go into the later rds when he should've dispatched them 4-5 rds ealier.

He will be a forgotten name in a forgotten era of heavyweight boxing.