Frank Warren Blasts Audley Harrison's Title Shot Demand
By Mark Vester
Promoter Frank Warren has blasted the recent title shot demand by heavyweight Audley Harrison, telling Sky Sports that Harrison must be "living in dreamland' if he thinks the Prizefighter III tournament win from last week should get him a title shot. Warren says the 2000 Olympic gold medal winner has destroyed his own career and has nobody to blame for that but himself.
"Audley Harrison has one person to blame for his career and that's him, and that's a fact of life," Warren said "He came in with that 2000 gold medal from the Sydney games with an absolute blaze of publicity and it all went downhill and it's down to him and nobody else."
"He won the Prizefighter which was very exciting to watch, but let's get real about it," added Warren. Danny Williams was knocked over in the first round, and we knew he was shot going into that and he looked like a shot fighter. Audley beat three novices. In the first one-and-a-half rounds of that fight (the final against Coleman Barrett) he was backing off and blinking against a novice, a total novice. Get real everybody, if they think he's going to win a world title on the back of that they must be living in dreamland."
If Harrison really wants to come back and secure a title shot, Warren has asked him to beat some of the legit British heavyweights first - including unbeaten Derek Chisora.
"Fight Derek Chisora next, fight one of the legitimate British guys. These guys (Prizefighters) were in there trying to make a name for themselves, all hardworking and dedicated professionals, but you know what they are, they're all novice fighters. So Audley Harrison, do me a favor," Warren said.
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