CTD

Has anyone else heard this rumour? If not you heard it here first. Straight from yo' boy CTD. :) Naz KO late is my prediction if this one happens.

http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1341044.jpg Danny Williams and Audley Harrison have a fight coming up on December 10. You could say that Danny Williams has the massive advantage, on paper. However when it comes down to it, what has Danny Williams achieved that Audley Harrison has'nt other than a tainted win over Mike Tyson a while back. Personally I think Audley will outbox Danny Williams. Here is an article about the coming match-up: Danny Williams believes a devastating sparring session with Audley Harrison several years ago gives him the upper hand going into their fight at the ExCel Arena in London December 10. Williams claims he beat up the then amateur prior to Harrison winning the gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, and that those mental scars will haunt the unbeaten heavyweight. "All I can see is the old Audley having flashbacks from our sparring session and wanting to quit when the pressure is on him," said Williams, who has had one comeback win since failing in a world title challenge against Vitali Klitschko 12 months ago. "I can't see how it will not affect him on the night. He will claim that he was an amateur back then and that it was five years ago but in his head he remembers what he went through." Harrison has built an unconvincing 19-0 profile since turning pro and has been universally criticised for the slow pace of his career. Williams remains unconcerned of any threat, prefering to recall that sparring session. "I remember when he came to the gym and agreed with my trainer Jim McDonnell to go four rounds with me. "The first two rounds were good and I was getting the better of him and he was starting to blow like an old man. "At the end of the second round he said to Jim that he'd had enough and wanted to get out. Jim said no as we agreed to do the four rounds. "He reluctantly stayed in for the third and that's when I got to work on him and really started smashing him up. "At the end of the third round Audley said `That's it, I'm getting out,' but Jim tried to encourage him by saying `If you quit now you're accepting the silver medal,' to which he got back in and did the last round, but he was in a right state after that. "Audley said he would come back and do some more sparring but we never saw him again and the first time I have seen him since was at the head-to-head press conference to announce our fight." The bitter rivals go head-to-head on the same card as Matt Skelton's British heavyweight title defence against John McDermott. It is another low-key defence for Skelton, whose initial opponent Kevin McBride withdrew earlier in the week. Basildon's 'Big Bad John' has made slow progress through the British ranks, and takes a 19-2 record into the contest after losing to Mark Krence for the vacant English title 12 months ago.

I think, the first ever fighter i watched was Muhammad Ali. Like so many, i loved his style and especially his interviews and stuff like that. He obviously had skill as he went a whole fight without being hit at all, once. I then moved on to Mike Tyson, and anyone who watches some of the more exciting fights that Tyson had is going to become an overnight fan i think. To this day i am still a fan of those fighters, and have gradually moved on to studying some other fighters. Only in the last year have i become a big boxing fan, so still i know little compared to a lot of members in the Non Stop Boxing forum, but i learn something about boxing everyday either here or from friends who have followed the sport longer. So what do you think? Do you think the fighters that you first watch you always like regardless of what they do wrong. For instance with my Mike Tyson example, i love watching the man fight even if he has had a record of bad behaviour outside the ring. I fail to see any flaws in his style when he was at his best. I actually dont think that he could be beaten in his prime by anybody. He would destroy the world, around the years of 88-89. Even the likes of Holyfield, who some believe would have beaten Tyson whether he was in his prime or not. Which of course he did do, he beat Tyson when he had experienced jail terms etc. etc.

I was just wondering what people's opinions on this fight were. I dont know what it was, but the media hype surrounding Hopkins had me thinking, before the fight, that he was unbeatable. He had defended his title 20 times, and was amongst the top 1 or 2 in the P4P rankings. What was it about Taylor's style that beat Hopkins. Or do you think that the fight was a gift from the judge's. I have speculated both, but i have to say. If the judges came to a split decision then Taylor must have done something correctly to try and topple Hopkins. I very much doubt there was any corruption in the fight. I am still waiting on downloading the fight, as i dont have HBO or Showtime, because i live in the UK. But the Howard Eastman fight was televised here and i learnt a lot about Hopkins style from that fight alone. He quite succesfully outboxed Eastman, a man known for his heavy hands, and perhaps this was his downfall against Taylor. I heard that he lost a lot of the early rounds against Taylor, but began to come back in the later part of the fight. Do you think it would have been better for Hopkins to add to his 32 Knock Outs, or would this just tire him out earlier and leave him exposed for a possible KO against him. Personally, i wouldnt go as far as saying that if Hopkins went for a KO he would risk being knocked out. I rated his chin in the Eastman fight. He got hit with some nice shots and took them well. So i doubt that he would suffer a late KO. Either way it has set up a nice background to the coming fight in 2006. Anyway what are your opinions on the first fight?