Audley or Fraudley?

**Donate Points** · Olympics Joined: Apr 24, 2004 Posts: 139

Ive been following Audley Harrisons career (now 15-0) i first believed that he could revive british boxing, but his recent dismal display (including others) against Julius Francis (well known for being demolished by Mike in 2 rounds and being dropped 5 times in the process) has casted some serious doubts on his punching power. Klitschko mentioned Audley as a future opponent, i believe Klits would demolish him easy regardless to when he fights him.

**Donate Points** · Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 11:37 am

The only guys who destroyed Francis are Tyson & Klitschko the rest all more or less outpointed him but i agree with you, it was a timid performance and i was *Censor* myself when the commentators were saying that it was a hard 12 rounds! Laughing

Francis hardly threw a punch back except for maybe part of 1 round though the knockdown punch was a peach.
I think he would boss anyone in Britain : Skelton, Williams all of them.
I found it funny that Danny Williams should be slagging Audley off to the press about how Harrison couldn't stop Francis, but Francis beat Williams on points! and in the rematch, Francis got caught with an uppercut in the eye, so it wasn't a real k.o. so to speak.

**Donate Points** · Site Admin Joined: 1076200199 Posts: 341

I saw the BBC Harrison-Francis fight. While it wasn't impressive (it looked like Francis just showed up to be on television and test his chin) i don't think you should write Harrison off by that performance alone.

Harrison indeed struggled with Francis while he was slaughtered by Tyson and lost to Klitschko,...but he got up 4 times ( Shocked

!!) after Tyson knocked him down. This while many fighters couldn't get up after the first Tyson knockdown and only a few after the second Tyson knockdown. This guy stood up 4 times! He is game and has an excellent chin.
And Audley did got Francis down once (although it was in the last round).

But Harrison didn't look good either. It seemed like he didn't want to finish the fight, but jab the whole day. "Experts" after the fight said he did it on purpose to get 12 rounds. That's doesn't sound credible.
My biggest critic about him is that he's not stepping up at all. He's taking way too much time while time is against him (he isn't that young).

Lennox Lewis does seem to have faith in him (he flew over especially to see him fight) and Audley does have a lot of similarities with Lewis (the way his carreer develops and the way he fights and looks).

It will be interesting to see what he does next and if he steps up how he will perform (i think he can go a few levels higher since he had it fairly easy sofar).

**Donate Points** · Olympics Joined: Apr 24, 2004 Posts: 139

Definitley FRAUDLY! U no after watching yesterdays fight ive come to the conclusion that Audley better treasure the WBF belt because thats the only 1 his ever gonna lay his hands on. Its only a matter of time b4 he gets xposed, he has no chin or punching power. Even Matt Skelton may knock him out.

**Donate Points** · Training Joined: Jun 17, 2004 Posts: 36

fraudly

**Donate Points** · World Champion Joined: Jul 17, 2004 Posts: 269

KO-KHAN wrote:

Ive been following Audley Harrisons career (now 15-0) i first believed that he could revive british boxing, but his recent dismal display (including others) against Julius Francis (well known for being demolished by Mike in 2 rounds and being dropped 5 times in the process) has casted some serious doubts on his punching power. Klitschko mentioned Audley as a future opponent, i believe Klits would demolish him easy regardless to when he fights him.

There's been serious doubts about his power from me basically eversince he turned pro. Look at some of those early fights. He was going the distance with stiffs & barely phasing guys or scoring any knockdowns. Francis is pretty durable though, domestically.

**Donate Points** · Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 5:21 pm

Audley harrions is a good heavy weight, he is a big man. And i am impress with the boxing skills he has. The combinations and shots he throws are good, also his movement. He has definitly goit boxing abilty because he is olympic champion.

I have seen Klitschko fight and am not impressed. He is big and very strong, but i think he will struggle agianst another big guy, That can box!

But he is very powerful, and Audley ahs not realy been tested yet, puch reistance.

Audely, ahs been promoting himself. And he is a very inteligent person, he know where he is going. And i think he knows his ability.

**Donate Points** · Amateur Joined: Jun 09, 2004 Posts: 56

Definitely fraudly.

I hate this guy's guts, he talks like he's Muhammad Ali or something while he's nothing but a sack of potatoes.

**Donate Points** · Training Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 8

He's a fraud, he was just lucky he won the Olympic Gold in Sydney when there was no decent competition that year. Since turning pro he's fought nobody and he looks very ordinary to me. If he genuinely thinks he's the next great heavyweight champion why doesn't he go to the States and start taking on top ten contenders instead of easy hand-picked fights in Britain which is wearing thin with the British public?

I'll tell you why, he's going to pad his record with inferior opponents who have no chance and then get a Heavyweight title fight and get exposed just like Frank Bruno did in the eighties, but it won't matter then because he'll have made his money conning the British public into thinking that he is the next Lennox Lewis. Lewis was another boxer who took the easy route to the top fighting in Britain but unlike Fraudly he had boxing skills and a lethal right hand to fall back on when he started meeting quality opposition when he won the title.

**Donate Points** · Training Joined: Nov 10, 2004 Posts: 18

ppl call him a fraud, but ireally think that he is a slow developer. i know he fought am. but still, look at marciano, look at the records on the guys he fought for the first *Censor* of fights. i thinkthat harrison is too tentative but are'nt all the british...? lol j/k. he is no Lewis. he needs to fight 5 times a year until he moves to america, thats it thats all. he needs to tune his machine like skills. klitchko probably beats him in a jabfest cause both will be too tentative in fear of getting kayoed.

**Donate Points** · World Champion Joined: Jul 17, 2004 Posts: 269

He's worthless.

**Donate Points** · Amateur Joined: Jan 15, 2005 Posts: 64

Audley Harrison could be the division's savior and maybe even boxing's...

IF he gets the right promoter. He needs U.S. exposure. He needs Bob Arum or Lou diBella, NOT Don King.

Audley's got charisma, the kind that draws mainstream to the sport.

He's got that "Ali" charm. If he can get focused (by having a promoter give him some good, meaningful fights) then he will be someone to look out for.

A good, strong, athletic charismatic heavyweight champion is good for the game.

And I don't care if he's British. I liked Lewis. He was a dominant heavyweight champion, also good for the sport. His sense of humor was never highlighted, though. He is actaully a pretty funny guy, a practical joker even. He never got the right kind of publicity over here, though.

For now, I'll just have to root for Vitali. If, for anything, so that there is one dominant champion--instead of three anonymous ones.
Sometimes you have to go with what's good for the game, not for your heart.
Overall, it's the more significant thing.

**Donate Points** · Amateur Joined: Jan 15, 2005 Posts: 64

sleazy, Kool- I think you guys are right on both your points, which leads me to...

The British are always rushing their heavyweights. This has been said before, most recently with Lewis. As soon as a British heavy gets a couple of wins, all of a sudden it's like "When's he gonna fight for the title?" Then he gets rushed and...well you know the story.
They said the same thing about Lewis, but he just kept doing his thing, biding his time and learning his craft.
The British press and fans can be relentless (especially the press) when it comes to this. Their press is the worst at building people up and quickly tearing them down. They eat their own. (To be worse than the U.S. media is reeaally saying something.)

Audley should just do the Lennox thing and continue at his own pace. But he needs to set himself up something nice by the end of this year. Be ready to "come out..."

**Donate Points** · Amateur Joined: Jan 15, 2005 Posts: 64

But let me make this clear about their fans:

Even though they can get out of control like rioting soccer hooligans sometimes, Britians are the most passionate of all fight fans the world over. Mexico places a close second, but when it comes to atmosphere, they can't be beat.

I love it when watching a big fight and the British start singing "God Save the Queen", like during the third round. They always add emotion and electricty to a fight.
This is especially relevant when it's a big fight in the States, like Vegas. When the British start singing their national anthems, you can see the American fans and celebrities at ringside looking around smiling in "wonderment", feeling the electricity and getting caught up even more in the atmosphere...and the fight.

Great for the game.

**Donate Points** · World Champion Joined: Jul 17, 2004 Posts: 563

Does anyone have any news on him?
Last time i heard he was recovering from an injury.
Right now he's just as active as a retired fighter.
I'd like to see him face off against a legitimate contender.
With this wide-open division he could rise in the ranks in no-time if he keeps that 0-defeats record.