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Audley Harrison wins heavyweight Prizefighter event

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Audley Harrison

Audley Harrison has won his second heavyweight Prizefighter tournament, defeating three opponents on one night to take the prize at Bethnal Green.

Harrison, 41, first won the event in 2009 but has since suffered damaging losses to David Haye and

The Briton beat Dane Claus Bertino in 33 seconds, then Martin Rogan - who defeated Harrison in 2008 - on points.

In the final, he knocked down American Derric Rossy twice, finishing the fight in the second round.

The boxer, from Harlesden in north west London, won an Olympic gold medal at Sydney 2000, but he has lost six of his 37 professional fights, including his only world title shot - against Haye in 2010.

After that defeat, in which he only threw one punch, there was talk that Harrison would retire, but he continued, beating Ali Adams 18 months later.

In October 2012, Harrison was then knocked out in 82 seconds by Price, leading to more talk that he would retire.

Instead, he vowed to continue, saying he wanted "one more shot at glory".

After the victory over Rossy, Harrison said: "I've been trying to get back my mojo and you can see it's back. I'm in the best shape of my life and now I'm ready to finish my journey - finally."

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  • Comment posted by User0091933353, at 10:38 24 Feb 2013

    HW Div is a running joke these days..overweight,over hyped, overpaid..and over here.. These are sad times for the HW Div with Audrey n Fury as prime examples... I ache for the days of Lewis,Holmes,Frazier et al... guys who had what it takes to be a "champion" in a division when there were dozens of quality fighters to beat... Where has it all gone wrong?... Deluded promoters mostly

  • Comment posted by OnesMaw, at 15:40 24 Feb 2013

    The guy is demented - if ever there was evidence of blows to the head effecting people long term then this is it!

    To beat a bunch of over weight, over age pub brawlers in 3 round fights, then have the arrogance to claim that he will be world champion this year is insulting to the sport.

    Yes he looks like a boxer, but that's where the similarity ends - he's been a joke for a decade!!

  • Comment posted by User0817589664, at 10:30 24 Feb 2013

    He won a competition very similar to the amateur set up and still believe he will never make it as a pro...PERIOD.!!!
    And the quality of opponent/s was hardly inspiring now was it? Lets all get a grip here...Harrison fighting as a pro, in an amateur format...what the .?!!!
    Get his Mojo back...ridiculous..just ridiculous ...More of a joke than Tyson Fury?..perhaps they should fight each other now

  • Comment posted by User0626092236, at 13:55 24 Feb 2013

    Fair play to Harrrison. His ring character is a fragile thing, and who knows why he has underperformed so often. You don't win the Olympics without talent, and last night he came in at less than 17 stone and showed a new found sharpness. Another false dawn? Probably, but I'm intrigued to see if there's an Indian summer.

  • Comment posted by goldenii68, at 09:11 24 Feb 2013

    With David Price suffering a shock defeat in 2 rounds and (Fr)Audley Harrison having a shock win in such rousing fashion in the immortal words of Harry Hill they should have a re-match or FIGHT!!!!!!!!!

  • Comment posted by Nimrod, at 09:33 24 Feb 2013

    I agree Prizefighter isn't the best format anymore. However you can't take these wins away from Harrison. He takes on these fellas and put on a good display. Agreed that he's probably going to harp on about world titles and it's going to become tiresome. Maybe he should get his shot and then leave us in peace.

  • Comment posted by User0113592462, at 16:13 24 Feb 2013

    WWF wrestling has more credibility than this nonsense. Shame the noble art has been reduced to this.

  • Comment posted by User0619514766, at 10:11 24 Feb 2013

    If the people who run these gimmick contests allow A.H. to enter and he then astounds us by winning, full marks to the man for taking the opportunity and cashing in. He has a family to support, like most of us plowing our trades and that is all he is doing plowing his trade. The board does kneed to look at boxers at risk though and i think A.H. is on that list.

  • Comment posted by User0557935072, at 09:13 24 Feb 2013

    don't think the prizefighter series is that bad but having it at Heavyweight with Fraudley, Rogan and the other bums gives it no value.

    There has been some good prizefighter line ups but the heavy weight scenie is poor and shows the gulf in class if fraudley has won it twice and yet he was demolished by Haye and Price who last night was found to have no chin

  • Comment posted by D1679325310653, at 08:58 24 Feb 2013

    This is the worst thing that could have happened.

    Now we're all going to have to witness another year of this delluded chump thinking he can box.

  • Comment posted by celtic_craig123, at 11:34 25 Feb 2013

    If the guy wants to earn a living at this level, then fair enough. Let's have no more daft talk about him becoming a world champion though.

    Someone early in this thread wrote that his victory says something about the bad state that boxing is in. Actually, many of the other weight divisions are prospering. The heavyweight division is poor though. Such a shame.

  • Comment posted by lemonstar, at 08:39 25 Feb 2013

    25 David - it's not bottle at all - he's a prat; he's just doesn't have any realistic perspective on the magnitude/limitations of his own talents and what it takes to win a world title.

  • Comment posted by User0475339452, at 09:25 24 Feb 2013

    I am not a AH fan, but well done, Harrison is a Boxer by trade. It is what he does.
    Like most people, when he is up for a new fight, I look to see who he's against and think he may be in for a beating.
    The guy wants to be a winner, he does what his mental and physical state allows him, which when its against the big boys fails him.
    I do think the grief he gets is a little OTT

  • Comment posted by User0411041940, at 13:39 24 Feb 2013

    i will be world champion next year. you heard it first

  • Comment posted by User0138791583, at 12:01 24 Feb 2013

    Audley has to be one of the most infuriating boxers in history. He clearly has talent but he never seems to have the desire or the belief in the big fights despite constantly bleating on about how great he is. It's amazing how he can go from decent in a tournament like this to absolutely hopeless a few months later.

  • Comment posted by ahaulucky11, at 11:31 24 Feb 2013

    The only thing thats making Fraudley money, is the laughable farce of his career. His fools mouth is bigger than his heart and time after time he falls flat on his face and people will continue to pay to see that because it's hilarious.

  • Comment posted by User0298999924, at 10:03 24 Feb 2013

    I hoped audley would lose because perhaps then he'd finally call it quits. he is not world class but for some reason believes he can be. the farce will roll on a little longer now until audley gets stopped again by a better boxer

  • Comment posted by TrojanOtter, at 10:02 24 Feb 2013

    I suspect many criticising Audley didn't watch him; he looked sharp & hungry. The frustration with watching him was thinking he could have been a decent boxer if he got his head down and stopped trying to give us the hype. But, however good he looked last night, it's too little, too late following the previous crushing defeat to Price.

  • Comment posted by User0316614693, at 22:10 26 Feb 2013

    All you A force haters leave poor Audley alone it's not like he's ever hurt anyone!

  • Comment posted by Dragonborn, at 10:49 24 Feb 2013

    Have to agree @22. The HW Div is the weakest that I remember it in living history. Hardly no worthy competition for the champions. Add that the champions are so uninspiring and uncharismatic for future generations. What's happened to the USA in this regard? Not seen a great heavyweight from there in a long time. Too long a time. UK are trying but not seen anything like LL since.

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