Audley Harrison V Michael Sprott Boxing *Spoilers*

That one punch just prolongs the lazy bum's career. It's a shame because he does have talent but you need more than that.

Really feel for Sprott, he fought well and worked hard.
 
Audley was saying his shoulder locked up completely in the second round. Good showing considering he was fighting one handed. Then again he didn't do much before that either...

Has to be said he can take a punch though, some of Sprott's uppercuts were pretty tasty.
 
I was there earlier tonight. Honestly, the fight felt so one side sided. As the 12th round started, I uttered to my mate "I hope this is the last round of his career" and then BAM. Was an excellent hit, Sprott hit his neck on the ropes on his way down iirc. Crowd changed their tune instantly... was amazing to witness.
 
To be fair, I think audley is a very average boxer, hes missing something and always has.

But that was some show to go twelve rounds fighting with one hand, and not with his natural punching side. I don't recall him throwing a single right hand after the second round, but he did land about 6 or 7 left jabs times in the space of about 5 seconds a couple of times, that were pretty tasty, if a little strange to watch.

Absolute class knock out though.
saying that.. I hope he gets knocked out in his next fight and retires, not an entertaining fighter to watch at all.
 
I think it really is a shame he's so scared of getting hit, because he obviously has bundles of talent.
 
You guys are giving Audley a lot of stick, and god knows he deserves it, but that was probably the sweetest punch I've seen so far this year.
 
I turned this off after about Round 10 as it looked like Sprott was running away with it, bullying Harrison.

Didnt even know about the KO until I saw this thread, but my god what a punch.

Maybe a lucky git, but what a punch.

Its a shame Harrison doesnt have the heart to make a proper run at a title, as you have to admit he has got the ability when you catch him on a good day, and he has the KO power which is a great equaliser for when you're having a bad day.
 
Am I not right in thinking he was old when he became a pro, and he like most fighters, trusted his management, who just wanted to milk the gold from the Olympics. HIs management/promoter held up his career for a long time where he looked good, but against no one useful, then it was Audley who utterly screwed his back in a car crash his brother also died in? He basically had a couple years out at that point and the injury + the milking of the gold medal pretty much ran out his best years when he wasn't too old to make a decent go of it.

The fact that years later he's making an ok go of it, not really sure whats so terrible about that. He's pretty old, has some good ability but doesn't seem to have stamina to fight at any decent level, and if he lost his right arm completely, and managed to stay int he fight for 10 rounds then knock someone out, not sure what there is to complain about in that situation.

Would be been great if he won the medal 10 years earlier and he went pro when he still had time to really push hard and get as fit as he needed.

its one thing for boxers to gain fitness in their 20's and retain it as well as possible, but a 30-40yr old trying to get to the level of fitness most boxers attain in their 20's was always going to be a tough ask.

From what I remember, didn't Danny Williams in Audleys first really big fight, smack him in the nuts before going for a big shot more than once in the fight, basically cheated to victory? Might be thinking of another one, at that point it was classic british public, more than happy to see him win to bums, turned the second he lost and had no interest in him at all, and then it was a bit after that he had the car crash and things kind of went downhill when a 36yr old tried to get back to fitness.

I think he's always had a great ability to throw a good combo, a good style but never the fitness required to go beyond the 3 rounds at amateur fighting and he always looked like he was saving his energy for a final KO salvo.

I think better management and training, intensive training to get him fit enough to fight hard for 12 rounds and his career could have turned out so differently. I always liked him because he didn't just jab forever, he looked for combo's and threw proper punches, when he wasn't almost passed out from exhaustion that is.
 
Great punch to finish the fight :)
Still don't think he's going anywhere though and I await who he picks for his next opponent!
 
drunkenmaster said:
Am I not right in thinking he was old when he became a pro, and he like most fighters, trusted his management, who just wanted to milk the gold from the Olympics. HIs management/promoter held up his career for a long time where he looked good, but against no one useful,
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IIRC Audley has always managed himself, he declined a lot of management offers when he went pro, which was one of the factors in his downfall.
 
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