Harrison claims the beating he will inflict on Haye in Manchester on Saturday will come out of ‘love and compassion’Audley Harrison is so polite and amusing when referring to himself that he rarely fails to add a “Mister” to his latest self-appointed nickname. He is “Mr Delusional” and “Mr Cool Calm and Collected”. Harrison is [...]
Some say Manny Pacquiao’s title fight against the disgraced Antonio Margarito is tough to call. But if the challenger wins it will be the shock of the yearWhat a lot of hot air has enveloped Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito ahead of their allegedly “light-middleweight” title fight in Texas on Saturday.Some smart writers have totally [...]
Audley Harrison is confident that he can take the belt away from his former friend and the reigning WBA championDavid Haye reckons it will not last long: two rounds if Audley Harrison is at his best, quicker than that if his former friend is not up for it. Harrison insists, meanwhile: “It’s not going to [...]
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Sport is littered with inglorious comebacks but Austria’s former world tennis No1 deserves a last passion playSometimes athletes just won’t lie down, especially if you pay them enough to risk embarrassing themselves in public.In Italy at the weekend, the fate-temptingly named Domingo Hospital, 52, led a field of creaking old golfers home in the Sicilian [...]
• Harrison returns to Repton Amateur club in London’s East End• ‘It’s all about love and understanding. My life is perfect’Audley Harrison’s journey has been anything but dull. Today the fighter who always wanted to be a poet but ended up with an Olympic gold medal returned to where it all began for him 13 [...]
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The confident boxer might have dreams of becoming a film star but Audley Harrison could punish any lack of focusIt takes a certain kind of rock-solid confidence for a boy from Bermondsey who has never had an acting lesson to declare straight-faced: “I’m going to be a movie star, break Hollywood. I’m going to be [...]
The war of words between British heavyweights has escalated along familiar lightweight lines before they meet in ManchesterBritish boxing is blessed for blarney and belts at the moment. Not only are there three British fighters in two world heavyweight title fights over the next seven weeks (reflecting the chaos that attends the sport) but two [...]
Forty years ago today the star-packed celebrations prompted by Muhammad Ali beating Jerry Quarry were only just dying downForty years ago this very morning, we woke blearily from a feverish jam-packed party all‑nighter which had jubilantly swirled around a whole floor of the swish Regency Hyatt hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.In a way, 20th-century sport and [...]
• Heavyweight has been dodging wolves in California mountains• 2000 Olympic gold medallist has opted for altitude trainingAudley Harrison, who has spent much of his career in the wilderness, says he has been dodging wolves in the mountains of California.While the Englishman claims his exposure to the elements has sharpened him up for a world-title [...]
BOXING binman Rendall Munroe found that WBC super-bantamweight …
• Champion Manju Wanniarachchi tests positive for nandrolone• Wales’ McGoldrick lost to Sri Lankan on countback in DelhiNewport’s Sean McGoldrick could be in line for a belated upgrade to a Commonwealth Games gold medal after the bantamweight champion Manju Wanniarachchi failed a drug test.McGoldrick, 18, suffered a narrow countback defeat to Wanniarachchi in the final [...]
• Leicester binman fails in super-bantamweight world title bid• Japan’s Nishioka earns unanimous points decision in TokyoRendall Munroe’s WBC super-bantamweight title challenge was undone in Tokyo today. The 30-year-old refuse collector from Leicester was beaten on points by defending champion Toshiaki Nishioka.In the biggest bout of his career, Munroe started brightly and gave Nishioka plenty [...]