The Bronze Bomber vs A Force.

Rumours of this fight being on the undercard of the Khan fight in April. Not on I want to see personally, as soon as Wilder lands he'll put Audley to sleep.

This is a serious step up for Wilder which is a bit worrying

Price has recently been exposed and he dealt with Harrison inside 90 seconds so you'd expect wilder has to be as impressive

Given that Fraudly lives in the US, I have to wonder whether these fights are taken just so that he can get home on the cheap to see his mum or something!!

bhb001 wrote:Given that Fraudly lives in the US, I have to wonder whether these fights are taken just so that he can get home on the cheap to see his mum or something!!

ha ha!

Can't believe I'm about to say this but I sincerely hope Audley wins.

Sick to the back teeth of people banging on about Wilder as if he's the second coming and saviour of the HW division. It was the same with Seth Mitchell (thankfully Banks dealt with Mitchell so he's out of the picture).

Wilder may well be a lovely fella but if his career carries on at this rate he'll be 38 years old and his best opponent will be Freddie Flintoff.

DAVE667 wrote:Can't believe I'm about to say this but I sincerely hope Audley wins.

Sick to the back teeth of people banging on about Wilder as if he's the second coming and saviour of the HW division. It was the same with Seth Mitchell (thankfully Banks dealt with Mitchell so he's out of the picture).

Wilder may well be a lovely fella but if his career carries on at this rate he'll be 38 years old and his best opponent will be Freddie Flintoff.

An undefeated Freddie Flintoff that is

Goes without saying, surely?

DAVE667 wrote:Goes without saying, surely?

Of course

Let's not forget though chaps...

Wilder is an Olympic Bronze medalist (yes his record is a little padded but at 27 fights since 2008 you can't fault him or Golden Boy for his activity (compare him to David Price and I'd have to give the edge to Wilder!).

He might not be the second coming, but his resume is better than Seth Mitchell (who has had no amateur background and only took up boxing in 2006/2007!).

Audley is a good match up for him, Audley is beatable but can be marketed as an "ex World Championship Challenger!" just like all the other Heavyweights guys seem to fight.

I would suggest Wilder has learnt a lot about boxing in the pros as well. He went to the olympics with less than 30 fights under his belt, he seemed to want to start stepping up his opponents when we spoke to him on the podcast so hopefully this year we'll see something.

If Wilder beats Audley, people will break their necks to say Audley's always been garbage and that his recent Prizefighter win was a flash in the pan display of decent form and as significant as England's 8-0 win over San Marino. (I'm sure I'll be one of 'em)

If he loses, people will say, Audley's always been garbage and Wilder is a massive hype job. (I'll definitely be one of 'em)

Hard to see how this advances Wilder's career.

id actually quite like to see it and id want audley to win.
it'd be brilliant if he did, but a big ask.

that said, a win would do nothing for wilders career but apparently it was their team that offered audley the fight.

wow- i am suprised audely managed to secure this fight, in england too. i think wilder is carbon copy of harrison at the beginning of his career, big hw, good power and great amatuer record. harrison had promise but failed to live up to the hype, only time will tell how wilder will do.

interesting fight though.

what worries me is if harrison does get lucky (and he has the power to) he might very well be looking at a world title shot.

Like it or not Audley does not get beat by bums, he beats them up. Say what you like about Audley but when he is on his game, you have to have something about you to beat him.

He is a good test for up and coming fighters.

Still Fancy Wilder to knock him out mid rounds though, he hits damn hard.

the problem with audley is and always has been it depends what mood he is in, sometimes he'll box and stay at range and do well, but sometimes he just freezes and waits to be knocked out (ala price/haye)

Audleys been beaten by some pretty mediocre fighters. If anything he has showed often enough that you dont actually need to have alot about you to beat him.

He'll pap his pants and get knocked out. Not a big fight fighter, and this is big as it gets for him at this stage. No more than a profile raiser for Wilder. Audley KO'd by the first meaningful shot.

Wilder different class to the game brutish limited Mitchel. Always has been, always will be. If Wilder has a decentish chin then he'll be undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. That's not jumping on the hype train, that's looking at who else is out there.

DAVE667 wrote:If Wilder beats Audley, people will break their necks to say Audley's always been garbage and that his recent Prizefighter win was a flash in the pan display of decent form and as significant as England's 8-0 win over San Marino. (I'm sure I'll be one of 'em)

If he loses, people will say, Audley's always been garbage and Wilder is a massive hype job. (I'll definitely be one of 'em)

Hard to see how this advances Wilder's career.

So you are saying people will be consistent having based their opinions on the evidence that surrounds them

I couldn't give a damn about Audley a while back but kind of feel sorry for him so want him to win.

If he wins, he'll say he's ready for another title shot!

Well Audley has vowed to retire if / when he loses again, so that's reason enough for us all to get behind Deontay on this one, surely?

Wilder by stoppage inside two rounds, anyway. Audley facing anyone who is in shape, athletic, can hit and who is confident is a recipe for disaster, as we all know.

Cue Union with yet another ill advised but heartfelt Audley prediction.

Surely people should want Deontay to win this?

If Audley wins, it pretty much seals Deontay as pointless in the grand scheme of things.

If he wins, then he has moved upwards (slightly) and is still a prospect and potential world champion.

Whereas, if Audley wins, will it improve the sport?

Wilder has a bright future in this sport. People have said on here they think Fury can win a title despite being limited, Wilder has just as much if not more skill and a hell of a lot more power.

One good thing from this fight though is if Audley does let that big left hand go then we may get to see just how good Wilders whiskers are.

bhb001 wrote:

DAVE667 wrote:If Wilder beats Audley, people will break their necks to say Audley's always been garbage and that his recent Prizefighter win was a flash in the pan display of decent form and as significant as England's 8-0 win over San Marino. (I'm sure I'll be one of 'em)

If he loses, people will say, Audley's always been garbage and Wilder is a massive hype job. (I'll definitely be one of 'em)

Hard to see how this advances Wilder's career.

So you are saying people will be consistent having based their opinions on the evidence that surrounds them

I'm saying if Wilder faces Audley, he either beats someone who's long been considered garbage or he gets beaten by someone who's long been considered garbage....lose/lose for Deontay!

That being said, I'm rooting for Audley...must be mellowing in my old age.

I always want Audley to win. Even against Haye. I guess it is for the same reason some people support Grimsby.

I too would like Audley to win a world title. Don't particularly like the man, or his style but I have a strange affection for him at times. And you never know, if that left hand lands...

I cannot hope that Audley would win a world title as it would confirm what a laughing stock the current heavy weight scene is at present. However, I would be full behind Audley to win this fight, only because it is British vs US.

We'll all know, the moment Audley starts his ringwalk, how it'll go. You can see it in his eyes. He can lie to himself for so long then it suddenly dawns on him that he's out of his depth.

Perhaps if Audley was to visit paul McKenna, he might get some much needed help. When Audley's in a big fight, be it his HW title tilt or one of his many "make or break" fights, his brain seems to overwhelm him. However, with the virtually meaningless Prizefighter tournament, Audley displayed a coolness and confidence we've never seen from him before and it showed in his performances. Granted, his opposition wasn't of the highest quality but that's where McKenna fits in.

All he has to do is convince Audley that every fight is against someone akin to the Prizefighter lads and hey presto, Audley Harrison HW Champion of the World.

Audley, I know you're reading this (what else is there to do on an afternoon?) so give McKenna a ring, I'm sure he'll be glad of the work and his reputation couldn't really sink any lower.

PS if Anthony Small is reading this....GO AWAY!

Found this interesting :

Elsewhere, Haye victim Audley Harrison has agreed to face rising American heavyweight star Deontay Wilder – unbeaten in 27 contests – on the undercard of Amir Khan’s next contest against Julio Diaz in Sheffield on April 27. Wilder, who stands at 6ft 7in and who is handled by Golden Boy Promotions, is yet to sign for the contest. The Sheffield card will be aired on subscription boxing channel BoxNation.

From the telegraph yesterday

So, Adam, can we infer that this is being used to sell the contest, but has very little possibility of actually coming about? i.e. free publicity to get us all talking about and jumping to subscribe to BoxNation. If so, it is a desperate ploy!!

Really don't know.

It was just a throwaway comment in a big article about Haye.

I take it Audley isnt with Matchroom then if he is fighting on Boxnation?

Na same thing happened to groves - He had to fight a sauerland fighter who shows its fights on boxnation, ditto Audley because Wilder is with GBP

Frank might have unintentionally pulled a fast one. He gets many of their fights for less than he would if they were signed with him

You know, I have this sneaky suspicion that Audley actually going to go for it in this fight (if it ever comes off...). He knows full well it's his absolute last chance so it could be that he'll let his punches fly and although he'll end up being beaten, the public will love him for being a game fighter (at last).

Mr Bounce wrote:You know, I have this sneaky suspicion that Audley actually going to go for it in this fight (if it ever comes off...). He knows full well it's his absolute last chance so it could be that he'll let his punches fly and although he'll end up being beaten, the public will love him for being a game fighter (at last).

Only if they're hunting pheasants

^^^