Audley Harrison - What went wrong? (discuss)

No chin, no heart, no defence, no stamina, vastly over rated skills

 

too slow too ankward too coward

 

Well, he's british for starters.

 

mentally weak

 

Fraudley had it too easy I think. He found instant fame with the gold medal, got signed up to a big money TV contract to screen all his fights, was all over the place on TV shows, in music videos etc etc and the boxing seemed to be a secondary thought so in that respect Lennox is spot on.

The reception was fairly good for him at the time as I remember, as you say on the face of it he looks like a potential contender, he's massive, got a long reach and had a gold medal to show... then he started his 'career' and he got found out as soon as he stepped up to decent domestic level and his heart and chin got questioned

 

He had solid support after the 2000 Olympics, got a deal with the BBC so was all set. But the public lost interest when he continued to fight a stream of bums, he didn't step up until his 17th fight and by then no-one cared

 

Audley never had time to worry about honing his boxing skills and was just obsessed with TV deals and promotional issues. You can do that later in your career but you need to focus on getting a world class trainer and team first. The first 20-25 fights a young fighter shouldn't worry about money too much. He needs to focus on developing himself.

Money will come later once he's a complete fighter. Audley never reached that stage.

 

What went right?

 

This explains it.

 

just wish he would **** off back to la and into obscurity

 

Not built for the professional game. He hated being hit. Noone likes being hit, obviously. But he really really disliked it, to the point where he stopped being able to engage properly. Hence why he froze on a lot of occasions and gave off the impression of being mentally weak.

 

He turned pro.