Gee, this guy sounds familiar! - see highlighted section in particular. The Most Delusional Man in World Sport from bleacherreport.com (articles section): For those of you who aren't familiar with his work, this is Audley Harrison. He is infamous in the UK as one of the greatest underachievers in recent sporting history. Harrison is a Heavyweight boxer who seemed destined for great things after winning a gold medal at the Sydney Olympic games in 2000. He displayed excellent technique, power and composure in Australia and, at 6 ft 5, seemed equipped with all the tools to make a successful transition from amateur boxing to the professional ranks. He was entering a Heavyweight division which contained no clear successor to the ageing Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield and Harrison seemed to have every chance of making a success of his pro career. "A-Force", as he christened himself, signed a lucrative £1 million deal with the BBC to have his first few professional fights shown on terrestrial television. This allowed the whole country to witness his negative, lacklustre performances against pub fighters, and the delusional speeches that would follow. If world titles were simply won with words, Harrison would be the most successful fighter of all time. After every bout he would stand in front of the cameras and tell the watching public how he had a plan, how his next fight would be against a better opponent and would see him produce an improved performance and how there was no doubt in his mind that he would become a world champion. After a number of tentative, unconvincing wins, during which Harrison looked unfit and scared of getting beaten, the British public turned on him. Boos rung out as the paying public let the big Londoner know he simply wasn't good enough. Today, almost nine years since Harrison won his Olympic gold medal, "A-Farce" as he has become known, is 37 and has a record of 23 wins and four defeats. He has never stepped into the ring with any fighter of true class and lost his last fight to an Irish taxi driver called Martin Rogan. Yet, Harrisons delusions of grandeur continue and he popped his unwanted head back into the British limelight recently by calling out David Haye.
Audley has the tools but he simply is scared to fight. He lost his last fight against a cab driver purely because he is scared to fight and let his hands go.
Mate there is a MASSIVE difference between Harrison and Mundine , after much ado Harrison was quickly found out by the Britsh public as nothing more than an excellent amature who lacked the desired minerals to achive anything of note in the pro ranks thus rendering him a subject of comic proportions from pretty near the outset (ie he was found out to be bullshitter early ) , however this ain't the case where "The black superman" is concerned , due to the relative non existance of an amature career Mundine hood winked his way into the hearts of the majority of Austraians ( Oh yes he ****ing did ) with the Promise of great things to come ALONE and it still hasn't after all these years dawned on an alarming number of Australian fight fans that the man also lacks the desired Minerals and Heart to honour his boasts . :deal
Sambo , Agreed , In Harrisons case it was a massive mistake however Choc has done well for himself if nothing else .
Well if its anything like his last four years it won't amount to much , he will probably fight Geale , lose to any World class fighter he faces then squeak past Green in a money fight you won't be able to resist buying Yawn ****ing yawn :roll:
A-Elite , It will never happen as Choc knows he would recive a bigger arse whopping than he would have recived if he had fought Kessler again , Mundine HAD talent but from what ive seen of him during the last 24 months he has reached a terminal downward spiral in his career . look for Mundine to beat Geale next time out then beat Green again then call it quits .
