If Hatton fought all the guys he got beat by.. his losses would increase by 100% same with Mike Tyson.
"Audley's got wicked skill, but no bottle". Danny Williams. I think there is a certain amount of truth about that. I think trying to run his own career didn't help. He had a reputation of thinking he knew best when it came to things and there use to be rumours he wouldn't listen to his trainers. If that's true he was always going to struggle. By the time the Haye fight came around he seemed to have lost any belief he use to have.
I think he beat Williams and Guinn if you watch those matches.. he scored the better jabs and headshots over the 12 rounds. Got TKOd against Sprott.. and robbed against Rogan too.
He woulda been unbeaten up to the point against Haye.. and the rest is history.. fresh from pec surgery (even in Sprott II he's not credited by some) and threw around 50-30 punches in the fight.
40 against Price.. no excuse really.. then the Wilder farce after inaugural double prizefighters. Some use 35 as an excuse for Tyson.
I along with many others were never quite sold on Audley. He won an Olympic gold, which is a brilliant achievement, but compared to the other winners that year, he was top of a very poor crop. But winning was something Audley often failed at as an amateur too. He bottled big tournaments when many thought he had the potential to win and this continued as a pro. Some suggested from day one as a pro, the Audley that won at the Olympics was exception not the norm. They alleged the normal Audley was the fighter who cracked under expectations, who was not prepared to do things needed to win against the very best despite for one glorious fortnight in Sydney, showing he potentially could...