Wilder-Harrison: If 5 weeks isn’t enough for Audley to get ready then he’s out of luck

By Boxing News - 03/29/2013 - Comments

wilder890By Scott Gilfoid: British heavyweight Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) and American knockout artist Deontay Wilder will be battling on April 27th in the war of the giants at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield.

Wilder stands 6’7”, while Harrison is just a tad shorter at 6’6”. Both guys have huge knockout power, but Wilder is level above with his right hand KO power. Harrison is a southpaw, and pretty much can only punch hard with his left hand when he loads up on it with everything he’s got.

When Harrison agreed to take the fight he made it a point to let his loyal twitter fans know that he only has 5 weeks to prepare for the fight, as if Wilder has any more time than him to prepare.

I can’t stand when fighters start early with the ‘I only had five weeks to prepare’ excuse. If five weeks isn’t enough time for Audley to prepare for Wilder’s bone jarring right hands then that’s just too bad for him. Let’s be honest here. Would it really make any difference if Audley had another three to four weeks to prepare for the fight?

It wouldn’t because this isn’t a fight that’s going to be going a full 10 rounds, so it’s not as if Audley is going to need an extra three weeks to work on his stamina for the fight. Also, the extra three weeks that he’d like to have won’t help him take the kinds of right hand bombs that Wilder is going to be tagging him with. I mean, Audley’s chin will either be able to handle Wilder’s power or it won’t.

An extra three weeks won’t toughen Audley’s chin up to take the shots he’s going to be getting hit with in this fight. Audley is probably as ready as he’s ever going to be right now this minute for the fight. In five weeks, there’s nothing going to be different with Audley. He’s still going to get hit hard and will likely nosedive straight down into the canvas after getting tagged.

Audley doesn’t need five weeks to come up with a game plan for this fight. There’s really only one thing he can do to try and win, and that’s to stay on the outside, use his jab constantly, and move in wide circles to avoid Wilder’s right hands.

Wilder doesn’t use his jab nearly as much as he should, so Audley should be able to win a jabbing battle. If he can stay on the outside and do nothing but jab, he might have a chance of winning. But Audley will have to resist exchanges, and will have to play it completely safe the entire time because all it’ll take for Deontay is one big shot on Audley’s chin and the fight will be over.



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