Deontay Wilder v Audley Harrison head to head @ press conference

By Boxing News - 04/25/2013 - Comments

By Scott Gilfoid: Giant heavyweights Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) and Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) came head to head at their press conference for their scheduled 10 round fight on Saturday night at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

The 6’7” Deontay had a clear size advantage over the 6’6” Audley, and he had the British fighter looking kind of timid when the two of them stood eye to eye in a face-off.

Wilder had his game face on and was staring holes through Audley and at the end of the stare down, Audley looked shaken up from the experience. Normally, I don’t put too much emphasis on the results of a stare down but in this one it was so overwhelmingly in Deontay’s favor that you can pretty much tell straight away who the winner of the fight will be.

Deontay just looks he means business and I almost feel sorry for Audley because it doesn’t look good for him. Deontay wants to retire Audley; He doesn’t just want to beat him. He wants to put Audley out his misery and send him into a permanent retirement. If that turns out to be the case then so be it.

At least Audley’s last fight will be coming against a major talent with huge, huge power and there’s no shame in this being the last fight of Audley’s career. It’s better that he gets put out to pasture with a loss to Deontay instead of some unknown 3rd tier heavyweight. Deontay is a former Olympic bronze medalist and he’s got impeccable credentials.

For Audley’s sake, I’m hoping that he at least comes out fast and is ready to put it on the line because if he freezes up like he did in his losses to David Haye and David Price, then it’ll be embarrassing for him.

It’s better for Audley that he at least try and win and give it his best shot, but for him to do that he’s going to have to come out as fast as possible because if he comes out slow and afraid-looking, he’s going to get blasted out in one round.

Audley’s only chance is to go all out in the 1st round and pray that he can get a miracle knockout. I mean, he might as well put in his best shot because the outcome will likely end with him getting knocked out no matter how he fights, but at least there will be some satisfaction if he can throw a handful of punches before Deontay lowers the boom on him.



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