Wilder vs. Harrison: The COMMENTS

deontay7By Tony Crooks: First of all, I am English and I am proud of my heritage and no comment will ever take that away from me, full stop. Despite this, boxing is about boxing and boxers are about boxers. If a boxer is good and he comes from Outer Mongolia or the North Pole, so what, too much emphasis is put on where a pugilist is born. Whether he is white, black, yellow or orange it does not matter to me, all that interests me is the skills that they possess.

Heavyweight Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) beat Audley Harrison at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, UK and that was what was expected of him. I don’t care what anyone says, Wilder proved absolutely nothing. If he was British, I would say the same thing. What I am unable to understand are the keyboard cowards that make comments.

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Why Deontay Wilder is a long way from the top

wilder#1By Sean David: Heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) has an impressive record. However, it only looks impressive on paper. At the moment the record is only as strong as that paper. He may be capable of contending for titles at the top level, but he is a long way from hanging and banging with the big boys.

Deontay’s record is high in numbers but low in quality. After watching his interviews, he is quite a likeable character and the boxing always has room for characters. If all it took to be in the elite was some microphone skills then yes he would be in the top ten, but talk is cheap.

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Schaefer: We want Deontay to fight David Price or Tyson Fury

wilder7By Scott Gilfoid: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says he’d like to set up a fight between his fighter unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) and the top British heavyweights David Price or Tyson Fury if they’re willing to fight him.

Schaefer doesn’t think they are, but he’s very, very interested in making that fight if either of them gets the courage to accept the fight with the 6’7” knockout artist Wilder.

Deontay stopped one of Britain’s best heavyweights in Audley Harrison in the 1st round last night in Sheffield. It’s too bad Britain’s two biggest heavyweights won’t step up to the plate to fight Deontay because it kind of looks bad that they don’t want to test themselves against him.

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Audley Harrison was fighting two men in the ring

audley99By Mark Calooke: No one expected Audley Harrison to win tonight. The fight was a mismatch and a farce. But Audley didn’t deserve the injustice he received. Harrison should have retired long ago and nothing has changed there. fans know what to expect from Harrison and it is nothing good.

After just one minute of the first round, Wilder landed a cracking right hand. Harrison was hurt but was smart enough to take a knee. Wilder then lunged in with several wild and sloppy hooks. It wasn’t his fault because he was over excited. But nowhere in boxing does it say that it is legal to hit someone whilst they are on the floor. The ref saw Harrison take a knee and should have given him a standing 8 count. Instead he let Wilder hit Harrison several times.

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Deontay calls out Tyson Fury after smashing Audley out in one round

fury1By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) made easy work of British heavyweight Audley Harrison (31-7, 23 KO’s) tonight in smashing him out in a one round blowout at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, UK. Deontay left Audley in a heap in the corner after hitting him with an avalanche of punches after stunning him with a huge right hand to the head.

When asked after the fight who he wants to fight next, Deontay said “Fee fi fum fum, I’m the man with the right hand bomb. Tyyyyson Fuuuuury. Oh where oh where, oh where can he be? For he the next man that I wanna see. Sheffield, England, do you agree?”

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Deontay destroys Audley Harrison in 1st round TKO

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By Scott Gilfoid: The talented unbeaten heavyweight Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) remained unbeaten with a 1st round TKO victory over Audley Harrison (31-7, 23 KO’s) tonight at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, UK.

Wilder nailed Audley with a huge right hand in the corner and then snowed him under with a flurry of shots that put Audley down in the corner. Audley made it back up at the count of 8, but he was too hurt to continue.

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Khan decisions Diaz; Wilder destroys Harrison

wilder04By Eric Thomas: Amir Khan (28-3, 19 KO’s) dodged a bullet tonight in barely scraping by with a close 12 round unanimous decision over Julio Diaz (40-8-1, 29 KO’s) at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, England.

Khan was constantly in trouble from the hard punches from Diaz, and he got by on sheer luck in the last half of the fight. Khan was hurt by big shots from Diaz and had to hold onto him in rounds 9, 10 and 11.

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Audley: I’m going to take Deontay Wilder into the deep rounds

audley65By Scott Gilfoid: British heavyweight Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) revealed Sky Sports what his game plan is for his fight tonight against the talented American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, UK. Audley’s plan is a simple one.

Audley says he’s going to take Deontay into the later rounds of the fight to take advantage of the fact that he’s never been past the 4th round to try and wear him down. Sounds like a plan put together without much thought.

Audley said “Deontay has never been in the later rounds, and it’s my job to take him there. My mojo is back.”

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Harrison v Wilder tonight in Sheffield

wilder5By Stevie Ocallaghan: Tonight at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield , UK unbeaten US heavyweight Deontay Wilder steps up the level of competition he has faced in taking on 2 time Prizefighter winner in Audley Harrison.

This fight throws up some comparisons between another fight recently between Liverpool’s David Price and American Tony Thompson. Both Harrison and Thompson are 41 years old and both, I suppose you could say are fights that were made to give the young gun a little more trouble than they’ve had yet but not to much trouble.

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Tomorrow we will see another pointless fight for Deontay Wilder

wilder213By Mark Havey: Deontay Wilder talks about his fight with Audley Harrison being defining. It certainly is. But it only goes to show how slowing his career is being handled and with extreme caution. Audley Harrison vs Deontay Wilder is of very little importance. Neither have a top 10 ranking and neither will have any time soon. For Audley that boat has sailed. And Deontay’s team see no rush in putting him in with the top fighters.

I can only assume that Harrison has got this fight on the back of his Prizefighter win. But that format suits him perfectly. I have always said that you can put Harrison in every Prizefighter and you will see him win every time. say what you like about him as a pro, but in the unpaid ranks he was impressive. But he have repeatedly heard him say, “Yes I can” whilst seeing time and time again, no he can’t.

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