Weights: Deontay Wilder 224, Audley Harrison 236

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By Scott Gilfoid: Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) weighed in at 236 lbs today at the weigh-in for his fight on Saturday night against Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, UK. Wilder weighed in at 224 lbs. What was surprising is that Audley looked a little taller than Wilder.

On Thursday, Audley appeared to be at least an inch, possibly shorter than Deontay when the two fighters stood face to face for the traditional stare down, but in one day Audley appeared to grow 1 to 2 inches. This leaves one to believe that one of these two fighters may have been without their shoes during the stare down or one of them had lifts to make themselves appear taller than they actually are.

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Audley: Deontay is the most gifted athlete in the heavyweight division

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By Scott Gilfoid: Former 2000 Olympic Gold medalist Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) sees himself getting a top 10 ranking and a title shot against one of the Klitschko brothers if he can get past 6’7” Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) tomorrow night at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, UK.

That obviously isn’t going to happen even if Audley were to pull off an upset. The Klitschkos aren’t going to fight him because he’s been beaten too many times and there would be too much flak if they were to fight him just off of a win over Deontay.

It’s going to take a lot more than a win over Deontay for the 41-year-old Audley to get a title shot, I hate to say.

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Wilder vs. Harrison: Is this really a step up for Deontay?

audley2122By Thomas Cowan: This Saturday, highly rated American Deontay Wilder faces British heavyweight Audley Harrison in what is being billed as a step-up fight. Wilder’s had 27 fights and has knocked out every opponent inside 4 rounds. Unfortunately, all those have been dreadful but people are still already comparing Wilder to George Foreman. Now the fight against Harrison is being billed as the fight he finally steps up. But is it really a step up?

Let me start by saying I’m not a Wilder “hater”, as he likes to say. I don’t hate any fighter and I have no time or respect for fans and writers that clearly hate a certain fighter just because of his nationality or fighting style. I just find it frustrating that there can be so much hype about a fighter who hasn’t faced a single contender. He may well be the next heavyweight champion but he also may well be out of his depth against anyone decent, we just don’t know.

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A Look Forward to This Weeks Boxing

clip_image006By Shane Newsome: With again another packed schedule on both sides of the Atlantic we have busy cards in UK, USA but also action from Argentina and Germany with fights not to be missed, so let’s take a look at what we have in store.

First we go to Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK and the main event Amir Khan (27-3) vs Julio Diaz (40-7-1) this fight should just be another stepping stone for the 26 year-old Brit even a Diaz in his absolute prime should be easy work for someone as skilled as Khan look for him to get Julio out of there around the mid-late rounds anything else and maybe Khan will deserve the criticism he will most definitely receive, if he does win this fight in easy fashion like expected you would hope he would now step back up to world level and try and avenge on of his recent defeats like he has talked about, we will soon see.

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Britain has 5 Heavyweights ranked ahead of Deontay Wilder

wilder322By Lee Smith: I’ve heard people saying that Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) is the next big thing, the next heavyweight champion, the man to take over from the Klitschko’s. If this was true then surely after 27 fights and 27 KO’s he would be a world champ by now or at least be in the running for a world title shot. However, he isn’t a world champ, nor is he even close to getting a world title shot. In fact, he isn’t even ranked in the top 25 by BoxRec.

This came as a surprise to me taking into account the amount of fights he’s had. So I looked at his record and the people he had fought and straight away knew exactly why he had such a poor ranking. The fighters he’s beaten (if you want to call them fighters) were shocking and I mean shocking.

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Deontay Wilder victory over Audley will be HUGE for the sport

wilder6By Scott Gilfoid: A lot is riding on this Saturday’s fight between the huge punching heavyweight Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) and Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) in their fight in Sheffield, UK. Deontay needs to win for the sake of boxing because he’s on his way to becoming a huge, huge star in the United States similar to the way that Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez have emerged as stars.

Deontay is on the cusp of stardom and he needs to continue with his forward progression with big win over the British speed bump Audley. There’s nothing to be gained for Audley if he wins because he’s 41, and going nowhere.

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Wilder vs. Harrison: The truth

wilder4By Tony Crooks: Sometimes in life we all have to take a step back and take a glimpse at our own opinions and accept that we all make mistakes. We all do, we are human after all. I would like to take an unbiased look at the forth coming Deontay Wilder vs. Audley Harrison bout this coming weekend at the Motorpoint Arena, in Sheffield, UK.

I would like to start with Deontay Wilder. By all accounts and speaking with other boxing journalists, Wilder is a really nice guy. He fights to support his daughter. Please remember this before you make any comments. Yes, he has not fought anybody of note, but he has done what has been asked of him. The hype that surrounds Wilder is his so called super human punching power.

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Audley: Deontay will be an interesting puzzle for me

wilder34By Scott Gilfoid: British heavyweight Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) figures that a win over unbeaten American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) this Saturday night will put him in contention for a title shot against one of the Klitschko brothers. As of now, Audley doesn’t have a top 15 ranking by any of the sanctioning bodies.

The 41-year-old Audley is not favored to beat the 6’7” Wilder on Saturday.

Audley said to Sky Sports News “I was looking for someone in the top 10 and so I couldn’t ask for anyone better than America’s next big thing…he is going to be an interesting puzzle for me to figure out…I have to figure out a way to get through that power; he has that big right hand.”

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Wilder vs. Harrison could steal the show on Khan-Diaz card this Saturday

wilder890By Scott Gilfoid: While the heavyweight clash between the two giants Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) and Audley Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) is been relegated to that of an undercard position on this Saturday’s Amir Khan vs. Julio Diaz fight card in Sheffield, I have a strong feeling that this fight could end up stealing the show for the fans that actually get to see it.

The fight card will be televised by BoxNation in the UK, but unfortunately in the United States fans will only see the Khan-Diaz fight with just highlights of the Wilder-Harrison fight shown. Instead of that fight being televised in it’s entirety, U.S boxing fans will be shown Zab Judah vs. Danny Garcia and Peter Quillin vs. Fernando Guerrero.

I don’t mind seeing the Judah-Garcia fight, but Quillin-Guerrero is mismatch and hardly an interesting one as far as I’m concerned. I’d much rather see Wilder-Harrison than that fight because it involves former Olympic stars going at it.

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