By Chris Kelly: Audley Harrison’s victory last night in the Heavyweight Prize-Fighter Tournament III sparked yet another of his rants in which he claimed that at the age of 37, there is still “hope” for him in his quest to becoming a world champion. This is a quest may a remind you which began way back in 2001 after achieving Olympic glory the year before. A quest which Audley has yet to come even close to achieving.

The greatest accomplishment of Harrison’s career so far has been winning the WBF World Belt, hardly the most prestigious title in world boxing.

Never the less, Audley is adamant that last nights victory in the prize fighter tournament will as the boost his career has needed. Seemingly not phased by the fact that to any serious world champion or challenger the Prize-Fighter tournament is a competition that is held in as high regard as competitions such as the X-Factor or Britain’s Got Talent, Audley is looking gleefully towards his future.

Although it is beyond me as to what it is exactly that Audley believes his future has in store for him.

Whilst winning the Prize-Fighter tournament may perhaps provide a springboard for Harrison’s career onto perhaps an English or even British title fight it does however seem more than a little far fetched to me that Harrison believes he is worthy of a world title shot when he is currently unable to impose himself upon the British domestic scene. After all, during Audley’s disappointing career his most notable opponents have been Danny Williams, who he fought twice only managing a win in the later, Michael Sprott and Martin Rogan (both of whom beat Audley quite decisively). Were Audley to attempt to avoid these fighters at domestic level his only other serious options would be Tyson Fury or John McDermott and after seeing how they performed against Scott Belshaw and Danny Williams respectively in comparison to the performances of the former Olympian, I cannot see Audley winning either of these bouts.

All this of course, is before even considering Harrison’s chances with the world’s elite at this division; if the thought of Audley dominating at domestic level seems doubtful, then the idea of him mixing with the best heavyweights on the planet is almost laughable. Frankly the prospect of showdowns between Harrison and any of Valuev, Haye or either of the Klitsckho Brothers seem like such enormous mismatches that it would be immoral to even contemplate them.

Could it be that perhaps Audley was just not made for “realizing the dream”?