by Daniel Ciminera: Audley Harrison (26/4/0), who is set for a London showdown on the 9th of April with Essex-based Pole, Albert Sosnowski, says once he takes Sosnowski’s European title, he wants to move on to bigger things. The Klitschko brothers. Like every other heavyweight who knows they wont get a spoonful of the Klitschko gravy train before they retire, he’s just blowing smoke to gain publicity as he’s also said he won’t fight Haye as he doesn’t carry enough media attention. More like Haye is going to be around for a couple more years yet, and perhaps would give Audley a go.

First of all, I don’t see that Harrison has the quality to get past Sosnowski to begin with, let alone go on to fight a Klitschko. Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27 KO’s) caused a bit of an upset when he stepped in as a last minute replacement for a last minute warm up fight for Danny Williams, before Williams was to have a title fight in Egypt a month later in late 2008 and as I successfully predicted, knocked Williams out. Easily. Sosnowski, while perhaps himself only a European level fighter, has more than enough goods to take out Harrison.

Since winning Commonwealth and Olympic Gold medals in 1998 and 2000, Harrison has “failed to launch” as it were. He has always talked a good fight, but apart from the odd, rare glimmer of hope, he has not produced the goods in the ring. Yes, he has only lost 4, and I’m not saying 4 losses means you’re no good. I’m saying, in spite of only losing 4 times, Harrison doesn’t have the speed, stamina, agility, or skill to get to compete successfully at world level, and if he has, he’s hidden it very well for a decade of professional boxing.

Audley may shock us by coming back stronger and better than ever, after going away to rebuild his career in America and in the process, winning promoter Barry Hearn’s “Prizefighter” tournament last year. However, Sosnowski is still a major step up in quality from that tournament in which they fought 3-round bouts, as most of the guys in it were novice fighters, which is all Harrison has fought since his knockout loss to Michael Sprott back at the beginning of 2007. Which was arguably, Harrison’s “biggest” fight to date.

I’m sure I am not alone in feeling that a man for whom the highlight of his career was avenging a defeat to fellow Brit, Danny Williams in 2006, has slim to zero chance of getting a shot against one of the Klitschkos, and even less hope of beating one of them.