By Sean McDaniel: 39-year-old former 2000 Olympic heavyweight Gold Medalist Audley Harrison (27-5, 20 KO’s) refuses to hang up the gloves and retire from boxing after his humiliating 3rd round TKO at the hands of WBA heavyweight champion David Haye last November. Harrison, who only threw one punch in that fight, says he wants to get back in the ring in May of this year and would be interested in fighting either Dereck Chisora or Tyson Fury.

Since that’s not very likely to happen, Harrison is going to have to downsize his ambitions a little and settle for someone else unless he can lure one of the world class heavyweights into fighting him. That might not be advisable for Harrison right now coming off of a knockout loss like the one he suffered against Haye. In that fight, Harrison could muster up one jab in three rounds of fighting and collapsed under the first offensive onslaught from the much smaller 6’2″ 210 pound Haye.

Speaking with thesun.co.uk, Harrison said “I am 39 and couldn’t live with myself unless I gave it one more go to finish my career on a high…we are working on two dates in U.S and comeback in May…I am not a quitter.”

Harrison might be better off facing some domestic level opposition in the UK rather than risking his neck and getting knocked out by one of the top fighters in the division elsewhere. Everyone he’s going to face will be looking to test his weak chin and will no doubt come after him hard, looking to land head shots. Harrison’s chin is very fragile and he doesn’t seem to be able to take a hard shot every well without going down. He needs someone in the 3rd tier range if he wants to guarantee a victory in his next fight, preferably someone that has zero power and throws mainly arm punches.