By Ycarratala: This Saturday a very interesting Heavyweight match-up takes place in Sheffield, England featuring two former Olympic Medalists; a Bronze Medalist and a Gold Medalist. The top American heavyweight prospect, Deontay Wilder; the 2008 Beijing Olympics Bronze Medalist who is undefeated as a pro with a 27-0 record and all wins by KO faces 41 year old Audley Harrison of Great Britain who was the 2000 Sydney Olympics Gold Medalist and has a record of 31-6 with 23 KO’s.
Harrison is coming off a high note, having won the February installment of the Prize Fighter Heavyweight Tournament for a second time, the first being back in 2009. Harrison has faced some top contenders, although has failed do beat them. He has loses to Dominick Guinn, Danny Williams, Michael Sprott, and Martin Rogan; he avenged the latter three. The other two loses were at the hands of David Haye for the WBA World Heavyweight Championship and David Price.