Harrison v Wilder tonight in Sheffield

wilder5By Stevie Ocallaghan: Tonight at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield , UK unbeaten US heavyweight Deontay Wilder steps up the level of competition he has faced in taking on 2 time Prizefighter winner in Audley Harrison.

This fight throws up some comparisons between another fight recently between Liverpool’s David Price and American Tony Thompson. Both Harrison and Thompson are 41 years old and both, I suppose you could say are fights that were made to give the young gun a little more trouble than they’ve had yet but not to much trouble.

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Tomorrow we will see another pointless fight for Deontay Wilder

wilder213By Mark Havey: Deontay Wilder talks about his fight with Audley Harrison being defining. It certainly is. But it only goes to show how slowing his career is being handled and with extreme caution. Audley Harrison vs Deontay Wilder is of very little importance. Neither have a top 10 ranking and neither will have any time soon. For Audley that boat has sailed. And Deontay’s team see no rush in putting him in with the top fighters.

I can only assume that Harrison has got this fight on the back of his Prizefighter win. But that format suits him perfectly. I have always said that you can put Harrison in every Prizefighter and you will see him win every time. say what you like about him as a pro, but in the unpaid ranks he was impressive. But he have repeatedly heard him say, “Yes I can” whilst seeing time and time again, no he can’t.

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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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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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Deontay Wilder: Tyson Fury is the UK’s best heavyweight

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By Scott Gilfoid: American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) sees unbeaten Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) as the best heavyweight in the UK right now, above David Price and David Haye. Deontay says he wants to face Tyson Fury and the winner of the Price vs. Tony Thompson II rematch if possible.

Wilder told I Film London “David Haye has been out of the scene and David Price lost. It only leaves Tyson Fury now…he’s been handling business, he keeps winning, and so now the best English heavyweight is Tyson Fury. That’s definitely a future option. We’d definitely sell out a lot of arenas.”

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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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