By Henry Farmer (lost): This weekend the Echo arena, Liverpool, England will play host to what will be one of the biggest selling BBBofC British Heavyweight Title fights in recent memory. 7,000 fans are expected to be in attendance this Saturday when Audley “A-Force” Harrison 28(21ko)-5 takes on the heavy handed unbeaten hot prospect in David Price 13(11)-0.

This is sure to be the last roll of the dice for the 40 year Audley Harrison in a professional career marred with short comings. There has never been any question over Harrison’s ability or power, but in his heart and willing to fight.

At times when he has needed to use his skills developed from his impressive amateur pedigree and let the punches go Harrison has seemed to lose his nerve and freeze in the ring.

This unwilling to fight was highlighted when Harrison came to fight David Haye back in November 2010. Harrison looked terrified of the task in front of him and in a humiliating 3 round defeat only managed to throw a total of 1 punch in the entire fight. To only throw one punch in what may come to be his one and only chance at the world title he had spoken about on so many occasions was deemed unacceptable and Harrison’s career came under tremendous scrutiny from the British press and fell into disrepute. Harrison has fought only once since the Haye fight against journeyman Ali Adams in a fight that wasn’t to be televised by the British Media.

With many calling for Harrison to retire at the age of 40, he has made the brave move to carry on his career and take on the mammoth task of fighting David Price in a fight that could see the winner as a ranked fighter and on the fringes of title contention. Harrison seems to have gone about things the right way and has taken himself over to America to get some quality sparring with another powerful hot prospect in Deontay Wilder 25 (25ko)-0, as well as Malik Scott 35-0 and Joe Hanks 20-0 and seems confident of victory in interviews coming into the fight. But talking has never been a weakness for Audley and he has always seemed to say the right things and the not deliver come fight night.

There is however light at the end of the tunnel for ‘A-Force’. For all of Price’s strengths, there lies one aspect of his game that has question marks over it, his chin. Price was dropped several times as an amateur and was stopped in the Olympics by Roberto Cammarelle and people have questioned it ever since. Price hasn’t fought anyone good enough to land a decent shot on his chin as a professional up til now, so the question marks still remain. Audley Harrison is a terrific boxer when he is willing to throw punches and has the power to stop anyone in their tracks. With that combination there is every chance David Price could be in for a very difficult nights work. The problem for Harrison is that he’s going to Price’s hometown of Liverpool, where price has become Liverpool’s first Heavyweight British Title holder ever. He’ll be going into the lion’s den in what is sure to be a hostile crowd of 7,000 and we could very well see Audley freeze again.

If Harrison comes to fight, I believe we could be in for a very entertaining event and we could see both fighters on the floor at some stage and win or lose Audley Harrison will be a step closer to winning back the British public. If on the other hand Harrison comes out looking to all out defend, we won’t have such an entertaining fight.

The second Harrison lets David Price start teeing off on him that will be the end of the fight and most likely the end of Audley Harrison’s career as a professional boxer. My heart tells me that won’t be the case and Harrison will go out on his shield, but I’m sorry to say, my head tells me otherwise.