Audley Harrison

Audley Harrison
Data
Birth Name	Audley Hugh Harrison
Fight name	A-Force
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	British
birthday	October 26, 1971
place of birth	London
style	Legal display
size	1.97 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	38
Victories	31
Knockout victories	23
Defeats	7th
Profile in the BoxRec database

Audley Hugh Harrison (born October 26, 1971 in London , United Kingdom ) is a retired British heavyweight boxer. His greatest achievement was the 2000 Olympic super heavyweight victory in Sydney .

amateur

Harrison started boxing in 1991 at the age of 19. As an amateur, he played 54 fights, of which he won 46. In 1997 and 1998 he became British super heavyweight champion. In 1998 he took part in the European Championship in Minsk , but failed in the first fight against Sjarhej Lyachowitsch , but won the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, which took place in the same year . Participation in the 1999 World Cup in Houston was not very successful either, where he lost in the second round of the tournament to eventual winner Sinan Şamil Sam .

His greatest success was at the Olympic Summer Games in Sydney in 2000. With victories over Alexei Lesin , Olexij Masikin , Paolo Vidoz and in the final against the Kazakhs Muchtarchan Dildabekow , he won the gold medal in the highest weight class.

Professional career

After the win, he turned pro and nicknamed himself “A-Force”. Harrison was ridiculed as "Fraudley" and "A-Farce" because of his phlegm and his sensitive chin. He had many enemies in the English media. The criticism was not always fair, as his opponents Mark Krence, Richel Hersisia and Tomasz Bonin were still unbeaten at the time of the fights.

He was injured several times, which hampered his development, another problem for him was that he was already relatively old when he started his professional career. The first loss in his professional career was on December 10, 2005 against Danny Williams , he went down in this fight in the eleventh round. In his next fight against Dominick Guinn he lost again on points.

For December 9, 2006, a meeting with Matt Skelton was planned. However, he broke his hand in preparation for this fight and had to cancel at short notice. Arch-rival Danny Williams was then committed again as a substitute opponent. Harrison dominated surprisingly clearly and won in the third round by knockout.

On February 17, 2007 Harrison went against Michael Sprott in the fight for the so-called EU championship in the third round difficult knockout. He only returned after a break of more than a year in the ring and won two fights against opponents , but without to convince. On December 12, 2008 he lost over ten rounds against the undefeated but little respected Northern Irishman Martin Rogan on points.

On October 10, 2009, he won the Prizefighter TV tournament organized by the British television station Sky Sports , in which he competed in three three-round fights in one evening and was able to win. Harrison should then fight against the Poland Albert Sosnowski for the European heavyweight championship. Since Sosnowski resigned the title in March 2010 for a World Cup chance against Vitali Klitschko , Harrison's conqueror Michael Sprott, who had lost four out of six fights since his victory against Harrison, was nominated for the duel for the now vacant EBU belt. The fight on April 9, 2010 in London could Harrison, behind on points, win by knockout in the twelfth round. On November 13, 2010 he lost a WBA world championship fight against title holder David Haye by technical knockout in the third round.

On May 26, 2012 Harrison returned with a win by TKO in the 4th round over Ali Adams back in the ring. He played his last fight on April 27, 2013 against Deontay Wilder , which he lost after a desolate performance in the first round by knockout. He then announced his retirement from active boxing.

List of professional fights

31 wins (23 knockout wins), 7 losses (4 knockout losses)
year	Day	place	opponent	Result for Harrison
2001	May 19th	Wembley Arena , London, UK	Mike Middleton	Victory / TKO 1st round
	September 22	Telewest Arena, Newcastle, UK	Derek McCafferty	Points win / 6 rounds
	the 20th of October	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland	Piotr Jurczyk	Victory / TKO 2nd round
2002	20th of April	Wembley Conference Center, London, UK	Julius Long	Victory / KO 2nd round
	May 21	ExCeL Exhibition Center , London, UK	Mark Krence	Points win / 6 rounds
	10th of July	Wembley Conference Center, London, UK	Dominic Negus	Points win / 6 rounds
	5th October	Olympic Games , Liverpool, UK	Wade Lewis	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	November 23	Boardwalk Hall , Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	Shawn Robinson	Victory / TKO 1st round
2003	February 8	Fountain Leisure Center, Brentford, UK	Rob Calloway	Victory / TKO 5th round
	March 29	Wembley Conference Center, London, UK	Ratko Draskovic	Points win / 8 rounds
	31. May	York Hall, London, UK	Mathew Ellis	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	the 9th of September	Level Nightclub, Miami, USA	Quinn Navarre	Victory / KO 3rd round
	October 3	Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino , Las Vegas, USA	Lisandro Ezequiel Diaz	Victory / TKO 4th round
	12th of December	Edgewater Casino, Laughlin (Nevada), USA	Brian Nix	Victory / TKO 3rd round
2004	March, 20th	Wembley Arena , London, UK	Richel Hersisia WBF World Championship	Victory / KO 4th round
	8th of May	Whitchurch Sports Center, Bristol, UK	Julius Francis WBF title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	June 19th	Alexandra Palace , Wood Green, UK	Tomasz Bonin WBF title defense	Victory / TKO 9th round
2005	June 9th	Pechenga Entertainment Center, Temecula, USA	Robert Davis	Victory / TKO 7th round
	18th of August	HP Pavilion , San Jose (California), USA	Robert Wiggins	Victory / TKO 4th round
	10th of December	ExCeL Exhibition Center , London, UK	Danny Williams (boxer) vacant Commonwealth Championship	Point defeat (polyphonic) / 12 rounds
2006	April 14th	Aqua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, USA	Dominick Guinn	Point loss (unanimous) / 10 rounds
	June 9th	Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	Andrew Greeley	Victory / KO 3rd round
	9th of December	ExCeL Exhibition Center , London, UK	Danny Williams (boxer)	Victory / TKO 3rd round
2007	February 17th	Wembley Arena , London, UK	Michael Sprott EBU European Championship vacant British Championship (BBBofC)	Loss / KO 3rd round
2008	April 19th	Thomas & Mack Center , Las Vegas, USA	Jason Barnett	Victory / TKO 5th round
	September 6th	Manchester Evening News Arena , Manchester, UK	George Arias	Points win / 10 rounds
	6th of December	Manchester Evening News Arena , Manchester, UK	Martin Rogan	Point loss / 10 rounds
2009	October 2nd	ExCeL Exhibition Center , London, UK	Scott Belshaw 'Prizefighter' heavyweight tournament quarterfinals	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	October 2nd	ExCeL Exhibition Center , London, UK	Danny Hughes 'Prizefighter' Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Finals	Point victory (unanimously) / 3 rounds
	October 2nd	ExCeL Exhibition Center , London, UK	Coleman Barrett 'Prizefighter' Heavyweight Tournament Finals	Victory / TKO 2nd round
2010	9th April	Alexandra Palace , Wood Green, UK	Michael Sprott vacant EBU European Championship	Victory / KO 12th round
	November 13th	Manchester Evening News Arena , Manchester, UK	David Haye WBA World Championship	Defeat / TKO 3rd round
2012	May 26	Brentwood Center, Brentwood (Essex), UK	Ali Adams	Victory / TKO 4th round
	October 13th	Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK	David Price (Boxer) Commonwealth Championship British Championship (BBBofC)	Loss / TKO 1st round
2013	February 23	York Hall, London, UK	Claus Bertino 'Prizefighter' heavyweight tournament quarterfinals	Victory / TKO 1st round
	February 23	York Hall, London, UK	Martin Rogan 'Prizefighter' Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals	Point victory (unanimously) / 3 rounds
	February 23	York Hall, London, UK	Derric Rossy 'Prizefighter' Heavyweight Tournament Final	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	April 27	Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, UK	Deontay Wilder	Loss / TKO 1st round

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Audley Harrison retires. In: BoxRec News. May 1, 2013, accessed February 14, 2014 . 

Web links

• Personal internet presence
• Audley Harrison in the BoxRec database
• Audley Harrison in the BoxRec- Encyclopaedia
• Audley Harrison in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )