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© Lawrence Lustig Prizefighter Champion Audley Harrison believes David Haye will inspire him to win boxing titles in 2010. Haye claimed the WBA Heavyweight Championship on Saturday and Harrison believes the victory acts as an incentive for the rest of the British heavyweights.

© Lawrence Lustig The latest edition of Prizefighter, Heavyweights III, was highly entertaining with well-known fighters in the equation of Audley Harrison, Danny Williams and Scott Gammer. The tournament had decent domestic talent in the mix despite Michael Sprott’s withdrawal. Harrison and Williams were touted to meet each other in …

Barry Hearn believes Prizefighter Heavyweights III winner Audley Harrison could have a shot at a world title before 2011. Hearn, who promoted Friday’s Prizefighter event, thinks Harrison, 37, is finally showing his ability after winning an Olympic gold in 2000.

Audley Harrison managed to rub some of the tarnish off his career last night by winning Prizefighter Heavyweights III at London’s Excel Arena. As usual among this series of three round extravaganzas, there were upsets galore as the original lineup of eight fighters went to work in the opening quarterfinal …

© Lawrence Lustig The successful Prizefighter series continues tonight at London’s Excel Arena when eight of the country’s top heavyweights go head to head in an elimination tournament. Amongst the eight attempting to bag the £32,000 prize fund are bitter rivals and former opponents Danny Williams and Audley Harrison. Both …

Danny Hughes believes the ‘big names’ in Friday’s Prizefighter Heavyweights III will ‘fold under pressure’. Hughes, 23, is the youngest competitor in Barry Hearn’s latest eight-man, one-night tournament, which will be held at London’s ExCel Arena. The event includes some of the best fighters in the division, including current British …

Carl Baker has vowed to make Mike Tyson eat his words after ‘Iron Mike’ ridiculed him live on television. Tyson performed the draw for next Friday’s Prizefighter Heavyweights III and dismissed Baker as having no chance after he was paired with Danny Williams.

Carl Baker is the heaviest fighter for Friday’s Prizefighter Heavyweights III event. Baker, 27, weighted in at 20st 7lb more than four stone heavier than Coleman Barrett, who, at 15st, 13lb, is the lightest man of the eight. Prizefighter has caught the imagination of fight fans with 5,000 people expected …

Audley Harrison has threatened to inflict ‘a lot more punishment’ on Danny Williams in Friday’s Prizefighter Heavyweights III event. Harrison, 37, thinks victory in the eight-man, one-night tournament will see ‘the rebirth’ of his career and lead to him becoming World Champion inside two years. However, Williams, the current British …

Coleman Barrett believes he is in the best condition ever and ready to cause a massive upset by winning Friday’s Prizefighter Heavyweights III. Barrett, 26, is one of eight heavyweights vying for £32,000 in Barry Hearn’s latest Prizefighter event, which will be staged at the ExCel Arena in London.

Undefeated prospect Neil Perkins has been given a potential life-changing opportunity by being drafted into Prizefighter Heavyweights III. Perkins, 27, comes in to replace Michael Sprott, who has withdrawn from the eight-man, one-night boxing tournament after the recent death of his sister Ginette. The latest Prizefighter event, which will be …

Former undisputed heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson admits he has turned into a softie. One-time hell-raiser Tyson, once known as the ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’, believes he is now a reformed, family man. “As far as my personal life goes, everything’s changed,” said Tyson. “I have an eight-month-old baby …