Fraudley vs. Sprott

[Kev]

When the best guy you've ever faced is...excuse me...Dominic Guinn and you gave a performance that haunts the dreams of boxing fans everywhere...and then you get knocked out by Michael Sprott, you're not getting a title shot. Especially at 35 years old.

Best fighter he fought was Danny Williams, and that rematch he looked pretty good from the youtube vid.

I'm not going to dismiss a knockout. But the way fans treat one fighter when they get knocked out and defend it like it was nothing but with some fighters they poitn and laigh at the knockout in the same scenario. I'm not denying the knockout and I'm not an Audley "fan" I'm a fan of boxing. And I see that far too often. You've seen everything when you've heard a zab judah fan that he was dazed because he hit the back of his head on the canvas against Tszyu But when Audley Harrison gets knocked out everybody laughs and acts like he was losing the fight? He looked good from what I saw. No matter the opponent Audley was looking good up until the KO. I don't deny the KO, but you don't deny the performance prior. And if there's a rematch Audley will win probably.

I'll give you a for at least trying to cut Audley some slack.

I think his title chances now look almost hopelessly remote and his pro career will probably go down in British boxing history as a wasted opportunity but I don't really understand the hatred this man seems to inspire.

He thought he was going to be great, he talked about it in those terms and he got exposed as someone who was far inferior to what he thought he was.

That doesn't make him a child killer, or a heroin dealer. He's not out raping women in parks or robbing from defenceless old ladies (unless you count some of his opponents, lol) so I don't think he deserves all the contempt that he gets.

If he does decide to give it one more go I for one will root for him. I'd like to see his undoubted talent finally bear some fruit and I'd like him to prove his legion of critics wrong.