Would Audley Harrison Beat Charles Martin?

[TitoFan]

It's the principle of the thing. Obviously the only consideration here is that Audley's British, and Martin is not. As I said, there's an exciting young group of UK HW prospects out there (well.... a prospect and a champion). But let's not get carried away and make believe Audley is something he's not.

I think you are being a bit unfair with that assertion. We have for over a hundred years had a very good, tough and demanding domestic scene here in Britain. So we are more than capable of being able to assess when fighters are incapable of stepping up, and when the gulf is too big. I think Eric has a point. It easy to just trot out the "OH Audley will fold, that's what he does" line but actually earlier in his career (post Olympics) after losing to Danny Williams and then Sprott he fought them again and beat them. So yeah an Audley now might struggle, but the guy can clump a bit and even with having issues with his mental game, could still knock a lot of HW's spark out. Unlikely but not impossible.

Obviously the guy has pop. Big, strong guy with a decent KO percentage on his record. But every time he stepped up to the big stage, he had a propensity to lose via spectacular early round KTFO. It's the HW's, so anything can happen..... a lucky punch, and the fight turns. But the guy's record speaks for itself.

Beyond that, however, it's Eric's stone clad assertion on the matter. The same Eric who calls Frank Bruno the best fighter (not HW..... fighter) over six rounds in the history of boxing, p4p. He also unabashedly calls the still rising AJ "the most exciting heavyweight since Iron Mike Tyson." Do you detect a pattern here?

So when you say... "we are more than capable of being able to assess when fighters are incapable of stepping up, and when the gulf is too big"..... you're casting your net over a whole bunch of people. This is one of those things where you have to individualize. Maybe substituting "I am" for "we are" would go over a bit better.