Quote Originally Posted by Mark TKO
You all know how I hated Audley from the start from dissing me and some other fans in Las Vegas before he had even had a pro fight to poncing around and taking 6 months off after he had had 10 fights to not even challenging for British crown for 5 years...

AND you all know how I predicted from day one he would lose within 19 fights and be found out and kayoed within 24 fights.

Yes - I hated him !

BUT you know what - I actually now have a little bit of sympathy for him (just a smidgeon ). Why did the BBC have to go and chuck a million quid at him before he'd started ? He came in to a media frenzy and maybe actually believed some of it that he was the next best thing and the heavyweight crown was his destiny. Ok he was a lazy git but when you are a millionaire before your first fight where's the hunger ?? Guess what I'm saying is it's not all his own doing.

I really fear for Amir Khan too and as soon as he steps up and gets in with someone with a decent punch I think his world could come crumbling down....

I think the difference between Amir Khan and Audley Harrison is that Harrison made a conscious decision to do it all himself and avoid working with promoters, which basically saw him fighting lots of no-hopers before his first fight with Danny Williams, while Amir Khan is getting a very slow gradient of opponents, but he won't be making a giant leap in class like Audley did. Audley is a sad case, as he really messed up and should have gone with an experienced promoter who'd have taken him on gradually, rather than thinking he could do everything himself.