âClark Kent grew upâ: Audley Harrison on fighting the system, Olympic gold and life after the ring | TheBriefWire
âClark Kent grew upâ: Audley Harrison on fighting the system, Olympic gold and life after the ring
Published 11 August 2026 ¡ india
Olympic super-heavyweight champion takes satisfaction from changing British boxing for the better, but still wants to train a world champion âI was the Olympic champion
Olympic super-heavyweight champion takes satisfaction from changing British boxing for the better, but still wants to train a world champion âI was the Olympic champion, and I was the next big thing, but the system had to win,â Audley Harrison says as he reflects on his rise and fall as a fighter who changed so much in British boxing while failing to fulfil his grandest ambitions in the ring.
Harrison had once been considered a likely successor to Lennox Lewis, the undisputed world heavyweight champion, but he became a figure of ridicule mocked as âFraudley Harrisonâ. He retired in 2013 with a modest 31â7 record and having never come close to winning the world title many thought would be his inevitable glory when he took gold at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
But Harrison dragged British boxing fleetingly into the mainstream and ripped up the old traditions of the fight game by managing and promoting himself. Continue
Published: August 11, 2026 ⢠11:30 AM IST ¡ Updated: August 11, 2026 ⢠12:11 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Olympic super-heavyweight champion takes satisfaction from changing British boxing for the better, but still wants to train a world champion âI was the Olympic champion, and I was the next big thing, but the system had to win,â Audley Harrison says as he reflects on his rise and fall as a fighter who changed so much in British boxing while failing to fulfil his grandest ambitions in the ring.
Harrison had once been considered a likely successor to Lennox Lewis, the undisputed world heavyweight champion, but he became a figure of ridicule mocked as âFraudley Harrisonâ.
He retired in 2013 with a modest 31â7 record and having never come close to winning the world title many thought would be his inevitable glory when he took gold at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. But Harrison dragged British boxing fleetingly into the mainstream and ripped up the old traditions of the fight...
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