Results for tag: Audley Harrison
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Nov 10, 2010 at 09:10:59 PM
It's normally good to listen to the [b]experts[/b]. When you're weighing up a bet, getting the views of the men who've been there and done it themselves, or seen decades of similar contests, can help you crystallise your thoughts.
So with the [b]Haye v Harrison[/b] world title fight now just three days away it seemed a good morning to check out the opinions in the papers. Surprise, surprise - four out of five experts quoted this morning give big Audley a puncher's chance or more of winning.
Betfair's punters have hardened their view in the opposite direction, with [b]Haye's[/b] price trimming a fraction to 1.16, and a first round stoppage in his favour the most popular outcome at 9.5. And on their side is that the most logical assessment comes today from the last bloke who did get...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Nov 8, 2010 at 11:50:31 AM
The biggest heavyweight clash in Britain since Lewis and Bruno went at it in Cardiff 17 years ago promises to be our boxing event of the year but let's get it straight from the off - in terms of form, ability and levels, this is close to a mismatch.
If it was a verbal spar maybe Haye V Harrison would be 50-50 with both fighters enlivening the build up with zealous jibes and generally engaging banter. Haye has promised Sky 3D viewers will be able to watch a one dimensional fighter get a three dimensional beating while Harrison has stared into the camera repeating "yes I can."
Make no mistake, this fight will definitely pull in the casual viewer and [b]Audley continues to sound convincing[/b]. But let none of that persuasive patter about destiny sway you from the bare facts: Harrison...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Nov 3, 2010 at 02:15:29 PM
We all love a rumour. It's human nature. Ask us and we'll tell you that facts are sacred, and spreading [b]gossip[/b] without any foundation is all wrong. But then tell us something in the strictest confidence and we'll soon whisper it to the next man along the line.
Back when I was at journalism college the lecturers told you never to repeat claims without first checking the facts behind them. And believe it or not newspapers still do try hard to follow those principles. But in the [b]online[/b] world there are terabytes full of wild suggestions and stories, and whole chunks of the Web that are specifically designed to pass them on.
That's something which [b]Audley Harrison's[/b] people know only too well, and he's given a masterclass this week in how to turn what might be fiction...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Oct 27, 2010 at 03:30:39 PM
An all-British Heavyweight title fight is always going to generate buzz and David Haye's showdown with Audley Harrison is beginning to do just that. Last time out we saw Frank Bruno take on Lennox Lewis for his third attempt to win the crown. Bruno was up on one card (59-55) and tied on the other two cards (57-57) before Lewis stepped up to finish the contest in the 7th.
They were two very evenly matched pugilists and that was a true pick 'em fight. This Haye v Harrison is not the same. [b]WBA Champion Haye is by far the better fighter[/b] and Harrison has done nothing in his career to deserve a title shot.
For the past year Haye has running his trap, calling out the Klitschko brothers at every opportunity. When Wlad stepped up and offered him a fight on 50-50 terms with no clauses...