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The Super-Featherweights get their first chance to shine in the [b]Prizefighter[/b] series at the York Hall, Bethnal Green on Saturday evening. Promoter Barry Hearn has unearthed a gem with this competition and another explosive night looks a formality. This will be the 15th edition of Prizefighter and anybody tuning in for the first time will more than likely become an addict. If you like [b]boxing[/b] and betting then look no further, with seven fights in one night, plenty of different markets on offer and no end of excitement, it really is the perfect way to spend a Saturday night in. Some big names have contested this event in the past and it can often prove a springboard to huge pay-days in the future, as Audley Harrison would testify. His career was heading nowhere when he entered...

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...

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...