The A-Force turning into A-Farce

Audley Harrison's dreams of a world title clash with either of the Klitschko's have been dashed. It comes after Harrison's fight with European Heavyweight champion Albert Sosnowski was called off.

Sosnowski has instead opted for a world title fight against Vitali Klitschko on the 29th May in Schalke's football stadium in Gelsenkirchen, where the prospective Wladimir vs. David Haye fight was scheduled to take place.

Last month Audley Harrison had gone far enough to say that a fight against the current European champion would be enough to propel him to a fight against the Klistchko's, without the need to fight his old foe and sparring partner David Haye.

Harrison claimed that no one in America was talking about the new WBA champion David Haye and that Audley himself was better known on the other side of the Atlantic than Haye.

Harrison constantly puts blame upon the BBC for the way that he was treated whilst contracted to BBC Sport. Audley admits that after four defeats in eights fights that he was coming back a broken man to fight for an eventual European title. His personal mission is to became a world champion, admitting that perhaps he may be crazy or delusional. The latter being the most appropriate.

After the announcement of the fight with the hugely popular pole Harrison claimed that following his Olympic success he would show all his ability and why after Sydney he went 19 & 0. To be truthful to you Audley the reason you went 19 & 0 was because you were fighting bums my friend.

They say the truth is hard to take but you have to be cruel to be kind.

Harrison beat Tomasz Bonin in a Alphabelt title fight, a World Boxing Federation championship fight for all of you who care, in nine rounds in a bout scheduled for 12. David Haye on the other hand, while preparing for a European Cruiserweight fight, disposed of Bonin within a round. . . . .

Harrison then lost on a split decision to Danny Williams and then a unanimous decision to unknown fighter Dominick Guinn. Fraudley then got back to winning way via a 3rd round KO victory against another nobody in the form of Andrew Greely.

His next fight was a demolition of Danny Williams in 2006, a Danny Willaims that he hadn't been during his victory against Harrison. Williams was a shadow of his former self. It was following this fight that the ITV audience were promised that Audley would become a heavy weight champion by 2008 and an undisputed champ by 2009. This did not happen. . . . hell in this time David Haye became the undisputed champion of the cruiser-weight division and then a champion in the heavy weight division!

As ever our hopes were raised by Audley following the Willaims fight. They were the dashed by Reading fighter Michael Sprott, doing what I can only describe as 'flopping' him in round three. Harrison maintains that no one saw the punch that sent him to the canvas like a giant redwood coming. . . well, clearly neither did he. It's always the punches you don't see coming that knock you out.

Since then Audley Harrison has been a series of fits and starts and the winning of the Prize fighter competition has only deluded him further, making him believe he is actually capable of a world title.

After this recent set back it seems unlikely that he will ever capture a world title, certainly if he doesn't intend to do it via David Haye. Haye faces John Ruiz on April 3rd, a fight I shall be at. Vitali's younger brother Wladimir, holder of the WBO, IBF & IBO heavy weight titles, in turn faces Eddie Chambers on the 20th March before Vitali's contest with the EBU title holder. With these dates set it looks as though the path is set for Harrison's old sparring partner, Haye, to clean up this lack-luster heavy weight division and set himself up to become the undisputed champion of the world.