Heavyweight Prizefighter Report - Audley Is Back Again!

A big, big night for British heavyweight boxing! One of our brightest prospects David Price is KO'd in the second round by the "massive underdog" Tony Thompson, and the assumably "washed-up" Audley Harrison dominates and wins the International Heavyweight Prizefighter tournament. Check out my reaction in the video above. 

Interview With Martin Rogan

In just 17 fights you have already achieved a lot in your career... What has been your proudest moment so far? My proudest moments being the first ever winner of Prizefighter and commonwealth champion both proud moments cant separate. Tyson Fury, Sam Sexton and Audley Harrison are the three most notable fighters you have fought... Who was the toughest? My toughest fight was Matt Skelton.  If you had the chance to rematch Tyson Fury in the near future, would you take it? Yes I would take a rematch with fury in a heartbeat. You are a very big fan of the sport... Who are some of your favourite fighters around today? Martin lindsay, Carl Frampton, Carl Froch, Ricky Hitman Hatton. If you could fight any fighter of any era who would it be? It would be to fight Rocky Maricano, legend. A lot of people want to see you and Dereck Chisora meet in the ring... How much chance do you think there is of this happening? İ would love to give the fight fans what they ask for, Derek and the İron Man Rogan. He's a good fighter, it would be a massive fight. Frank Warren the man that can make it happen. When are you looking to return to the ring? İ hope to be back in the ring early 2013 god spares me.  At the age of 41 you're still going strong... How long can you see yourself continuing to box at a high level? İ will continue fighting until my body says stop, not my head or heart it would never stop they're a scared of me. #fact FAN ZONE (questions from our followers): David Price Vs Tyson Fury... Who wins? İ think David Price would win.  You have a big following on Twitter. Your "Big Rogie Fan Club" (@OurBigRogie)  have asked us to ask you if you enjoy reading the #BigRogieFacts on Twitter? İ love twitter but I really love to read bigrogie facts they're all true. #fact Who has been your biggest inspiration in boxing? My biggest inspiration has been myself simply because I started at the age of 29 and told I would never win a medal ,I didn't listen to those people, I listened to big Rogie and here I am before I turned pro in the ABA's 2 ulster 2 Irish titles at senior and more to add had no experience ,but one man I will name for inspiration and still gives me it is Nugget Nugent former coach amateur Immaculata abc,  these are all big rogie Facts, #Fact  "Cheers Jack for your questions i hope you like my honesty in this. Martin. The İron man Rogan"

Tyson Fury set to face Vinny Maddalone on July 7th...

Tyson Fury after defeating 40-year old cab driver Martin Rogan.

British heavyweight Tyson Fury will return to the ring on July 7th. After all of the 'promises' from his team saying that his next fight will be against a world class opponent, they have matched him with Vinny Maddalone.

Maddalone is a relatively unknown fighter that is not even a slight step up from the likes of fighters that Fury has already been facing. No disrespect to Maddalone, but he even is worse than some of the men that Fury has beat. So, the fact that we were promised that Fury would take on a world level fighter has made this all a big anti-climax.

38-year old Maddalone (35-7, 26 KO's) has shared the ring with Tomasz Adamek, Jean-Marc Mormeck, Denis Boytsov and Evander Holyfield (the very old version) and lost to all of them. He was actually knocked out by Adamek and Holyfield.

Really, this is just a sideways step from Martin Rogan, who Fury stopped in five rounds in April of this year, as Maddalone is 38, and although he's still a full time fighter, he is long past his prime.

Fury and his team claimed that they gave up the British belt because he had bigger fish to fry than David Price (Fury's domestic rival) but there has been no sign of him fighting anyone better at all. It would be a lot better for the 6"9 and his team if they just told the truth and basically tell us that they want to take their time, instead of feeding us with promises that they will not fulfil.

Fury takes a shot at Haye whilst 'bigging' himself up...

Tyson Fury has taken a cheap shot at David Haye whilst bigging himself 
up in an interview. 

He has been locked away in Manchester training harder than he ever has 
before for his fight with Irish hard man Martin Rogan at the Odyssey Arena on April 14th, and he is very grateful for all the support from his 
loyal fan base. 

“The support that I have been getting is unbelievable. When I boxed in 
Belfast last year I got a fantastic reception wherever I went and on 
the night the atmosphere was amazing,” commented Fury. 

Irish warrior Martin Rogan.

Fury then went on to talk about himself: “Now the Irish fans are 
getting right behind me, they want to see me knock out Rogan. They know 
how good I am and they know a real Irish warrior when they see one. 
You’ll never see me sit on my stool and quit or complain about a bad 
toe - I’m the real deal. 

“Rogan probably thought that he would have all the support in the arena 
on April 14 but he’s in for a shock because I’m going to feed off the 
great support that is coming my way. 

“I’m very proud of my Irish roots, my uncle lives just outside Belfast, 
so there’s going to be great support for me and I will do them proud by 
knocking out wee Rogie. 

“He’s a proud guy and I’m sure he’ll give it his best but when you look 
at the two of us there’s a big difference in class and that will be the 
difference on the night.” 

Now that Fury has proved he is of Irish origin, he wants his next 
couple of fights to be on Irish soil until he manages to get a world 
title shot. 

“The Irish fans are just fantastic, I really feel at home there. The 
Odyssey Arena is going to be packed out, the tickets are flying and 
after I beat Rogan I know the fans will want to come back again and 
again because they will have a world class heavyweight to support. 

“Bringing a World heavyweight title fight to Irish soil would be very 
special and there’s nobody else can do that except me.”

Martin Rogan discusses tomorrow night and the Heavyweight Prizefighter

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Martin Rogan returns to the ring tomorrow night for a "tune-up" before he enters the anticipated heavyweight Prizefighter on February 23rd. 

Audley harrison discusses Prizefighter: "The fire is still burning. More than ever"!

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Audley Harrison attempts to resurrect his career once again this weekend when he enters the highly competitive International Heavyweight Prizefighter tournament. 

Martin Rogan Post-Fight Interview

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Irish heavyweight Martin Rogan returned to the ring last night for a "tune-up" fight before he enters the Prizefighter Heavyweights tournament on February 23rd. He defeated Ladislav Koravik on points over four rounds to claim the 15th win of his career.