Audley Harrison Biography

Audley Harrison MBE is a retired British professional boxer from Harlesden England who fought in the heavyweight division. At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney he became the first British fighter to win an Olympic gold medal in the superheavyweight division.
Harrison turned professional 2001 after signing a contract with BBC Sport. Harrison had 17 fights on the network before BBC Sport pulled all boxing from their programming.
In October 2009 he won the Prizefighter tournament. He became European heavyweight champion after knocking out Michael Sprott in April 2010. In February 2013 Harrison won the Prizefighter tournament for the second time becoming the first fighter to do so.
Boxing out of Repton Amateur Boxing Club in Bethnal Green London Harrison became British super heavyweight champion in 1997 defeating Nick Kendall in the final. He retained the title in 1998 defeating Dean Redmond and won Gold at the 1998 Commonwealth Games beating Michael Macquae of Mauritius in the final. In 2000 he won Gold at the Sydney Olympics by defeating Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov of Kazakhstan on points. After his medal win Harrison was awarded an MBE. In 2001 Harrison released his autobiography Realising the Dream and set up his own company A Force Promotions to manage his career and concluded several high profile sponsorships deals and became the first boxer in Britain to sign a direct broadcast deal.

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