I decided to watch "The Best Of Enemies" on Saturday. For those of you who aren't hugely into boxing, that was David "Hayemaker" Haye vs Audley "A-Force" Harrison for the WBO heavyweight championship.

Challenger Audley Harrison came into this fight flying-high after an electrifying win at the Olympics, ten years ago. Since then he had set the world alight by losing several fights, including a defeat at the hands of a Belfast taxi-driver in 2008.

In the pre-fight press conference, things got personal. The former friends, who had trained together in the past, argued about who would win and things that had happened at these training sessions. At times it felt like me arguing with one of my friends about somebody beating me at conkers at school. Which NEVER happened. Right!

"I don't believe Audley deserves a shot at the heavyweight title." Hmm, why are you going to fight him then David? Surely not for the supposed easy victory and £5m you'll make from it?

Wanting to remain media-friendly and have the public on his side, David Haye thought the best way to promote the fight was to compare the beating he would deliver on "Fraudley" (genius) to a violent sex-attack, promising the fight would be "as one-sided as a gang rape."

The world media gasped at the shocking statement, while Sky News invited everyone's favourite ear-biting rapist (to be fair he doesn't have much competition for that title) Mike Tyson to give his thoughts on the fight.

Haye saying these things is appalling but Mike doing them in the past is clearly forgotten about, he appears in wacky comedies about stag parties now. Mike himself knows about "trash talking" too, having promised to eat Lennox Lewis' children in 2000, despite Lennox not having any.

Audley continued to speak in the press about his 'density', sorry 'destiny', and how he would be the world champion.

So came the "fight".

The picture above is undoubtedly the best shot Harrison hit Haye with all night. This is because it was the only punch he connected with in the whole fight. After two rounds of not much the referee stopped it in the third round as Haye did what he said he would.

After the fight I felt a bit sorry for Audley, as he was interviewed in the dressing room having clearly been crying. Then I remembered the reported £1m he was to make from the fight. Not exactly what most boxers mean when they say the have a million dollar punch. Good work if you can get it.

Where now for Audley? His boxing career is surely over.

Perhaps now Gerard Kelly has passed away he can move into pantomime, following in the footsteps of British boxing-great Frank Bruno:



Doubt he'll get paid £1m for six minutes of standing about though.

I found out earlier this week that a young relative of mine had suddenly and tragically died. At just 15 years old he had collapsed from a brain haemorrhage, and was dead by the time he arrived at hospital.

On Facebook, a page set up in memory of him had hundreds of people become members within the first day of being set up. Tributes poured in for a young man described as 'generous and thoughtful.'

I have thought about and questioned his death quite a lot over the past days. In a newspaper article praising his thoughtfulness, it told how he had raised money for charity, and had walked some 12 miles to lay a floral tribute every time a marine based at his local Condor had died. He had aspirations to join the marines himself.

Then my Gran told me that since dying, he had saved six lives through organ donation.

I'm sure many people would say ''I would happily donate my organs if I died'', but for a young person, still technically a child, to have the foresight and thought for others to do so was heartwarming.

In this country we have what's known as the 'opt-in' system, whereby a person must give prior consent, either through telling a relative or registering with the organ donor's register or carrying a donor card, to say they would donate their organs.

The other system, used in countries such as Sweden, Spain and Austria is the 'opt-out' system. Under a system of "opting out" or "presumed consent", every person living in that country is deemed to have given their consent to organ donation unless they have specifically "opted out" by recording in writing their unwillingness to give organs.

Surely this should now be the system in use in this country? If you die and have the ability to save the lives of others with organs that are no longer any use to you then by default they should become available for donation. If a person has some profound moral or religious objection to this then they would make a point of 'opting-out'.

The British Medical Journal published a conservative estimate that the number of available organs would rise by 30% if there were a switch to presumed consent instead of the present "opt-in" donor card system. This means there is a huge amount of needless pain and anguish for those who urgently need a transplant and their loved ones.

The fact that the profound sadness that is felt by the kin of a person who passes away can be prevented in the families of six more people should be proof enough that this system is for the best.

This has made me make a point of registering for organ donation. You can do so by following the link at the bottom or clicking here. It only takes five minutes but it could mean life or death for someone someday.

Rest in peace Andrew



To register for organ donation, follow the link below:

https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/ukt/Consent.do?campaign=1960