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.