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Mikk · 12-10-2006, 07:47 AM

From: BBC

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Audley Harrison began the process of restoring his reputation by winning his grudge re-match against fellow Briton Danny Williams inside three rounds. Harrison was widely criticised after a lame performance in losing a split decision to Williams 12 months earlier.
But in the first round at London's ExCel Arena, a stunning left left Williams with a badly cut nose.
Williams was cut under his left eye in the second before Harrison claimed a technical knockout in the third.
Williams had taken the Commonwealth heavyweight title by beating Harrison in a split decision one year ago, although that belt was taken from Williams by Matt Skelton in July.
Skelton was due to fight Harrison here, at London's Excel, but he withdrew through injury so Williams stepped in at a week's notice for a re-match of that bout last December, which ended in bitter recriminations for Harrison.

The pair had clashed at the pre-fight weigh-in, and Harrison continued that aggression inside the first round as he opened up Williams' nose.
After two minutes of the second round, the fight was stopped so the referee could study Williams' face - by now a bloody mess with cuts across the nose and underneath his left eye.
Williams persuaded everyone he was fit to continue, but Harrison continued to take the fight to his opponent for the remainder of round two.
Williams' corner desperately tried to repair the damage ahead of round three, but his face looked like that of a man who had gone 12 rounds, rather than two.
Williams knew there was a danger that his cuts might result in an early stoppage, so he had a real go at knocking Harrison out at the start of the third.

But Harrison was the one who claimed the knockout, sending Williams to the canvas with an uppercut.
Williams got up for one more go, but he was hit with yet another uppercut, prompting the referee to end the contest after two minutes, 32 seconds of that round.
"I have come back to the same venue after a torrid time last year and have done a job," Harrison told ITV after the fight.
"In 2007 I will win the world title, in 2008 I will be undisputed. You saw today I have definitely got the skills.
"People say I've got no heart and am petrified. The bottom line is that we all have bad days at the office.
"Last year I was not in the right place. I came back today with my closet cleared out. Boxing is what I want to do and let me go on in my career."

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Amir Khan won the first title of his professional career as he beat Rachid Drilzane for the IBF inter-continental light welterweight title on Saturday. But the Olympic silver medallist was made to work hard for his win, which came on points after 10 hard rounds.
Khan, who turned 20 on Friday, was fighting a 10-round bout for the first time, and he got his toughest test.
The Bolton fighter took a standing count in the seventh but his constant jabbing earned a unanimous points win.
Khan used his lightning-fast hands to direct the fight in the opening couple of rounds, as he rocked Drilzane with some excellent shots.
But the Frenchman was also throwing some decent punches, and the third, fourth and fifth rounds saw him continuing to press Khan.
Once the sixth round came and went, Khan was into virgin territory as he had never before fought beyond this point in his fledgling career.
Perhaps tellingly, he did not have a good seventh.

Drilzane started that round with real intent, pursuing Khan around the ring, and forced Khan to take a standing count midway through when he caught him with a good left.
In the eighth, Khan managed to get back on top, getting around the ring again and probing constantly with his quick combinations.
The ninth again followed a similar pattern as Khan kept his nose in front on points whilst also being tested by the dogged Drilzane.
Even in the final round, Drilzane, knowing he probably needed a knockout, went after the Briton, but Khan was able to keep boxing, and keep out of danger, as he took his first title.
With a bright future ahead of him, Khan may well see his first 10-round work-out, in only his 10th professional fight, as more useful than the belt.
"To be honest I've never gone eight rounds even in sparring," Khan told ITV. "But I've shown that I can take a punch and come back from it."
Khan said his seventh-round knockdown was "not a knockdown" and added that his foot got stuck in the ropes. "There was no punch thrown," he insisted.
"My teenage years have gone, I'm celebrating my 20th birthday and my first belt."

I saw both fights last night and both were very entertaining.

It was good to see Khan actually fight and not just charge in and knock his opponent out.

The Williams/Harrison fight was also good and Harrison really went to work on Williams once he was cut.