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The art of boxing Audley Harrison is the real deal - a British heavyweight boxer of stirring potential. But how will he fit into the cultural pantheon? Is he ready to enter that mythical ring in which Muhammad Ali and Robert De Niro slug it out for eternity? Jonathan Rendall on the connection between culture and prize-fighting
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Audley Harrison is a very good heavyweight boxer. He was Olympic
champion. He is unbeaten as a professional. He has become the
anointed heir to the heavyweight throne. He fights next week but is
most unlikely to lose. He is British into the bargain. At almost 18st
and 6ft 5in he would dwarf most contenders and champions from
previous decades - and remember that professional boxing as we know
it is essentially a 20th century invention. Harrison is as big as
Primo Carnera, "The Ambling Alp", wh...
