Boxing: Harrison must overcome Nix quickly to clinch major fight
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Your support makes all the difference.Audley Harrison's extended ring education continues tonight in Loughlin, near Las Vegas, when he fights for the 14th time as a professional against Brian Nix, one of America's most respected and durable journeymen.
It is without doubt the stiffest test so far in Harrison's career. Nix has lost 11 and won 18 but he has mixed in impressive company and even when defeated he tends to offer a serious degree of resistance. Earlier this year Nix outpointed the former double world champion, Tim Witherspoon, but in his last fight he was stopped in seven rounds by the highly regarded Andrew Golota.
If Harrison can stop Nix quicker than Golota managed, then he will undoubtedly improve his position in an increasingly wide-open heavyweight division. Six months ago he looked a long way off a meaningful fight but a quick win against Nix will move Harrison into contention for a major bout next year.
Harrison has been training at Johnny Tocco's gym in Las Vegas, which is surely the filthiest and most basic of the "Neon City's" boxing gyms. His sessions have been conducted behind closed doors and once again it is said that he is in good condition. "I will be coming back to Britain next year and cleaning up the scene," Harrison said, "but right now I have some business in America to get out of the way."
* The promoter Don King has agreed to pay the former world super-middleweight champion, Terry Norris, $7.5m (£4.4m) after a New York court found Norris had been underpaid for his later fights.
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