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Team Gammer Sticks To Guns
Over Audley Harrison Rejection
British Heavyweight Champion
Scott Gammer's promoter/manager Paul Boyce confirms that he
has rejected the overtures of Audley Harrison's new promoter
Sports Network and turned down an offer to meet "A-Force" at
London's Wembley Stadium in February.
"There been a lot of talk about
Scott possibly fighting Audley Harrison," said Boyce. "But
it's probably not going to happen. We've offered the fight
to Audley twice in the past and he turned us down both
times. Now, he's got nothing to offer us back.
"The offer we were given
recently to fight Audley called for the bout to take place
in London but Scott is the champion and we think that when
the fight takes place it should take place in Wales. Why
should Scott have the disadvantages if he's the champion?"
Boyce is taking the long term
view for the career of Gammer and his strategy does include
a bout with Harrison, just not at this time. "We have two
other options, right now, that are better offers than what
we've been presented to fight Harrison," admitted the
Welshman.
"We're trying to put together a
three fight package; a voluntary defense on February 16,
face Danny Williams,
Scott's mandatory and who we still have a contract to fight, at the end of March or beginning of April and then fight Audley if he's still interested, but in Wales."
While Harrison's winning
performance against Williams two weeks ago converted many to
the "A-Force" bandwagon, Boyce isn't one of them. "Audley
was blowing by the third round and I didn't think that he
looked any better than he has in his other fights," he said.
"Danny took that fight on about 10 days notice and he wasn't
fit; he didn't do anything in the fight. I think Danny knew
he was in it only for the money."
Should Harrison and Gammer ever
lock horns, Boyce envisions a far different experience for
the former Olympic Gold Medallist. "Audley hasn't really
fought anyone like Scott before," he said. "Scott will be
angry, he'll be fast, he's very accurate with his punches
and he can adapt.
"People don't realize that he's
a very good boxer. Plus he can do something that Audley
cannot and that is Scott can work for all three minutes and
he can do it for twelve rounds. Scott wants the Audley
fight."
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