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Rogan inflicts more misery on Harrison

Last updated: 7th December 2008

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Audley Harrison once again proved that his heavyweight world title aspirations are nothing but a distant dream after Belfast taxi driver Martin Rogan beat him on points in London on Saturday night.

The Olympic gold medalist paid the price for a negative and lazy display that handed the aggressive and effective Rogan victory on a plate.

Harrison landed freely with his right hand in the second round but Rogan began roughing him up and stunned the Wembley southpaw with a crisp left hook in the fourth.

Occasionally scoring with the jab, Harrison invited the winner of 'Prizefighter One' to hit him in the sixth but barely threw a single punch in the seventh.

A heavy right sent Harrison, whose caution and constant holding prompted jeers from the crowd, reeling a round later and Rogan did enough to stretch his flawless record to 11 victories.

Dream alive

Despite the defeat, Harrison told Sky Box Office: "The heart, thoughness, all things people said I didn't have, I think I showed that very well tonight.

"I almost got him, the dream isn't over, i'll pick up my work rate and it almost was there."

Rogan stood up for his opponent afterwards, insisting he had plenty of respect for his fellow heavyweight.

"People boo Audley but I have an awful lot of respect for the man," he said.

"As far as I'm concerned I take people at face value and to me he's a nice guy. He was following his dream but his dream didn't make out. I had to step in and stop him."