Audley Harrison returned from a 12-month lay-off to secure a seventh-round win over American trial-horse Robert Davis in Temecula, California.

English heavyweight Audley Harrison will face mediocre American Robert Davis on June 9 after the withdrawal of original opponent Billy Zumbrun.

WITH ALL the hype and expectation that preceded him into the hallowed ring at Madison Square Garden last Saturday night, it was perhaps inevitable that disappointment and a bruised ego should clamber back out between the ropes and follow heavyweight boxing’s great white hope back to his dressing room.

VITALI KLITSCHKO bounced back from his brave loss to Lennox Lewis in impressive fashion with a second-round win over Canada’s Kirk Johnson in New York.