Before the Joe Calzaghe v Bernard Hopkins clash on Saturday, another famous British boxer was on the comeback trail.

After fourteen months out of the ring following his knock-out loss to Michael Sprott, Audley Harrison (22-0-3) stepped back in the ring and laboured to a fifth round stoppage of his journeyman opponent.

Jason Barnett (10-0-7) was essentially a club fighter who was brought in to make Audley look good on his comeback, however things didn't exactly go as planned.

Audley said he was working on the jab and was happy with the performance, fight fans though have seemingly run out of patience for the Olympic Champion. This is a guy that Audley should've destroyed, the fact that the moment he hit him with two telling body shots, Barnett went down and the fight was waved off said everything.

Harrison still believes that he has a shot at a World Heavyweight Title. He is helped that the division is at its weakest for nigh on fifty years, but people are questioning his hunger and desire to really work for the big prize.

The frustrating thing with Audley is that he all the raw tools needed to be a champion. When he turned professional he had everything ahead of him. The Setanta Sports team questioned whether his big contract with the BBC had dried up his hunger and it is a legitimate question.

Harrison has fought 25 times and his only impressive performances were against Danny Williams (when Williams had been a late replacement) and in the first round against Michael Sprott, when Harrison had him down in the first. He had complete control of the fight before getting lazy and sticking his chin out and getting knocked out with a peach of a shot. The fact that Harrison still thinks that it was a 'lucky shot' says everything about the man, making it very hard to like him.

He will get another shot because for one reason or another - the British public want to see him. They were talking about him possibly fighting David Haye down the line, but I'm sorry, Audley isn't even in his league.

Harrison needs to stay busy and fight several fights before the end of the year. He has to completely rebuild his career and impress whilst winning. He is an incredibly lucky man that he has the fame, or should I say infamy, that means the public and the TV companies will still give him another shot.

If he does come back and gets around to winning a title then it'll be quite a turnaround. However I do not see it and see his career as one almighty waste of talent.