Skysports.com gives you a run down of the eight hopefuls bidding to be crowned Prizefighter champion
Skysports.com looks at the hopefuls bidding to be Prizefigher champion
The third series of Prizefighter: The Heavyweights returns to Sky Sports on Friday with eight of the country's leading fighters set to slug it out.
Current British champion Danny Williams heads the list, with old foe Audley Harrison and former holder of the Lonsdale belt Scott Gammar among those hoping to make an impression.
And ahead of the much anticipated night of action,
skysports.com gives you a run down of the eight fighters hoping to be crowned champion.
Carl Baker
Nickname: The Fridge
Hometown: Sheffield.
Date of birth: January 3, 1982.
Height: 6ft 3in. Family: Too many to name!
Trainers: Clifton Mitchell and Mark Willie.
Career achievements: Winning British Masters title.
Coleman Barrett
Nickname: The Irish Stallion.
Hometown: Galway, Ireland.
Date of birth: November 10, 1982.
Height: 6ft 3in.
Weight: 16st 5lb.
Family: Four children.
Trainer: Keith Walker.
Career achievements: Junior bronze at World Championships (amateur) and five Irish titles at amateur.
Scott Belshaw
Nickname: None.
Hometown: Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
Date of birth: July 8, 1975.
Height: 6ft 7in.
Weight: 18st.
Family: Mother Carol, dad Raymond, sister Tracy
Trainer: Sam Wilton.
Career achievements: Won five Irish titles as an amateur, ten second victory in my debut
Scott Gammer
Nickname: The Hammer.
Hometown: Pembroke Dock.
Date of birth: October 24, 1976.
Height: 6ft 2in.
Weight: 18st before fights, 17st on day of Prizefighter.
Family: Wife Jody, kids Charlie, Ella, Zac and Frankie.
Trainer: Jim Bromfield.
Career achievements: Turning professional and winning and defending the British title.
Audley Harrison
Nickname: A Force.
Hometown: Westlake Village, California.
Date of birth: October 26, 1971 (London).
Height: 6ft 5in.
Weight: 18st.
Trainer: Shadeed Suluki.
Career achievements: Olympic gold medallist in 2000, WBF champion in 2004-05, rectified loss to Danny Williams in 2005 with a TKO in the third round in December 2006.
Danny Hughes
Nickname: Danny Boy
Hometown: Sunderland.
Date of birth: March 3, 1986.
Height: 6ft 5in.
Weight: 18st 11lb.
Family: Mum, dad, three brothers, two sisters and a girlfriend
Trainer: Tommy Conroy.
Career achievements: NABC national champion, ranked third in the UK amateur rankings, ABA semi-finalist in my first go at the ABAs.
Neil Perkins
Nickname: None.
Hometown: Birmingham.
Date of birth: October 2, 1981.
Height: 6ft 4 1/2 in.
Weight: 16st 7lb
Family: Girlfriend.
Trainer: Paul Gough.
Career achievements: Midlands amateur champion, ABA finalist, undefeated as a professional
Danny Williams
Nickname: The Brixton Bomber
Hometown: Brixton.
Date of birth: July 13, 1973.
Height: 6ft 2in.
Weight: 18st 6lb.
Family: Two brothers and one sister.
Trainer: David Pereira.
Career achievements: Beating Mike Tyson and Mark Potter.
