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Harrison won super heavyweight gold at the Sydney Games and was tipped to become a world champion in the professional ranks.
BBC: WBA champion David Haye to fight Audley Harrison
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For Taylor, 30, a former undisputed middleweight king, his clash with Froch marks a chance to become a world champion once more.
BBC: McCracken confident of Froch win
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Harrison, 37, is convinced he can still become a world champion after Friday's success, but while he may be getting carried away, no-one else is.
BBC: What next for Audley Harrison?
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The quietly spoken, likeable lad had become a world champion.
BBC: Incomparable drama in Glasgow on Burns' night
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Despite all that, Massa's overriding problem is that he may not get a better chance to become world champion than in 2008.
CNN: F1 2008: Winners and losers
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Twell is entering her first season in the senior ranks after a 2008 that saw her become world junior 1500m champion.
BBC: 'New Paula' targets gold in 2012
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Despite giving away 33lb in weight and four inches in height, Jones outclassed Ruiz over 12 rounds to become the first former middleweight world champion to win a heavyweight title since Britain's Bob Fitzsimmons dethroned James J Corbett in 1897.
BBC: Jones out to prove his greatness
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The 29-year-old Londoner won a majority decision in Nuremberg to become the first British world heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis retired in 2003.
BBC: Haye & Klitschko target showdown
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Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland set a world record of 77.96m to become women's hammer champion.
BBC: Jamaica's Bolt takes third gold
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Khan eased to a unanimous points win over Andreas Kotelnik on Saturday night to become world champion, aged only 22.
BBC: Khan would fight 'friend' Hatton
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But in July he stunned the sport by snatching gold with a superb final dive, to become Britain's first individual diving world champion.
BBC: 'Genius' Daley tipped to dominate
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Hamilton has become a hate figure for some Spaniards because of his rivalry with the country's double world champion Fernando Alonso when they were team-mates at McLaren.
BBC: Website racists target Hamilton