Morning all,
I've been liking the look of this one for a while, so I figured I'd to a bit of a preview and an RBR to it. It is after all the week when James Toney and Hasim Rahman fought, so here's a focus on another former title challenger who still claims he can get back to the big stage, and has had a little more success recently.
British Heavyweight champion Danny Williams (39-6, 31 KOs) is probably one of the most inconsistent heavyweights that has graced British boxing, going from the sublime in victories over Mike Tyson, and a superb challenge against Vitali Klitschko, to the downright dreadful, in back-to-back losses against Matt Skelton in a snoozer, and the embarrasingly KO'd by Audley Harrison. There's no doubt Williams is an enigma, but at 35....Danny's found himself on a 4-fight undefeated streak and British champion once again. In March 2007, Williams came in mean and lean against Scott Gammer to claim the British title, but has got bigger again over the past three fights. No news on the weigh-in I can find so far...but should be interesting to see how he comes in tonight.
John McDermott (25-3, 16KOs) is the opposition for Williams tonight, and has flitted around the British title for quite a while, losing to Matt Skelton in a first round KO in his only challenge so far. McDermott's resume lacks any big names, but wins over Pele Reid and Scott Gammer in recent times have pushed him back up the British rankings. Not packing tremendous knockout force could be a problem, as has his chin in previous outings, but McDermott will be hoping that his six-fight undefeated streak since that loss to Skelton will be extended by one more fight, and send him home with the Lonsdale belt.
Personally, if Danny Williams comes in within viewing distance of his peak, he should be winning this, if not....well, who knows with Danny.
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