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Danny Williams down three times in second round loss to Leif Larsen

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:44:00 +0300

Former NFL star and athlete Leif Larsen produced a knockout performance against a faded Danny Williams to inflict the eleventh defeat of the Londoners career and leave him with effectively nowhere to go after prolonging his career

Alexander Ustinov Will Face Danny Williams on 10/22

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:44:00 +0300

K�2 Ukraine promotes a�show in�Cherkasy on�October 22�with undefeated heavyweight giant Alexander Ustinov (24-0, 19KOs) defending the EBA (not officially so�but in�effect the WBA`s European title) title against Latvian-licensed British veteran Danny Williams (44-10, 33KOs). Middleweight Max Bursak, WBO # 2, will be�featured in�the chief support

Dannie Williams ready for a title!

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:19:00 +0300

Dannie Williams (16-1-0, 13 KOs) battles Mexican veteran Manuel Leyva (18-2-0, 10 KOs) this Friday for the vacant WBC Continental Americas lightweight title in the main event of the �Battle on the Banks� at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles, Missouri

Danny Williams Destroys Laszlo Toth in One Round

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:42:00 +0300

Hamburg, Germany - Big British heavyweight Danny Williams appeared to be in exellent shape for the scheduled non-title ten-rounder against Hungarian Laszlo Toth in the headliner of a Ismail Oezen´s show at the Class in Hamburg. Toth however wasn´t one bit interested and flopped over for a disappointing ending after only 43 seconds into the very first round. Williams, licensed in Latvia, hopes to be back in Germany next month and hopefully against somebody better

Williams ended career

Sun, 16 May 2010 17:02:00 +0300

Unbeaten heavyweight Derek Chisora ended the career of former heavyweight title challenger Danny Williams scoring a second round TKO to claim Williams� British belt. Williams, best known for his 2004 shock KO of Mike Tyson, had said this was his last fight win or lose

Williams pulls out of Chisora fight

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:09:00 +0300

Danny Williams has withdrawn from his British Heavyweight title defense against Derek Chisora at Wembley Arena on February 13 citing that he has a viral infection. Promoter Frank is now in talks with two boxers who hold wins over Williams to face Chisora instead on the huge Night of the Champions show

Danny Williams-Sam Sexton Purse Bid Set For 12/9

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:08:00 +0300

The Stewards decided to put the above contest out for purse bids to be submitted in accordance with the Terms and Conditions attached to the Board�s Head Office by 12.00.noon on Wednesday, 9th December 2009, the contest to take place by the end of February 2010

Williams, Moore, Munroe retain titles!

Sun, 03 May 2009 03:28:00 +0300

Power-punching European junior middleweight champion Jamie Moore (32-3, 23 KOs) made a highlight reel of his optional defense against hugely overmatched Ukrainian Roman Dzuman (23-7-1, 10 KOs) tonight at Crowtree Leisure Centre in Sunderland, England. Moore started to dominate light-hitting Dzuman from the very beginning of the contest

Williams edges McDermott!

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:25:00 +0300

Former heavyweight title challenger Danny Williams (40-6, 31 KOs) won a controversial twelve round majority decision over John McDermott (25-4, 16 KOs) on Friday night at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England. For the the second straight fight Williams had referee problems with three points deducted by referee Dave Parris. Williams still prevailed by scores of 114-111, 114-113 and 113-113. The bout was for Williams'

What happened in Bilbao!

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:58:00 +0300

First of all I want to apologize for all the confusion in this fight. And I want to point out that I never meant to cheat on Danny in any way. If it would have been my goal to steal the victory from him I wouldn�t have thrown in the towel at a point where Konstantin was leading on all scorecards. To me the first couple of rounds between Konstantin Airich and Danny Williams have been the most entertaining I�ve seen in a while

Williams accuses Öner!

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:34:00 +0300

Heavyweight Danny Williams has accused promoter Ahmet Öner of personally ringing the bell early to save his fighter Konstantin Airich during a controversial sixth round in Bilbao, Spain on Friday night. "I had the guy hurt in the sixth round, on the verge of knocking him out and then what happens? His own promoter stands up and rings the bell, halfway through the round," Williams told Setanta Sports News. "�I didn�t expect

Abraham TKOs Elcock in 5!

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:43:00 +0300

IBF middleweight champion "King" Arthur Abraham (25-0, 20 KOs) impressively took apart Wayne Elcock (18-3, 8 KOs) round by round on Saturday night at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland. Arthur dropped Elcock in round two and continued to dismantle Elcock, dropping the challenger again in round five before referee Wayne Kelly stopped the slaughter at the 1:58 mark. It was Abraham's sixth successful title defense

Oleg Platov Gears Up For Danny Williams Bout

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:12:00 +0300

Oleg Platov will defend his IBF Intercontinental Heavyweight Title against Danny Williams on the Abraham undercard in Basle on Saturday night. The hard-hitting Ukrainian (26-1, 22 KOs) won the belt from former WBO heavyweight champion Henry Akinwande in November 2006 when he clinched a split decision. He is now eager to prove his class again against another experienced and highly-respected veteran

Williams recaptures British title

Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:18:00 +0300

Danny Williams regained the British heavyweight crown with a ninth-round knockout of Scott Gammer in Neath. Gammer started brightly, but a lean Williams began to show his class in the middle rounds, a big right hand wobbling the Welshman in the seventh.

Audley KOs Williams!

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:17:00 +0300

Heavyweight Audley Harrison (21-2, 16 KOs) scored an impressive third round TKO over a battered and bloody Danny Williams (36-6, 29 KOs) on Saturday night at ExCel Arena in London. Harrison ripped open a cut on Williams' nose in round one and cut Williams under the left eye in round two. The one-sided bout was finally halted in round three after Harrison dropped Williams with a vicious uppercut, then connected with the same punch

Skelton stuns Williams in Cardiff

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 03:48:00 +0300

Matt Skelton out-boxed Danny Williams to relieve him of his Commonwealth heavyweight title in Cardiff. The fight was a rematch of their brutal February encounter, which Williams won on a spilt decision.

Williams 288, Skelton 255!

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 15:22:00 +0300

Commonwealth heavyweight champion Danny Williams weighed in at a whopping 288lbs for Saturday's rematch with Matt Skelton at the Millennium Stadium in Wales. For Williams (36-4, 29 KOs), it's a 21-pound increase from what he weighed in his February split decision win over Skelton (19-1, 18 KOs), who scaled in at 255, the same weight as in the first fight. Promoter Frank Warren says he will be on the phone within hours of the Williams

Williams edges Skelton in war

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:20:00 +0300

Danny Williams retained his Commonwealth heavyweight title via split decision after a punishing 12 rounds this Saturday night against the rough and tough British champion Matt Skelton, with scorecards of 115-114 in favour of the challenger and the remaining cards of 115-114 and 116-113 both in favour Williams

Will Danny Williams 'Be There'?

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:48:00 +0300

The fight card is being billed as "Be There," but Commonwealth heavyweight champion Danny Williams was not there at today's prefight press conference for Saturday's showdown at London's ExCel Arena with Matt Skelton. Williams actually did make it to London's Landmark Hotel, but refused to wait for Skelton who was caught in traffic. Today's disappearance gives critics another chance to speculate on what type of condition Williams

GB farce not my problem - Skelton

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:19:00 +0300

British champion Matt Skelton says he feels no burden to rekindle interest in the domestic heavyweight division. Skelton meets Commonwealth heavyweight champion Danny Williams in the wake of the farce between Williams and former Olympic gold medalist Audley Harrison. The 37-year-old told BBC Sport ahead of Saturday's date at London's Excel arena: "I don't feel under pressure to resurrect British heavyweight boxing "In boxing, you're in it for yourself

Britons in line for Valuev fight

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:12:00 +0300

Talks are under way for WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev to fight the winner of next month's clash between Danny Williams and Matt Skelton.

Williams gets Skelton grudge bout

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:20:00 +0300

Danny Williams will face Matt Skelton next February in London in a bout which could see the winner handed a shot at a heavyweight world title.

Danny Williams defeats Audley Harrison

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:55:00 +0300

In London, 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Audley Harrison received his first loss as a pro against Danny Williams, losing a split decision. Harrison was very cautious through the first ten rounds, but Williams seemed to be looking for one big punch throughout the fight and he never really landed anything to brag about... until round ten when he put Harrison down with a sweeping right hand. Harrison rebounded to have his best rounds in the championship rounds and he even rocked Williams in the eleventh