Danny Williams retires

[Old bones Ian]

How come there seems no in depth interviews with Danny for years now?
He can't be that hard to track down can he?

[Syntax Error]

Happy retirement to Danny Williams.

It's a shame that he didn't do this about 10 years ago, but who am I to tell him what to do?

If boxing is how he makes his living, then that's the way it is.

[Glass Joe]

Happy retirement to Danny Williams.

It's a shame that he didn't do this about 10 years ago, but who am I to tell him what to do?

If boxing is how he makes his living, then that's the way it is.

hes fighting white collar now

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hes fighting white collar now

Sadly it won't be the first time, here he is getting slapped about (over 5 x 2) by Hari Miles five years ago.

[Nightmare Roy]

Proper sad, I remember watching him as a prospect as a kid, must be close to 30 years ago now.

[funso banjo baby]

He is a living legend

[Controversial]

hes fighting white collar now

Sadly it won't be the first time, here he is getting slapped about (over 5 x 2) by Hari Miles five years ago.

The sad thing about this is the guys who beat Williams can boast they beat someone who beat Mike Tyson

[handsofstone]

He's gonna end up a cabbage and he'll have nobody to blame but himself, hopefully he thinks it's worth it

[Noxy]

Legend in his day.

[1143850]

The sad thing about this is the guys who beat Williams can boast they beat someone who beat Mike Tyson

I think that boast lost any value over a decade ago, and I fail to see how any fighter can take pride in beating up Williams now.

Back in 2019 he was knocked out in seconds by the fairly unremarkable Kristaps Zutis (the 'fight' is on YT if you want to watch it, but it's pretty unedifying so I'd advise against it) but in fairness to Zutis he later conceded he was less than 'proud' of his win.

[polecateddy]

Credit to Kevin McBride for not going down this silly route.

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Credit to Kevin McBride for not going down this silly route.

I'm actually amazed that a cynical promoter hasn't put together 'Williams vs McBride - Battle of the Tyson Conquerors' before now.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Credit to Kevin McBride for not going down this silly route.

I'm actually amazed that a cynical promoter hasn't put together 'Williams vs McBride - Battle of the Tyson Conquerors' before now.

Don’t be giving anyone any crazy ideas.

[milpool]

How come there seems no in depth interviews with Danny for years now?
He can't be that hard to track down can he?

He’s been approached numerous times but has always declined.

[Verdi]

How come there seems no in depth interviews with Danny for years now?
He can't be that hard to track down can he?

He’s been approached numerous times but has always declined.

Shane, as in the ones he has done he comes across really well. He truly loves boxing.

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Don’t be giving anyone any crazy ideas.

Sorry

[Grilling Machine]

An aspect that makes it even sadder for me is that he's now in tremendous shape for his age. Mental health's such a huge part of boxing, and seemed to deny him a world-class prime.

[mickey1975]

Is he just diving? I know a few ex pros not anywhere near Dannys level who are still a real handful. Danny looks like he’s forgotten how to fight.

[1143850]

As well as having practically zero punch resistance these days you can see in the Miles fight above that his balance, timing and coordination are all absolutely terrible.

A few years back Lukas Konecky and another couple of Czech promoters were using Danny as the 'home' fighter bringing in utterly dire opposition in an attempt to get him a few easy wins, and he actually managed a decent run(only interrupted when he ventured to Germany and lost on cuts to Sidon)



But this is one of his wins (one of two) over the redoubtable Pavel Siska 6 - 59 - 1 (50 stoppage losses)



Danny is clearly trying his best to flatten the bloke here really loading up on his shots, but just like the Miles encounter, his dreadful balance etc means there's bugger all on his shots when they (rarely) land.

[1143850]

Mickey with respect to your mates, I doubt any of them ever took beatings comparable to the ones Danny endured in the first couple of rounds against Tyson or the entire eight rounds against Vitali (Jim McDonnell should have been shot for that obscenity)

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Another alarming performance came against the then 3 - 4 Frantisek Kynkal who is easily one of the worst fighters I've ever seen (he also tends to capitulate rather easily when under pressure)

https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/334465

This was another fight on a Konecky bill where Danny was the 'home' fighter.

This is a clip from the first round (the full fight is no longer on YT) which was pretty much the pattern for the whole fight.



It just shows how far Danny's regressed when a fat useless pudding like that can cuff and slap him around.

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This is a more typical 'performance' from Kynkal.

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Last one (promise) these are probably the last two half decent performances he turned in, despite them both being defeats (the first is very debatable)





Interesting Facts:

A scant thirteen days after the draining encounter a still clearly exhausted Williams lost an eight round decision to Werner Kreiskott 12 - 19 - 1 (once done in a round by Michael Sprott) in Cologne.

Maskaev supposedly had a 'big fight' lined up in the States after the Williams fight, but after suffering several broken ribs in a much harder fight than anticipated he never fought again.

[chinarich]

As well as having practically zero punch resistance these days you can see in the Miles fight above that his balance, timing and coordination are all absolutely terrible.

A few years back Lukas Konecky and another couple of Czech promoters were using Danny as the 'home' fighter bringing in utterly dire opposition in an attempt to get him a few easy wins, and he actually managed a decent run(only interrupted when he ventured to Germany and lost on cuts to Sidon)



But this is one of his wins (one of two) over the redoubtable Pavel Siska 6 - 59 - 1 (50 stoppage losses)



Danny is clearly trying his best to flatten the bloke here really loading up on his shots, but just like the Miles encounter, his dreadful balance etc means there's bugger all on his shots when they (rarely) land.

Danny won the 'prestigious' GBF World title in that Martin Stensky fight...

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Danny won the 'prestigious' GBF World title in that Martin Stensky fight...

I never noticed it was a twelve rounder, which was highly optimistic given Stensky's record and Williams previous one round win over him.

https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/342796


But you're right mate