Danny Williams retires

[margaret thatcher]

the irony of him being leaner at 50

[gilgamesh]

the irony of him being leaner at 50

Maybe he can trim down and go for Cruiserweight gold

[dookus]

he now fights in gymnasiums
before a crowd of maybe 3
for fecks sake Danny Williams
let it be

[Glass Joe]

danny williams boxing life stories would be mad but you probably cant understand him now.

[ShadrachSimmo]

danny williams boxing life stories would be mad but you probably cant understand him now.

From ko’ing Mike Tyson in Kentucky to getting stopped by a former lightweight in Aberdeen. It’s been some career.

[black panther]

Funny story from today chaps. So there was an event at work and a special lunch and all. Whilst queuing up for my free lunch I was chatting to the people around me. Can't remember how it came up in the conversation but I mentioned how I used to box (amateur). Then this woman in front of me said oh the father of my children (the way she phrased it I surmised ex later. I'm a bit slow like that just found it odd way to express who someone was) was a boxer. I said oh really amateur or professional? She goes professional, I said oh wow what's his name she says Danny Williams.

I went effing mental I said " DANNY WILLIAMS! NO WAY! I'm a big fan!"

Anyways her and her friend didn't seem so impressed by that and ignored me after that. After that the whole day I was telling people, you know so and so, her ex knocked out Mike Tyson!

Really reminded me what I big fan I was of Williams. Had so many amazing fights from the Sprott fights, M eehan, Keith Long, Bob Mirovic, Tyson, Mark Potter, even Scott Gammer. He really gave some amazing memories to British boxing.

Just so sad to see him go down this route.

[Coco]

Funny story from today chaps. So there was an event at work and a special lunch and all. Whilst queuing up for my free lunch I was chatting to the people around me. Can't remember how it came up in the conversation but I mentioned how I used to box (amateur). Then this woman in front of me said oh the father of my children (the way she phrased it I surmised ex later. I'm a bit slow like that just found it odd way to express who someone was) was a boxer. I said oh really amateur or professional? She goes professional, I said oh wow what's his name she says Danny Williams.

I went effing mental I said " DANNY WILLIAMS! NO WAY! I'm a big fan!"

Anyways her and her friend didn't seem so impressed by that and ignored me after that. After that the whole day I was telling people, you know so and so, her ex knocked out Mike Tyson!

Really reminded me what I big fan I was of Williams. Had so many amazing fights from the Sprott fights, M eehan, Keith Long, Bob Mirovic, Tyson, Mark Potter, even Scott Gammer. He really gave some amazing memories to British boxing.

Just so sad to see him go down this route.

Bout right, had some top quality nights

[funso banjo baby]

Danny is a true legend

Needs a biography

[wrighty]

Funny story from today chaps. So there was an event at work and a special lunch and all. Whilst queuing up for my free lunch I was chatting to the people around me. Can't remember how it came up in the conversation but I mentioned how I used to box (amateur). Then this woman in front of me said oh the father of my children (the way she phrased it I surmised ex later. I'm a bit slow like that just found it odd way to express who someone was) was a boxer. I said oh really amateur or professional? She goes professional, I said oh wow what's his name she says Danny Williams.

I went effing mental I said " DANNY WILLIAMS! NO WAY! I'm a big fan!"

Anyways her and her friend didn't seem so impressed by that and ignored me after that. After that the whole day I was telling people, you know so and so, her ex knocked out Mike Tyson!

Really reminded me what I big fan I was of Williams. Had so many amazing fights from the Sprott fights, M eehan, Keith Long, Bob Mirovic, Tyson, Mark Potter, even Scott Gammer. He really gave some amazing memories to British boxing.

Just so sad to see him go down this route.

Bout right, had some top quality nights

That Gammer fight was mad. It seemingly came out of nowhere. He came to the ring in great shape

[polecateddy]

Funny story from today chaps. So there was an event at work and a special lunch and all. Whilst queuing up for my free lunch I was chatting to the people around me. Can't remember how it came up in the conversation but I mentioned how I used to box (amateur). Then this woman in front of me said oh the father of my children (the way she phrased it I surmised ex later. I'm a bit slow like that just found it odd way to express who someone was) was a boxer. I said oh really amateur or professional? She goes professional, I said oh wow what's his name she says Danny Williams.

I went effing mental I said " DANNY WILLIAMS! NO WAY! I'm a big fan!"

Anyways her and her friend didn't seem so impressed by that and ignored me after that. After that the whole day I was telling people, you know so and so, her ex knocked out Mike Tyson!

Really reminded me what I big fan I was of Williams. Had so many amazing fights from the Sprott fights, M eehan, Keith Long, Bob Mirovic, Tyson, Mark Potter, even Scott Gammer. He really gave some amazing memories to British boxing.

Just so sad to see him go down this route.

Bout right, had some top quality nights

That Gammer fight was mad. It seemingly came out of nowhere. He came to the ring in great shape

Yeah I thought he was in great shape, under 17 stone. But then he said he felt weak at the weight and went back to 18 stone, which was too heavy really.

[SeanBrennan]

he used PEDS heavy, test and dbol, always caused heavy water retention to give him weight of 250 plus. He's in better shape now, likely using test cyp and growth. But should be nowhere near a boxing ring.

[maverick23]

Funny story from today chaps. So there was an event at work and a special lunch and all. Whilst queuing up for my free lunch I was chatting to the people around me. Can't remember how it came up in the conversation but I mentioned how I used to box (amateur). Then this woman in front of me said oh the father of my children (the way she phrased it I surmised ex later. I'm a bit slow like that just found it odd way to express who someone was) was a boxer. I said oh really amateur or professional? She goes professional, I said oh wow what's his name she says Danny Williams.

I went effing mental I said " DANNY WILLIAMS! NO WAY! I'm a big fan!"

Anyways her and her friend didn't seem so impressed by that and ignored me after that. After that the whole day I was telling people, you know so and so, her ex knocked out Mike Tyson!

Really reminded me what I big fan I was of Williams. Had so many amazing fights from the Sprott fights, M eehan, Keith Long, Bob Mirovic, Tyson, Mark Potter, even Scott Gammer. He really gave some amazing memories to British boxing.

Just so sad to see him go down this route.

You’d have thought she’d be happy with him given he’s been financing their kids education for the last 25 years.

[polecateddy]

he used PEDS heavy, test and dbol, always caused heavy water retention to give him weight of 250 plus. He's in better shape now, likely using test cyp and growth. But should be nowhere near a boxing ring.

It’s an interesting point that perhaps he did have a lot of water retention when 6’2’’ and 18 stone plus. Presumably if today he’s on doctor prescribed TRT in the UK, he’d only get that if his natural testosterone production was in the toilet. Maybe it all helped with his durability and recovery a bit,, but definitively he was a better fighter under 17 stone.

[Controversial]

Danny not boxed since August 2023 so looks like he’s stuck to it this time.

[SeanBrennan]

Danny not boxed since August 2023 so looks like he’s stuck to it this time.

I hope so but I think we are always tempting fate with Danny and retirement.

[My T Sharp]

Vat on private school fees ended his career

[SeanBrennan]

Vat on private school fees ended his career

this did make me chuckle. Basically Kier retired him.

[tigermoth87]

I always think Danny Williams could have bounced back late on. In 2019 he took the 0 of feared puncher "The Butcher of Belgrade" Boban Filipovic who was Serbia's brightest prospect at the time with a 24-0 record.

So he still had a lot left in the tank.

[My T Sharp]

It's interesting (and not surprising) that in the Tyson Paul build-up, they have not mentioned the job Danny Williams did on Tyson 20 years ago. Amazing combination to finish it after soaking up the initial storm.

[Controversial]

I always think Danny Williams could have bounced back late on. In 2019 he took the 0 of feared puncher "The Butcher of Belgrade" Boban Filipovic who was Serbia's brightest prospect at the time with a 24-0 record.

So he still had a lot left in the tank.

Really? Don’t you think maybe Filipovic just had a very padded record and was never any good to start with.

[keithmoonhangover]

I always think Danny Williams could have bounced back late on. In 2019 he took the 0 of feared puncher "The Butcher of Belgrade" Boban Filipovic who was Serbia's brightest prospect at the time with a 24-0 record.

So he still had a lot left in the tank.

[orbtastic]

It's interesting (and not surprising) that in the Tyson Paul build-up, they have not mentioned the job Danny Williams did on Tyson 20 years ago. Amazing combination to finish it after soaking up the initial storm.

Someone posted that infamous pic of Tyson sitting on his arse being propped up by the ropes and said something like "next time someone says Tyson is going to KO Jake Paul, this is Tyson in his very last career fight nearly 20 years ago against a useless club fighter".

It's all pantomime anyway, the slap was fake, the reactions are all fake. Tyson sounds depressed one minute and completely disinterested the next. Some kid interviewed him this week and his reply was hilarious, he basically said we're all dying and nobody cares. She seemed completely unable to process it.

[tigermoth87]

Really? Don’t you think maybe Filipovic just had a very padded record and was never any good to start with.

Nah, Boban has cleared out the Serbian domestic scene. You don't take the 0 of Momcilo Nisic, Zrenjanin's most feared bareknuckle boxer, without having some skill.

I used to work in Belgrade, people still discuss his clash with Haris Radmilovic to this very day.

[tigermoth87]

It's all pantomime anyway, the slap was fake, the reactions are all fake. Tyson sounds depressed one minute and completely disinterested the next. Some kid interviewed him this week and his reply was hilarious, he basically said we're all dying and nobody cares. She seemed completely unable to process it.

I can't believe there are so many saps who believe this bollocks. Likely the same sort who think Triple H legitimately whacked CM Punk with a chair from behind or whatever.

This is faker than WWE. At least WWE admits it's fake and showmanship. But here we have grown adults believing Paul and Tyson are gonna have an actual fight ... as if it hasnt been agreed beforehand to go easy on each other and drag it out for the full rounds.

It's truly bizarre. My Facebook feed is full of people in their 30s discussing the fight as if Mike Tyson is legitimately gonna KO Paul lol. They'll throw a bunch of fairy taps at each other for 8 rounds with the occasional half decent shot before whoever negotiated the best is declared the winner.

[Controversial]

Really? Don’t you think maybe Filipovic just had a very padded record and was never any good to start with.

Nah, Boban has cleared out the Serbian domestic scene. You don't take the 0 of Momcilo Nisic, Zrenjanin's most feared bareknuckle boxer, without having some skill.

I used to work in Belgrade, people still discuss his clash with Haris Radmilovic to this very day.

I hear Boban is making a comeback