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The BBC website reports that Danny has pulled out of tonight's fight -

Illness denies Williams title bid

Britain's Danny Williams has pulled out of his British heavyweight title bout with champion Matt Skelton because of a flu virus, BBC Radio Five Live report.
Williams had earlier weighed in at a huge 20st 3lb for the fight, which was scheduled for Bolton on Saturday.

Williams, who had weighed in at 20st 3lb, told promoter allegedly late on Friday night and his place will now be taken by Chesterfield's Mark Krence.

"I am disgusted and won't be promoting any fights involving him," Warren said.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/4679685.stm

See my other post. I guess this was true.

Bloody Danny Williams.

ILL?!?!?!

Ill my buttocks!!!

He's too fat, that's what his problem is! :x

Thankyou danny williams for sullying the name of boxing just as it becomes available to a mainstream audience again.

Ah well, all the casual fans were tuning in for amir khan anyway.

Danny is ill...... he's got a dose of the shits.

Things like this didn't happen (at least I cannot remember it happening) in the glory days of ITV boxing. It was stuff like this that pissed off the Beeb.

Oh for fooks sake! :x

Go Krence!Pull of the upset!

Dutch Windmill wrote:Go Krence!Pull of the upset!

No chance Dutch, very overated.

Maybe he's stepping up 2 weight classes to the Blubberweight division!

Oh wonderfull, my weekend is just getting better and better by the f'kin minute.

First of all he weighs in at a huge 20st 3lbs which suggests his diet and training have not been of the highest of standards. Then he pulls out of the fight at the last moment.

I don't blame Mr F:rank Warren for being annoyed with him, even more so with this being the big 'return to ITV Show'.

By all accounts Danny Williams is a great guy but this stinks of his fragile emotional mind collaspsing on him. Maybe he hasn't got the real desire to fight anymore and the thought of going in with a rough, tough, determined and strong fighter like Matt Skelton just didn't really apeall to him at this stage in his career.

I also read that Williams trainer Jimmy Mac said that Williams was coming in heavy on purpose so he could 'bully Skelton around'. Jimmy was a fine fighter and a good trainer but to me that just sounds like he is just trying to be loyal to his fighter and not critise him in public. Surely Jimmy didn't really want Williams to come into such an important fight at over 20st????? That would not have done his stamina or speed any favours at all. Skelton appears to have good stamina and workrate so maybe Williams was banking on getting Skelton out of there early? I just can't see how a 20st Williams could keep up a good workrate for 12 rounds.

Very strange.

williams should just retire now, he's not worth anyone's bother anymore.

What a joke.

Wonder why Warren's website hasn't put that news on their site?

Yeah it pissed me off :(

Amir Khan takes main event spot and it will show on ITV!!

Team Skelton aren't happy

http://www.britishboxing.net/?page=news&id=831

Kevin wrote:Team Skelton aren't happy

I don't blame them.

This is a PR nightmare for Danny Williams.

“He passed the British Board of Control Doctor's examination yesterday and now all of a sudden he is ill, is it Yellow Fever?, a yellow streak seems to have appeared on his back over night” said the irate Team Skelton member.

Good point.

He's just a big fat yellow bellied joke!

I won't be watching anymore of his fights.

He has joined Johnny Nelson, in my boxing Room 101!

I was looking forward to this fight!

I wanted to see Audley Harrison V Williams.
So if FW wont deal with Williams or Harrison, then maybe that might happen!

But i have kind of lost the taste for it now Danny has done this :(

Pissed Off. Danny comes across as a nice fella but im really angry about his pullout. Coincidence that when he got on the scales it said 'OBESE' ?

bugger. Someone please tell me this is a bad joke. First haye now williams......what next? :(

Maybe Williams is trying to get on permanent disability like Homer Simpson once did by reaching 300lbs?

Wasn't there a possibility of the winner fighting John Ruiz?

Maybe Don King decided that Williams was the bigger name Stateside, and has offered him a shot (or an eliminator against Golota? )?

:P

williams has shit it, skelton always comes to fight and williams likes to spoil he'd never get away with it against skelton. just proves whos got the most desire to move upwards and onwards. khan has a nice easy start against bailey gook luck to the kid.

Yeah, it's a shame to call any fighter a chicken (fried, plz), but that's the way it looks with Danny Williams here. He's just not up for it anymore and should get out. He showed great heart recently against Tyson and Klitchsko and if he packs it in now, chances are people will remember him for that rather than this. If he doesn't go by himself, Warren should let him go. A £15 eat-all-you-can voucher for the curry house should appease any contractual difficulties.