By Alexey Sukachev

If there's any worse way to celebrate the end of the year, then former heavyweight world title challenger Danny Williams, who had once beaten a shadow of once-great Mike Tyson, has found one. A shell of whatever-it-can-be himself Williams, who has been wandering around Europe for the last several years (including no less than four one-sided losses in Russia), made his next stop at Hotel Aquincum in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday.

The Brixton Bomber did little other than a survival against pudgy, incapable local boy named Zsolt Bogdan. Some rare outbursts of a 41-year old Brit easily showed the real level of his competition. Sadly enough, Williams shone less than ten times throughout a fight, continuously eating leather and being stalked from pillar to post on quite unsteady legs. There were no knockdowns, and Bogdan (now 8-0, 5 KOs) has rightfully earned a unanimous decision with almost identical scores: 100-90, 99-91, and 99-91. He has also won something bogus, named a vacant Global Boxing Federation "World" title.

Williams (46-25, 35 KOs) hasn't yet hit his lowest but definitely on a right way to this infamous (and dangerous) point. He can go even deeper down on February 5 in Bata, Equatorial Guinea (not exactly a hotbed of boxing) where he is said to be taking on another washed-up former celebrity Francois Botha (48-11-3, 29 KOs), who has lost his last six. Williams has lost "just" four in a row but he is 2-14 since September 2012, and, unlike Roy Jones Jr., can hardly pretend to be anything but a punching bag for an opponent with a pulse.

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In a co-feature, Hungarian middleweight Lajos Mark Nagy (19-0, 10 KOs) used his limited boxing skills to outpoint aggressive but flawed compatriot Ferenc Albert (9-6, 5 KOs) over ten. Albert looked to find a spot for one finishing touch but Nagy made it to the finall bell to clinch a close unanimous decision with the scores: 97-93, 96-94, and 96-94. He has captured vacant interim Hungarian and Wordl Boxing Federation International middleweight titles.

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Journeyman-turned-promoter Zoltan Petranyi (51-21, 16 KOs) has paid his price for making such fights as one with Williams, but being sensationally stopped in three by little-known Zoltan Csala (6-0, 5 KOs). 48-year old Petranyi has lost his national and also World Boxing Federation international heavyweight titles.

In two other fights, Gyula Vajda (18-7, 12 KOs) knocked out Krisztian Santa (9-3-2, 5 KOs) in three to retain his national welterweight title, and Gabor Molnar (16-6, 10 KOs) added previously unbeaten Robert Canalas (5-1, 3 KOs) to his previously defeated brother David to acquire his opponent's Hungarian and World Boxing Federation International flyweight titles. Interestingly, Robert Canalas has started his career just four months ago.