A backwards step for Danny Williams? April/Summer bouts lined up.

[Guest]

Apparently Danny Williams is having a "tune up" fight in April in order to have a domestic match-up with British and Commonwealth champ Matt Skelton.

Skelton, who transferred from the K-1 circuit and has no amateur boxing experience, is 15-0 (14 KOs) and is the fastest-ever acquirer of the B & C belts (even faster than Lewis).

Skelton's big, aggressive, and has a good chin, but isn't a one-punch KO artist and relies more on heart than skill. He's crude and raw, but has hunger. After tonight (a bout with Fabio Moli, a man destroyed by Wlad last year in a round) he should also add the meaningless WBU belt to his collection.

But is preparing for a bout with Matt a backwards step for Danny? He's been widely acknowledged as underachieving by remaining at that level for years, and Skelton got the title by blugeoning Michael Sprott - a man Williams beat twice and then foolishly let him take the title away on points by showboating.


Hey, I know you all love Danny Williams threads, right?

[Eric Persson]

Williams stepped up in competition and was so outclassed against Vitali that it was apparent to that fight should NEVER have taken place. It was an amateur vs a pro that night.

[jack_the_rippuh]

A bum getting a tune-up fight. Why didn't they just say he's going back to the level he belongs on.

[Truth]

A bum getting a tune-up fight. Why didn't they just say he's going back to the level he belongs on.

I thought Danny Williams was OK after he beat Tyson and thought he could possibly give VK trouble. But after what VK did to Williams I relized that Williams is a bum and he only beat Tyson because Tyson got injured and he is not the same Tyson of the past.

[Neuraxis]

Apparently Danny Williams is having a "tune up" fight in April in order to have a domestic match-up with British and Commonwealth champ Matt Skelton.

Skelton, who transferred from the K-1 circuit and has no amateur boxing experience, is 15-0 (14 KOs) and is the fastest-ever acquirer of the B & C belts (even faster than Lewis).

Skelton's big, aggressive, and has a good chin, but isn't a one-punch KO artist and relies more on heart than skill. He's crude and raw, but has hunger. After tonight (a bout with Fabio Moli, a man destroyed by Wlad last year in a round) he should also add the meaningless WBU belt to his collection.

But is preparing for a bout with Matt a backwards step for Danny? He's been widely acknowledged as underachieving by remaining at that level for years, and Skelton got the title by blugeoning Michael Sprott - a man Williams beat twice and then foolishly let him take the title away on points by showboating.


Hey, I know you all love Danny Williams threads, right?

All I can say is that Skelton better destroy Moli. Moli weighed in 20 lbs heavier than he did against Wlad at a hefty 279 lbs. Does this look like the body of a Greek god?

[Guest]

A bum getting a tune-up fight. Why didn't they just say he's going back to the level he belongs on.

I didn't expect that from you, Jack.

As for Vit... well, he is the top of the heavyweight tree. When Danny was in the Brit mix (despite losing the title, largely due to uninterest) he was widely recognised as being above all his peers. I still don't know where he'd fit. He's proven he can trade with a near-40 Tyson... even before he bust his knee they were still trading blows.

According to boxrec, Williams is currently rated 25th in the world (below Tyson, inexplicably) and Skelton is 40th.

[Guest]

I thought Danny Williams was OK after he beat Tyson and thought he could possibly give VK trouble. But after what VK did to Williams I relized that Williams is a bum and he only beat Tyson because Tyson got injured and he is not the same Tyson of the past.

You can't judge a man from those two performances... talk about starting at the bottom (sorry, I love Tyson, but he IS shot) and going right in at the top. Who's to say what would have happened if he'd gone in with, say, Ruiz or Rahman?

[Guest]

All I can say is that Skelton better destroy Moli. Moli weighed in 20 lbs heavier than he did against Wlad at a hefty 279 lbs. Does this look like the body of a Greek god?

Boxing News have been heavily (no pun intended) deriding the choice of opponent for the last two weeks, and predict Skelton to get him out of there in 6.

[Guest]

Actually, I dunno how boxrec work half their crap out, do you? They've got Audley Harrison up at 17 somehow...

[MetalVomit]

Boxing News have been heavily (no pun intended) deriding the choice of opponent for the last two weeks, and predict Skelton to get him out of there in 6.

Skelton should be a tune up fight. Who the **** is Danny going to fight to "tune up" for a ****in Matt Skelton match? Skelton isnt even a contender. Williams should have just went straight at Skelton, or Williams should fight Audley Harrison, that loud-mouth nothing of a Heavyweight.