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Liam Williams will have to travel with a medical release letter from the British Boxing Board of Control if he is to continue his career in Nigeria
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Liam Williams will have to travel with a medical release letter from the British Boxing Board of Control if he is to continue his career in Nigeria

Welshman Liam Williams is preparing to make a return to the ring.

Liam Williams, a former two-weight world title challenger, is retiring from boxing at the age of 32, having grown increasingly concerned about concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain condition linked to repeated blows to the head.

Gary Lockett expects Liam Williams to announce his retirement. The trainer rescued his fighter, 31, in the first round of his fight in February with the promising Hamzah Sheeraz, after watching him twice get knocked down.

By Tris Dixon - Welsh contender Liam Williams admits his future is uncertain in the aftermath of his first-round loss to Hamzah Sheeraz.

By John Evans - Hamzah Sheeraz proved himself to be the real deal at the Copper Box Arena in Lodon, blitzing Liam Williams inside a round. Although he has fallen short against world level fighters like Liam Smith, Demetrius Andrade and Chris Eubank Jnr, Williams has proven himself to be a menace at domestic level. By beating the Welshman in such conclusive fashion, Sheeraz adds his name to that exclusive list.

HAMZAH SHEERAZ, ON Saturday, has the opportunity to post his most emphatic and meaningful statement to date when he goes up against Liam Williams at London’s Copper Box Arena in what is our opening show of 2024, live on TNT Sports.

HAMZAH SHEERAZ IS hoping that, should he overcome Liam Williams in his biggest fight to date at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday, the marquee middleweight names on the British scene will accept an invitation to take him on.

Sheeraz, Williams Weights Photos Gallery - IT IS ALL systems go for this Saturday on TNT Sports with the captivating clash of the middleweights between young contender Hamzah Sheeraz and former world title challenger Liam Williams in the main event at the Copper Box Arena, with the WBC Silver and Commonwealth titles on the line.

Liam Williams is in London and on a mission to take Hamzah Sheeraz’s position as Britain’s man most likely. So far, Sheeraz (18-0, 14 KO’s) has looked every inch a future world champion but Williams (25-4-1, 20 KO’s) looks like providing the unbeaten middleweight with the sternest examination yet of his title credentials when they meet at the Copperbox Arena on Saturday night.