Danny Williams: The Dream Taker! By Will "The Thrill" Trillo Photos: Bret "The Threat" Newton Over the past few days, it has been reported that the challenger for The WBC Heavyweight Title, Danny Williams has been doing some trash talking directed at his foe and current title holder, Vitali Klitschko. Yet, as Boxing2004 sat down with Williams, we found him to be nothing less than a perfect English gentleman.   Check out what Danny had to say to us about his upcoming challenge.

 

Do you feel that you are following in the footsteps of Lennox Lewis and that you must take the belt back to England?

Yes, definitely! After he retired, many fans felt there was no one to bring the belt back to Britain, but after my great victory over Tyson, they are putting their hoped in me, and I am not going to disappoint them, I am going to bring the belt back to Great Britain.

 

Were you a fan of Lennox, and did you want to fight him?

Yes, I was always a fan of his, and yes, I did want to fight him. I feel he is one of the greatest of all time, but now that he is retired it's time for me to take over!

 

How do you compare your style to his?

My style is totally different than his, I will have to use a lot of movement against Klitschko to get inside of his long reach. Everybody practices to fight him from the outside and I just can't understand it!

 

And what about is height advantage, is that better for him or for you?

I am going to make it my advantage, I have been sparring taller fighters so I can get used to it, there won't be any surprises in the ring for me, I am working on that in training!

 

What do you say to Vitali when he says you destroyed his dream when you beat Tyson?

I do believe I destroyed his dream, and I am going to destroy his dream again by taking his belt away from him! It's been my dream as well, to fight Tyson, and then fight for the title.

 

How do you plan on getting yourself mentally prepared for this huge event? 

I will remain very relaxed, doing what I did for the Tyson fight. I will visualize getting hurt, and in turn, hurting my opponent, so when it happens in the ring, I will have seen it plenty of timed in my head. Many people were shocked when I took the abuse from Tyson, but I was prepared because I already had visualized it in my head.

 

What are we going to see from you that we may not be aware of yet?

What people will see is that I am a much better boxer that they saw in the Tyson fight! I have a good chin and a lot of heart, but people have only seen me as a warrior but I can box as well. It's an honor to be in with the best in the World, but after the fight, I will be the best in the World!

 
 

The WBC World Heavyweight Championship fight between Vitali Klitschko vs. Danny Williams will be held at Mandalay Bay Events Center tonight.Tickets for this exciting evening of boxing are priced at $650, $400, $200, $100 and $50 and are on sale now at the Mandalay Bay Box Office and all TicketMaster outlets. To order tickets by phone, call (702) 632-7580. The HBO Pay-Per-View telecast will be available to over 50 million pay-per-view homes. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. For more event information log onto www.HBOPPV.com

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