Williams confident of getting it right
Danny Williams insists he has not compromised his speed after weighing in at a record-equalling 19st 4lbs for tomorrow’s world heavyweight title clash with Vitali Klitschko in Las Vegas.
Williams scaled the same as Primo Carnera had weighed for his 1934 fight against Tommy Loughran and will enter the ring one stone and six pounds heavier than the champion, who made 17st 12lbs.
Together the pair shattered the combined weight record for a title fight by more than a stone, beating Klitschko’s meeting with Lennox Lewis last year.
Williams said: “I am the strongest I have ever been and you have all seen that despite my weight I have not lost any speed.
“I feel absolutely tremendous at this weight and very confident. I didn’t even notice Klitschko looking at me when we were getting on the scales.”
Williams added that he had been conscious of Carnera’s place in history and had attempted to beat the record as he seeks to compensate for his opponent’s seven-inch height advantage.
Williams laughed: “It is disappointing because we worked out who the heaviest ever had been and it was our intention to beat it.”
