By John F. McKenna (McJack): Danny Williams (44-11, 33 KO’s) is brutally honest, even when discussing himself. He acknowledges that he is well past his prime. Williams once remarked at a press conference to hype one of his fights that he was a shot fighter. Not exactly what a fight promoter wants to hear.

Williams at his best was a good boxer puncher who exhibited a good chin. He is 6’3” and enters the ring at approximately 255 pounds. After his four round KO win over Mike Tyson in July 2004 the stage was set for Williams to challenge WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (44-2, 40 KO’s). Klitschko was then in his first WBC title run prior to his four year hiatus due to injuries.

The Williams – Klitschko fight took place in December 2004. Vitali dominated Williams and wound up winning by an eight round TKO.

In an interview with Live Fight.com Williams had the following to say about Vitali Klitschko:

“I fought the wrong fight against Vitali but it also shocked me how good he was. He looks poor when you see him on tape; hands low, chin high in the air, slow, cumbersome. But he was really a great fighter. I couldn’t hit him at all and the things he was doing in there were hard to deal with. He hit really hard, even with his glancing blows.

“I lost but he’s shown how good a fighter he is since that fight, coming back from four years out to beat Sam Petee, and staying unbeaten since.”

Williams now says the he was never the same after the Klitschko fight and says that since 2006 he has been a shot fighter. Williams also admits how hard it has been for him to give up boxing which has been in his blood for a very long time.

The comment that Williams made about Vitali having the ability to hurt you even with a glancing blow, may help to shed light on the one round KO loss suffered by Odlanier Solis in his fight with Vitali in March 2011. Klitschko caught Solis with what appeared to be a glancing blow to the temple area of his head. The punch did not land flush, but Vitali stated afterwards that he heard a thud when the punch landed. The glancing blow appeared to short circuit Solis who fell backwards to the canvas. Odlanier suffered a severe injury to his knee during the fall.

Williams comments about Vitali add weight to what other common opponents of Klitschko have had to say about him. Shannon Briggs and Tomasz Adamek have made similar comments about Vitali after fighting him. Who better to describe Klitschko’s pugilistic prowess than another fighter who has faced him in the ring?