{"id":1006,"date":"2021-10-04T17:04:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T17:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2021-10-04T17:05:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T17:05:25","slug":"williamson-ill-be-going-home-with-the-british-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/?p=1006","title":{"rendered":"WILLIAMSON – I’LL BE GOING HOME WITH THE BRITISH TITLE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Troy Williamson at Press Conference to announce his upcoming fight against Ted Cheeseman at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool on 9th October 2021. 10th August 2021 Picture By Matthew Pover Matchroom Boxing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
 ‘Trojan’ primed for Cheeseman test<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Troy Williamson<\/strong> is determined to prove that he is the number one 154lbs fighter in the country when he takes on two-time British Super-Welterweight Champion Ted Cheeseman<\/strong> for the Lord Lonsdale Challenge Belt at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool this Saturday October 9, live worldwide on DAZN<\/strong>. 

‘Trojan’ (16-0-1, 12 KOs) landed his shot at the famous belt by stopping Scotland’s Kieran Smith in six rounds of their Final Eliminator at York Hall earlier this year, and the chiselled 30-year-old from Darlington believes that a win over Cheeseman will place him at the top the stacked 154lbs division. 

Williamson, who spent two years with the Team GB set up in Sheffield during his amateur days, concedes that Cheeseman has the upper hand in terms of the level or previous opponents faced, but insists that this won’t matter when the bell rings and he takes on his toughest challenge to date.

\u201cI\u2019ve been saying for years that I deserve the chance to be involved in these big fights,” said Williamson<\/strong>. “I\u2019ve told everyone that I\u2019m good enough and this is my chance to prove it. I believe that I\u2019m the best 154lbs fighter in the division. 

\u201cI\u2019ve been offered some big fights in the past and I\u2019ve accepted them all. It\u2019s just unfortunate that some of them never happened for whatever reason. As soon as the Ted Cheeseman fight got mentioned I accepted it because he\u2019s a warrior. 

\u201cThis Saturday we\u2019re getting down to business. Ted is a great two-time British Champion. That says it all. He\u2019s the number one fighter in the division. You can\u2019t deny that. I just know what I possess and what I\u2019m going to bring on the night. I\u2019ll be going home with the British Title. 

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a similar number of fights; I think he\u2019s had one or two more fights than me. I\u2019ve not had it the easy way. I\u2019ve had it tough when I had to sell tickets myself on these small hall shows. I\u2019ve not had no bums just to knock over. I\u2019ve come through the hard way and it will show on the night that experience won\u2019t matter.

\u201cYou\u2019re going to see the best of me on Saturday. The better the opponent, the better version of Troy Williamson you\u2019ll see. Ted Cheeseman is the biggest fight of my career and he\u2019s probably the best fighter I\u2019ve boxed in my career. It\u2019s going to be a cracker, there\u2019s going to be fireworks. 
 
\u201cI carry power in both hands. If I hit anyone on the chin at 11st in 10oz gloves I\u2019m going to hurt them. If the stoppage comes it comes. We both like to have a tear up, we\u2019re both fit and both very tough. I\u2019m not one to backdown from a fight. When the big fights come I\u2019ll always take them and so will Ted.”

Cheeseman vs. Williamson is part of a stacked night of action in Liverpool, former WBO Super-Welterweight Word Champion Liam Smith<\/strong> (29-3-1, 16 KOs) meets 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist and Rio 2016 Olympian Anthony Fowler<\/strong> (15-1, 12 KOs) in a massive all-Liverpool clash for local bragging rights, WBA Bantamweight World Champion Shannon Courtenay<\/strong> (7-1, 3 KOs) defends her crown for the first time against the USA’s Jamie Mitchell<\/strong> (6-0-2, 4 KOs), Northampton’s Kieron Conway <\/strong>(16-2-1, 3 KOs) looks to bounce back from his loss to Souleymane Cissokho on the Canelo vs. Saunders undercard when he meets James Metcalf<\/strong> (21-1, 13 KOs), decorated amateur star Peter McGrail<\/strong> makes his highly anticipated professional debut against Ed Harrison <\/strong>(2-8), Tony Bellew-managed Lightweight Luke Willis<\/strong> (10-0, 1 KO) clashes with Norwich’s Rylan Charlton<\/strong> (6-1-1, 3 KOs), two-time World Title challenger Natasha Jonas <\/strong>(9-2-1, 7 KOs) returns after her thrilling fight with Katie Taylor in May, Birmingham Heavyweight hope Solomon Dacres <\/strong>(2-0, 1 KO) steps up against the experienced Kamil Sokolowski<\/strong> (10-22-2, 4 KOs) in just his third fight, Wigan Lightweight Rhiannon Dixon<\/strong> (3-0) fights for the second time this year and Blane Hyland<\/strong> (4-1) meets Santiago San Eusebio<\/strong> (3-1-2, 2 KOs) in a four round Super-Flyweight contest. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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