Eames feels Williams has Solid chance against Norton

It’s been a cracking year for British boxing fans - there have been so many sensational domestic battles, Mitchell-Murray, Fury-Chisora, McDonnell-Hall and Walsh-Appleby being amongst the very best to date - and it’s just about to get even better, as on the 21st of this month Streatham cruiserweight prospect Leon ‘Solid’ Williams challenges savvy British and Commonwealth champ Rob Norton for his British crown at York Hall in Bethnal Green.

It’s a contrast in styles - Norton, often described as a cagey counter-punching fox, is an awkward southpaw, whilst Williams is a fast moving, forward coming, power puncher, right out of the the ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson mould - that makes this fight such an interesting prospect. Williams, the current Southern Area champ, may seem to be the underdog - having won just eight of his eleven outings, during which he only defended his Southern Area title just the once.

Norton, whose record stands at 32 (19 KO)-4-2, has contested several championship title fights.

“At first I was in the belief that a British title fight might be a little too soon for us," observed Williams' trainer Johnny Eames, "but now I think this is a very good fight for us to take. The improvement in Leon is immense since he’s been with us, so this could well be the right fight at the right time, and is an opportunity we couldn’t turn away."