Williams aiming to be a bit more Solid

Southern Area cruiserweight Champion Leon ‘Solid’ Williams is set for his second outing of the year when he faces Czech Republic hardman David Vicena at Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, Essex on Saturday 19th March 2011.

Leon will be looking to get back in winning ways, following his stoppage loss against Richard Turba last month, in order to focus fully on his upcoming Southern Area title defence as well as his planned assault on the British title trail.  

Following a sparring session with London-based Dutch cruiserweight Mitchell Balker at the Ultrachem TKO Gym in Canning Town, Leon spoke briefly about the upcoming fight and his desire to redress the couple of blemishes on his record.

“I’m going to be going forward, that’s what I’m supposed to be doing. I’ll put the pressure on and do what I do best and that’s fight. It’ll be a good warm up for my title defence. I’ll be looking to take him out, I’m going to make my name now. After this fight I’ll be straight back in the gym and start planning for the next fight, hopefully within the month. Get ready for another fight, whether it’s another defence, or an eight rounder, ten rounder. I want to keep it moving and I really want to put things right on my record, you know those losses at Prizefighter and my last fight.

"Against Jon Lewis-Dickinson I felt they scored it like amateur boxing. I thought I was a professional not an amateur. They scored it on a points system yet I was putting on the pressure, landing the cleaner shots yet they gave it to him with scoring like an amateur. I’d definitely fight him again, I definitely want to fight him again and I’ll take him out.

"The fight with Richard Turba I put that down to the preparation I did before the fight, things I don’t normally do. I don’t ever go down, I’ve been caught clean on many occasions but I never go down. I put that down to my preparations. First round I didn’t get caught by any shots. I fought on the back foot. I’m not a back foot fighter but it worked for me. Second round I got caught, that was down to my preparation that I done. If I got to fight him again I put it on him and do what I do best and that’s come forward and make it a real fight. It’ll be fantastic if I can get a rematch with them both. There’ll be a different result, most definitely.”