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Lewis Williams back from training with one of boxing’s all-time legends
Lewis Williams has spent five of the hardest but most rewarding weeks of his professional
career, training alongside two boxing champions—one of the greatest of all time, undefeated
cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, Oleksandr Usyk, and former heavyweight
champion, Anthony Joshua.
The invitation came from the Usyk team via Lewis’s promoter’s Queensberry Promotions to
join the Ukrainian’s training camp in Spain ahead of the Usyk v Verhoeven fight in Egypt on
23rd May.
As Lewis stays in good shape based at Cleary’s Gym , Leamington Spa , it was an
opportunity not to be missed to go out and spar with one of the world’s greatest heavyweight
boxers and widely recognised in the sport as an all-time legend.
Commenting about, the trip Williams said” Training with Usyk and his team was a massive
eye-opener—the intensity of the sparring sessions and the rounds we shared were on
another level.
People who know me know how hard I train, but this showed me exactly how much further I
need to go. In fact, I’ve probably done more rounds with Oleksandr Usyk now than any top
heavyweight ever has done”.
He was also able to meet up with another of British boxing’s greatest heavyweights ,
Anthony Joshua who is also in Spain training for his next fight in July in Riyadh. That fight is
widely tipped as a warm up fight with speculation of a long awaited Joshua v Fury fight in
November. Williams’s style with his fast jab has been compared to that of Tyson Fury.
He continued “We’ve known each other a long time so It was great to link back up with AJ,
and I’m really looking forward to working with him in the future.
I believe I’m as good as anyone in the heavyweight division. I was praised for my fast hands
and movement when I was sparring with Usyk. I just need my experience now to catch up
with my talent”.
Williams was initially invited out to the Usyk training camp for a week but he made a serious
impression and was retained for almost 5 weeks .
“I m really grateful to my team and my sponsors who support me on my journey.
I’m waiting for my next fight date as I can’t wait to get back in the ring and put all of the
experience to good use” commented Williams before flying back to the UK to rejoin his team.
Williams turned professional with Queensberry Promotions almost two years ago and is
currently undefeated having won each of his fights in convincing style.