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Promoter Eddie Hearn needs to place Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams for a title shot at middleweight, however he should win his headliner towards Patrice Volny this Saturday, March fifteenth. Williams (17-1, 12 KOs) and Volny (19-1, 13 KOs) meet within the 12-round primary occasion on the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida. The occasion can be proven dwell on DAZN.
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Hearn blames a few of Williams’ previous much less spectacular performances on his not having the best preparation. He’s been “indifferent” in camp and never absolutely “mentally” prepared. His eleventh-round knockout loss to Hamzah Sheeraz final 12 months may be what Hearn is speaking about. In that battle, Ammo had Sheeraz harm early however didn’t go for the kill. Shedding to a hyp job like Sheeraz was disappointing as a result of that was a really winnable battle if Ammo had put his foot on the accelerator.
Hearn’s Imaginative and prescient
Volny, 35, can punch and he’s knocked out his final three opponents. If Williams can’t get him out of there, he might be vulnerable to being stopped for the second time. That may spoil Hearn’s plans to get him a title shot, clearly, and he may need to re-think his profession targets for him.
“Ammo’s problems in the past weren’t that he wasn’t good enough, it was that his preparation wasn’t good enough. Sometimes, he hasn’t been mentally 100% there. Sometimes his camps have been a little bit indifferent,” stated Eddie Hearn to DAZN Boxing, speaking about Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams’s battle towards Patrice Volny this Saturday night time in Orlando, Florida.
Williams, 28, has solely misplaced as soon as in his six-year profession, however he’s not confronted any killers besides Sheeraz, who’s deeply flawed. The opposite 17 guys that Ammo has fought have been no names that almost all followers have by no means heard of.
“This is one of the first times that he’s had a strong, decent camp. This is a tough fight. Volny is a big guy, and he’s a serious middleweight,” stated Hearn. “He’s a good fighter. The Ammo Williams story is quite incredible. I look back at his professional debut, and he was this young, excitable kid. Then you go through the list of everywhere he’s boxed and everything he’s done.”
Volny’s Menace
Volny is an actual huge man. Standing subsequent to Ammo, he appeared like an excellent middleweight. It’s onerous to consider that he’s going to make weight tomorrow as a result of he seems to be big. Williams appeared brief and scrawny subsequent to him.
“The fact that he’s still here after all those issues and problems he’d had, but you’ve got to make it count,” stated Hearn about Ammo. “Stories are nice, but if you get beat, there’s only so much you can do with a story. When you compare people to Ammo, it’s a rollercoaster ride. Let’s not get it twisted into thinking it’s okay to lose. It’s never okay to lose, but you can certainly come back from it.”
There’s solely a lot a promoter can do, constructing a fighter up by telling their life story. That stuff doesn’t work with followers if the fighter fails to win. They received’t care about what a fighter has gone via of their lives to get to the place they’re at. In the event that they don’t win, followers received’t trouble paying consideration.
Should-win Battle
“The reality is, in this sport, if you’re not good enough, you won’t win. That’s it. If you’re not good enough, you can look yourself in the mirror. As long as you gave it everything, then you can go again,” stated Hearn.
“You’ve got a lot of quality fighters, but you have a lot of fighters that haven’t got massive profiles that are looking for opportunities against good names in exciting fights,” stated Hearn when requested about what potentialities are there for Austin Williams at middleweight if he’s victorious towards Volny on Saturday.
“You’ve acquired the WBO champion [Janibek Alimkhanuly]. I believe he’s going to maneuver up in some unspecified time in the future [to 168]. You simply noticed [WBC champ] Carlos Adames beat Hamzah Sheeraz. He’s a superb fighter, however I wasn’t blown away by him. You then’ve acquired [WBA champion Erislandy] Lara. He’s an ideal fighter, however he’s getting on [41 years old].
“Listen, we want to roll the dice for the world middleweight championship with Ammo Williams, but he must win on Saturday,” stated Hearn.
