Vitali Klitschko the Ukrainian presidential opposition movement. Klitschko knocked Williams down in the 1st, 3rd, 7th, and 8th rounds before the fight was stopped. Immediately afterward, Klitschko dedicated his victory to democracy in his native Ukraine and also to the Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, whom he supported in 26 December 2004, election revote. On 9 November 2005, Klitschko announced his retirement from professional boxing and vacated his title. He had been training to fight Hasim Rahman, however, nine days before the fight, he injured his leg while sparring. He snapped his anterior cruciate ligament, which with surgery would take up to
Danny Williams (boxer) Danny Williams (boxer) Daniel Peter Williams (born 13 July 1973) is a British former professional boxer. A veteran of the sport since 1995, he held the British heavyweight title twice between 2000 and 2010, and the Commonwealth heavyweight title twice between 1999 and 2006. Williams is best known for scoring an upset knockout victory against Mike Tyson in 2004, which earned him a mandatory WBC heavyweight title opportunity. In the same year, he challenged then-reigning champion Vitali Klitschko, but was stopped in eight rounds. As an amateur boxing out of the famous Lynn AC boxing gym in SE London, Williams