“We have a very good relationship me and Gary. I respect him as a trainer but we are also very good friends too.” “Training has gone really well, I’ve been in camp seven or eight weeks as we knew this fight would be coming up. I’ve had great sparring with Alex Hughes who turned pro recently and is a good kid. I’ve also been sparring Nick Blackwell which has been good work.” “Both me and (fellow camp member) Lewis Rees have been in the team GB camp as amateurs with Ronnie Heffron and to me (Heffron) hasn’t changed much in all that time. He’s fairly strong and likes to come forward but I don’t think he punches very hard. I also
think the Vassell fight might have taken something out of him.” “I don’t want to give any of our tactics away but I’ll be working my jab and putting some pressure on and just keep it simple.” As previously stated, trainer and former pro Gary Lockett has been full of praise for his fighter, insisting Williams is destined for, at the least, the British light-middleweight title. I ask about the two men’s working relationship… “We have a very good relationship me and Gary. I
respect him as a trainer but we are also very good friends too. We don’t just train together we go for a coffee sometimes and have a chat all the time. I’m lucky to be in camp with a good set of fighters and it was also a pleasure working alongside (the recently retired) Gavin Rees.” Does the unbeaten Welshman echo his coach’s prediction of becoming a future British champion? “I do think that but we’re taking it one step at a time” the former amateur star replies. “After the Heffron fight we’ll take it from there.”
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