Dulwhich dancer Ahmet Patterson has promised to outbox British Super-Welterweight Champion Liam Williams when they clash for the famous Lonsdale Belt later this month. The undefeated rivals go head-to-head at the Motorpoint Arena Cardiff on Saturday 26th November, live and exclusive on BoxNation.
Patterson (17-0, 7 KOs) is confident of picking up his fourth professional title after impressively dismantling Dudley’s Ryan Aston to win the Vacant IBF International Super-Welterweight Championship at York Hall back in January this year.
“I don’t worry about power,” said Patterson. “At the end of the day you can only hit hard if you can land. If you can’t land anything then you’re just wasting energy. Throwing powerful punches at thin air isn’t going to get you anywhere.”
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“My place in the ring is not to get hit. I want to take as few hits in my career as possible. Some fighters like to take shots before they throw them back but I’m smarter than that. Hit and not get hit is the name of the game.”
Trained by Martin Bowers at Canning Town’s famous Peacock Gym, the supremely confident Patterson is relishing heading into the dragons’ den to take on local hero Williams. He defeated Yorkshire’s Chad Gaynor in Sheffield to pick up the English Welterweight strap back in 2014 and is predicting another memorable away day on the 26th.
“It doesn’t matter where we fight. I’m completely unfazed. I don’t care. As long as there’s a ring we could get it on in a pub garden! Nothing that goes on outside of the ring is going to have any affect on the fight. When the bell goes it will be just me and Liam getting it on; nobody else.”
Williams (15-0-1, 10 KOs) stopped bitter rival Gary Corcoran last time out at the Cardiff Ice Arena to retain his British Super-Welterweight title. Patterson’s speed and agility pose new threats to the Boxing Writers’ Young Boxer of the Year.
“If me and Gary faced-off I already know how it would go down. I don’t want to talk about it too much as it’s disrespectful but I know what I did to him in sparring. I would have got Gary out of there earlier than the eleventh round.
“Liam got the win over Gary and fair play to him but he’s facing Ahmet Patterson this time not Gary Corcoran and it’s a totally different fight.”
WBO Lightweight King Terry Flanagan and Orlando Cruz join a sensational five-title fight card that features undefeated Hatfield star Billy Joe Saunders making the maiden defence of his World title against Brooklyn-based Russian Artur Akavov; Welsh hero Liam Williams defending his British Super-Welterweight title against undefeated Londoner Ahmet Patterson; Baggies bomber Tommy Langford clashing with Sheffield’s Sam Sheedy for the Vacant British Middleweight strap and Liverpool’s Tom Stalker making the first defence of his WBO European Lightweight title against arch rival Craig Evans.
An action-packed undercard features some of the very best up-and-coming Welsh talent; undefeated Maerdy Middleweight menace Alex Hughes fights over eight rounds; Swansea Super-Flyweight starlet Jay Harris looks to impress on home soil again over six rounds and highly-rated Barry Lightweight Jason Sillett aims to go 6-0; Ricky Hatton Heavyweight prodigy Nathan Gorman goes in search of another explosive KO win and Market Harborough Super-Welterweight Reuben Arrowsmith looks for his eighth professional win.
Remaining tickets for ‘A Little Less Conversation’ priced at £40, £70, £100 and £150 are available from Motorpoint Arena Cardiff; 029 2022 4488 and www.motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk, Eventim; 0844 249 1000 and www.eventim.co.uk, Ticketmaster; 0844 8440 444 and www.ticketmaster.co.uk
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