LAS VEGAS – Austin “Ammo” Williams doesn’t think Kieron Conway knows what he signed up for on Saturday night.
The brash middleweight prospect predicted during a news conference Thursday at the MGM Grand that he will demolish England’s Conway even more easily than he tore apart Chordale Booker in their last fight. Williams overwhelmed Booker with a barrage of power shots, knocking him to the ropes and stopping him in the first round of their 10-round bout April 30 on the Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano undercard at Madison Square Garden in New York. New York.
Conway (18-2-1, 4 KOs) hasn’t been knocked out in 21 pro fights, but Williams (11-0, 9 KOs) promised promoter Eddie Hearn he’ll handle Conway quickly in their 10-round, 160-punch bout. . -Pounds fight on the pay-per-view portion of the Canelo Alvarez-Gennadiy Golovkin undercard at T-Mobile Arena.
“I hear the same thing at every press conference,” Williams said. “And guys like him, they say they’re ready, they had the best, you know, training camp of their life or whatever, fresh and experienced. Eddie, we just heard Chordale Booker say the exact same thing he’s saying now. So, you know, he’s just going to get better. What I’m going to do is going to be worse than what I did to Chordale Booker. And that is a promise to you.
Booker (17-1, 7 KOs), of Stamford, Connecticut, was undefeated before Williams stopped him just 2:25 into their 10-round fight.
The 26-year-old Conway lost a split decision to 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Souleymane Cissokho (15-0, 9 KOs) in his most recent action against an undefeated opponent, a 10-round bout that took place in May 2021. at the Alvarez- Billy Joe Saunders billboard at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Conway previously fought to a 12-round split draw with countryman Ted Cheeseman (17-3-1, 10 KOs) in June 2019 at York Hall in London.
Milwaukee’s Williams is a 7-1 favorite according to Caesars Sportsbook, which surprised Conway.
“I feel like this is a second chance for me, because I didn’t have the performance that I should have last year,” Conway said. “But I’m here to get a ‘W,’ and that’s it. I’m ready to go. I feel fresh. I feel very prepared and ready to go on Saturday night.”
The 26-year-old Williams has knocked out 82 percent of his pro opponents, but Conway said he has already withstood blows from power punchers.
“I have been there with the explosive [fighters], the fast pace,” Conway said. “So yes, I also have the experience there. And I think I’m here to get that ‘W’. He didn’t know he was the loser until this morning. I thought he was the favourite. But it is what it is. I’m going to come here, I’m the favorite in my mind. I come here to win.”
Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.
