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Welsh boxer Liam Williams says he is ready to get back into the ring and fight again – 12 months after retiring due to receiving “several concussions”.
The 33-year-old, who won British, European and Commonwealth titles, said in October last year he was hanging up his gloves because he was worried about taking further blows to the head and suffering more brain damage.
However, in a post on his Instagram channel, Williams says he wants to reverse the decision to quit, saying “the time has come and I’m ready to rumble again”.
The former world title challenger went on: “Any middleweight or super middleweights looking for some smoke, then here’s where you can get it. You know what to do.”
Last year Williams said he fought Chris Eubank Jr in 2022 despite knowing he was suffering the effects of a concussion and against medical advice as he “didn’t want to let down his fans”.
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Williams last fight was a first-round KO defeat by Hamzah Sheeraz in February 2024 but he said he realised afterwards he “had taken too much” and did not want to “just fight for money” or “jeopardise his future with his family”.
He said he worried about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain condition linked to repeated blows to the head and concussion. The condition, which gradually gets worse over time and leads to dementia, can only be diagnosed post-mortem.
A decorated Welsh amateur boxer, Williams turned professional after his hopes of boxing in the 2012 Olympics were ruined when he was hit by a car while changing a tyre.
Despite early promise in his professional career he was unsuccessful in his attempts to land a world title losing to WBO world middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade in 2021.
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