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LANCE WILLIAMS THE FIRST BRIT ACCEPTED INTO THE KRONK GYM IN THE 80'S TELLS THE STORY OF HIS CAREER (2015 BBTV INTERVIEW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWrNQeuRECc )

Not only was Manchester's Lance Williams (aka Lance Lewis and aka Tony Dore) a 5th Dan in Karate, he was also a British, European champion at 16. A year later he became world champion when he was 17 and went on to fight all over the world, yes in the martial arts world Lance is a bonafide legend!

In boxing he was considered one of the best British prospects never to win a world title, which he put down to politics in the game.

Lance Williams was forced to quit boxing in 1982 when the Boxing Board of Control refused to renew his license after failing their routine eye scan. As Lance Williams in his first professional stint, he outpointed former lightweight world champion Ken Buchanan among other noted victories and became the first British fighter to be accepted into the Kronk Gym in Detroit USA by the late Emanuel Steward. He was good friends with Thomas Hearns and once boxed the ears off Jimmy Paul in a sparring session at a state prison in America in the outdoor courtyard, Jimmy Paul went on to become lightweight world champion.

Six years after ending his Lance Williams career, in which time he had become a teacher, earned a degree and a PHD and then because of his love of boxing and his determination to prove a point he applied for his professional boxing license under a different name and as he had suspected passed the eye test with flying colours.

In 1988, Lance returned to the ring as Tony Dore and based himself in Scotland, but it wasn't long before he was found out , and after a year as Dore and 14 fights he was found out when his former manager Mickey Duff recognised him at a fight in Wembley.

The story of Lance Williams is a fascinating one, in and out of children's homes as a youth, he never had the best start in life, but to go on to achieve what he did in combat sports and in his personal life has been amazing. Lance has a autobiography coming out soon and so I took this opportunity to interview him and he offered to speak for the first time on camera about the Tony Dore scandal ( As the News of the World called it at the time) and the truth behind his double boxing life, plus his time and the experiences he had as a British boxer arriving, training and sparring the Kronk gym.

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