The Guy Getting Pummeled Won?

On Friday night British heavyweight Danny Williams somehow found a way to beat challenger John McDermott and remain in boxrec.com’s top twenty despite. Williams managed to win a majority decision despite having three points taken away from him in the late rounds for various infractions. Williams also survived an fifth round beating (video below) which was unbelievably not stopped by the referee.

Here is the London Telegraph’s recount of the fight where writer Gareth Davies correctly assesses British heavyweight boxing as being “in the doldrums.”