Williams wants to fight Lewis

Danny Williams wants to follow up his victory over Mike Tyson by persuading Lennox Lewis to come out of retirement and fight for a £10million purse.

Williams said today he was willing to put his world heavyweight championship ambitions on hold if Lewis would agree to a domestic showdown later this year. He told Standard Sport: "Fighting Lewis back in Britain would be unbelievable. That would be great.

"I'd like to give the British fans a big fight and the crowd would really get behind that me. I'd love to make it happen."

Frank Warren, who manages and promotes Williams through his Sports Network organisation, believes a clash between the two Londoners would fill a football stadium like Highbury or White Hart Lane.

He said: "It would be an exciting fight. There is a part of me that hopes Lennox doesn't return. But if he was considering a comeback I'd love it to be against Danny."