The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

HE'S gearing up to complete his training in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Saturday. Then it's off to Hamburg, Germany where Sherman 'The Tank' Williams will step into the ring for his first fight for 2020 on Saturday, January 18.

The 47-year-old veteran journeyman from Grand Bahama will be facing African born Jack "Big Jack" Mulowayi in a 10-round co-main event at the Epic Center. But if Williams has his way, he doesn't expect the fight to last that long.

"My preparation has been going very good. I got in eight rounds of sparring today and my timing is good and I'm feeling good, so I'm looking forward to picking up my first win, my first KO (knock out)," Williams said.

"I am planning to start 2020 the way I started 2019. So I'm fighting in January again, so I want to go in there and finish strong."

Adding more cardio to his training regimen and working out as early as 7am in the mornings, Williams is running a lot more with windspeed workouts and other exercises to increase his body structure. "Mulowayi is 6-feet, 4-inches and 270 pounds, so he's a big guy," said Williams.

"So I want to get in close and stay close and use a lot of bobbing and weaving. It looks easy, but it takes a lot of leg strength. That's been the key so far with what I've been working on."

With his last sparring on Saturday with Ditlev Rossing, the Danish World Boxing Council's youth cruiserweight champion, Williams said he will continue with his cardio until he leaves for Germany on Thursday.

"I feel good. I feel strong. My conditioning is up and I feel very good about this one," Williams said.

"I think I'm going to take this guy out in six. I've seen some of his videos and he seems to be a big guy with a lot of low energy.

"He throws a lot of punches, but I'm a big guy as well and I think I can outpunch him three to one. If I'm able to get my way and set up the overhand right and the jab, I don't see him going past five rounds. That's my prediction."

While he considers Mulowayi a Muhammad Ali-style fighter, Williams said he will counter-attack him like a Joe Frazier. But he claims that the difference will be his overhand right, which he feels is more devastating than Frazier's left hook. "If I can connect with this guy two or three times, he won't last the 10 rounds," Williams said. "I see the fight ending in six rounds."Williams will go into the ring with a 42-15-2 win-loss-draw record. Mulowayi, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo now living in Belgium, is 8-2-1.

Williams said he's taken time out to worship at St Alban's Anglican Church in Copenhagen where he's been able to stay spiritually grounded.