Q and A with Bryan Williams

Police Olympic Gold Medalist and former 2nd rated Heavyweight Bryan Williams, Fresno PD, no longer fighting but still heavily involved in boxing. He runs a boxing gym and trains fighters. His gym is 12 Rounds of Training and one of his prized pupils is Joey Lopez. Lopez will be making his professional debut Friday August 23, 2013 at the Central Valley Showdown Event held at the Regency Room 4277 N. West Ave. Fresno CA. The UCA sat down with Bryan to ask him a few questions about the upcoming fight.

UCA. How long have you been training Joey?

BW. I have been training Joey 3 years; he has never fought prior to coming to me.

UCA. How do you think Joey will do making the big jump to become a professional fighter?

BW. I think Joey will do well.

UCA. What did you and Joey work on in camp to prepare for the fight?

BW.  In camp we worked on footwork, speed, reaction and decision making in the ring.

UCA. How often is Joey training?

BW. 7 days a week, 3 times a day.

UCA.  Get out of town with that.

BW. No, I’m serious Joey is a beast. Check out my youtube channel. You will see some of our training. Throwing tires up hill, Joey pulling me on a harness, running up hill with a 12 pound ball.

UCA.  You don’t think Joey is over training?

BW. No, a lot of it was for mental toughness. I made sure his body was rested. We have a Chiropractor on board and a Dietician. We are doing it right and not rushing.

UCA.  Are you traveling to different gyms for sparring or having fighters come to your gym?

BW. We get a lot of guys coming to our gym. Joey got some work with the Olympian Jose Ramirez camp.  We traveled to San Francisco, and he spars with a featherweight champ from Australia who is fast as hell. Good for Joey to see.

UCA. Do you know anything about Joey’s opponent?

BW.  His name is John Dunham, he has 9 pro fights (1-8) he is from Stockton.

UCA. What will Joey need to do to win?

BW. His opponent has the ring experience, Joey will need to be tactically aggressive and work his angles. His opponent fights the crab style like Floyd Mayweather so we have to make him one dimensional.

UCA. Prediction?

BW.  It will be an exciting fight.

UCA. Thanks for your time Bryan, good luck Friday night.

BW. Thank you