He told the High Court in Edinburgh that he always wore heavy duty gloves while working as a woodcutter and the safety equipment kept his hands "quite smooth" despite his manual outdoor labour.
Mesa, a cross between Ozzie Guillen and Dusty Baker, always entertained with his antics and consistent illegal rubbing of the baseball with his winter gloves during pitching changes.
Williams has had many highs in his 50-fight career - beating Mike Tyson in 2004 will always be the highlight - but the Brixton bomber will now surely hang up his gloves.