Klitschko-Williams report

"There is a lot of inflammation around the shoulder and I need to give it a rest for about six weeks," Williams told BBC Sport.

"The doctors said there's no dislocation, just a few bits and pieces that need to be sorted."

"But my dream is still to be the world heavyweight champion."

The 31-year-old, who suffered the injury in the second round of the Klitschko fight, was stopped in the eighth round on 11 December in Las Vegas.

Williams insisted he would continue to stay in shape during his enforced lay-off and will keep one eye on the future.

And the Brixton fighter will meet his promoter Frank Warren this week to plot a plan of action.

"Without a shadow of a doubt, I'm definitely going to carry on," said the heavyweight.

I want to make it clear that in no way am I blaming my shoulder injury for my loss - Klitschko beat me fair and square Danny Williams

"I'm not interested in British-level fights, the lowest I want to fight at again is European level

"I'd love to box for the European title next year, fight either of the other world champions or fight a top 10 heavyweight to prove myself again.

"For now I'll do a little bit of jogging, a little bit of shadow boxing and some groundwork but nothing that's going to be to strenuous on my right shoulder."

Williams suffered a similar injury which later required surgery when he beat Mark Potter in 2000 to win the British heavyweight title.

"This injury is nothing in comparison to my injury in 2000 when I dislocated my shoulder," said Williams.