Carl Williams (boxer)

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Carl Williams boxer
Data
Birth Name Carl Williams
Weight class Heavyweight
nationality US-american
birthday November 11, 1959
place of birth Belle Glade
Date of death April 7, 2013
style Left delivery
size 1.93 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 41
Victories 30th
Knockout victories 21st
Defeats 10
No value 1

Carl "The Truth" Williams (born November 11, 1959 in Belle Glade , Florida , † April 7, 2013 ) was an American heavyweight boxer .

career

Carl Williams had an amateur record of 21-1 and turned pro in 1982 and initially beat a number of unknown build-up opponents until he was able to defeat James Tillis on points in October 1984 and got his first title fight. In this he lost on May 20, 1985, although unanimously but extremely controversial against the IBF title holder Larry Holmes .

In his next fight he was able to beat the then undefeated Jesse Ferguson by technical knockout in the tenth round, but was twice on the ground against the average powerful Ferguson. In the following argument with ex-title holder Mike Weaver , however, he was already knocked out in round two.

In 1987 he managed an early win against Bert Cooper and also beat the former WBC title holder Trevor Berbick on points.

This qualified him for a world championship fight against Mike Tyson , which he had provoked with a full-page advertisement in the Sunday edition of the New York Times with the content "Is Mike Tyson afraid of The Truth?" In the encounter on July 21, 1989, however, he had no chance and was knocked out after a single left hook in round one.

In 1991 he lost on points to Tim Witherspoon . He boxed until 1997, but mainly served as a build-up opponent for young boxers; among other things, he lost to Frank Bruno and Alexander Solkin . Against Tommy Morrison he was able to achieve a respectable success in 1993, when he had this twice in the fifth round on the ground, before he finally went KO himself.

Williams most recently worked in a New York skyscraper as a fire protection officer; Gerry Cooney , for whose charity FIST Williams was involved , had arranged for him to do this .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ten-Count for Carl "The Truth" Williams
personal data
SURNAME Williams, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Williams, The Truth (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American boxer
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Belle Glade
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 2013