Jeremy Williams (boxer)

Jeremy Williams (born August 19, 1972, Fort Dodge, Iowa) is a former professional boxer and mixed martial artist. He challenged once for the WBO Heavyweight title in 1996.

Jeremy Allen Williams
Born (1972-08-19) August 19, 1972
Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States
Other namesHalf-Man, Half-Amazing
NationalityAmerican
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)
DivisionHeavyweight/Cruiserweight (Boxing)
Light Heavyweight (MMA)
Reach75.0 in (191 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofLong Beach, California, United States
Years active1992–2007 (boxing)
2005–2008 (MMA)
Professional boxing record
Total49
Wins43
By knockout35
Losses5
By knockout3
Draws1
Mixed martial arts record
Total5
Wins5
By knockout3
By submission2
Losses0
Other information
Boxing record from BoxRec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Medal record
Goodwill Games
1990 Seattle Light heavyweight

Amateur career

As an amateur, he was the 1989 and 1990 United States amateur Light Heavyweight 1989 heavyweight Jr. Olympic champion and the 1990 and 1991 National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight champion, and is a member of the Golden Gloves hall of fame. He was a bronze medalist in the 1990 Goodwill Games in the 81 kg division, being knocked out cold with a right cross thrown by the Soviet Andrey Kurnyavka in the quarterfinals after a three-round slugfest (Kurnyavka later told that this was the toughest of his 350 fights.) At the 1991 match-up he was again knocked out cold in the 3rd round via left hook by the Soviet Sergey Klokov. Williams said in an interview to ESPN that the 1990 knockout loss "affected him for years after."[1]

Amateur accomplishments
  • 1990 Blue and Gold National Light Heavyweight Champion
  • 1990 USA National Light Heavyweight Champion
  • 1991 USA National Light Heavyweight Champion
  • 1989 the world record fastest knockout 8 seconds
  • California state record fastest Knock out 10 seconds

His amateur record was 168–4. He dropped decisions to Montell Griffin in the Olympic qualifiers 1992.

Professional boxing career

Jeremy Williams is known in the boxing world as one of the most feared knockout artists in the Heavyweight division of his time, with two of his 35 knockouts coming before 30 seconds of the first round—he KO'd Arthur Weathers in 8 seconds on March 19, 1996 (the fastest KO in California boxing history) and KO'd Louis Monaco 28 seconds into their second meeting on March 17, 2002 (Williams had knocked Monaco out in 3 rounds 6 years earlier). Williams won the WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title twice.

Williams fought his professional debut at cruiserweight, before moving up to the heavyweight division for the rest of his career.

Williams always seemed to be on the cusp of attaining greatness, but his only challenge was for the WBO World title.

Long Beach, California's Williams quickly grabbed the attention of the former team that planned the road for Mike Tyson, Bill Cayton and Kevin Rooney. Williams relocated to Catskill, New York. Instantly Williams made an impact on the American public. He won his first five fights by KO. While on the rise as a young pro, Williams defeated another undefeated prospect out of Detroit's Kronk Gym, Danell Nicholson. Going into the fight many writers believed that Nicholson (who was managed and trained by Emmanuel Stewert) would pick apart the smaller Williams. Williams ripped Nicholson up in the first round and finished him in the 2nd round. Williams resembled a new age Jack Dempsey. A ferocious puncher who was of mixed blood.(Irish & African American; Dempsey Irish & Cherokee)He racked up a record of 15–0,12kos before his first loss, via majority decision to Larry Donald. After the loss to Donald, Williams reeled off another streak of knockouts, and wound up facing Henry Akinwande for the WBO Heavyweight Title. Williams would lose by KO in the 3rd round. Akinwande was much too big for Williams. It would appear, in retrospect, that Williams manager and father, Charlie, pushed Jeremy into the heavyweight division too soon and Akinwande capitalized on the much smaller and outclassed Williams. It is thought that this premature push into the heavyweight division (with Williams taking the fight on short notice) resulted in squashing Williams's dreams for ever claiming a heavyweight title. He then began a new streak of KO victories but in fighting for the lightly regarded IBC heavyweight crown Williams lost by TKO to Denmark's Brian Nielsen. There was some controversy surrounding the fight after Williams suffered from food poisoning after dining with the promoter the night before the bout. Some insiders have said that Williams was purposely poisoned. After another streak of knockouts he again was defeated this time by decision by perennial spoiler Maurice Harris.[2] In 2003 he upset heavyweight prospect Andre Purlette by decision. Williams also competed Cedric Kushner's Thunderbox Heavyweight Tournament, "Fistful of Dollars", but lost on a 3-round decision that doesn't count on his record.

Williams latest run towards a heavyweight title shot ended when he went up against power punching Sam Peter, who ended Williams' night quickly with a vicious KO in the second round. In 2007 Williams re-entered boxing as a cruiserweight and won his first fight by split decision over Gary Gomez.

Personal life

Williams is biracial.

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
49 fights 43 wins 5 losses
By knockout 35 3
By decision 6 2
By disqualification 2 0
Draws 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
49 Win 43–5–1 Travis Fulton DQ 3 (10) 30/03/2013 Waterloo, Iowa, United States WBU Heavyweight championship
48 Win 42–5–1 Gary Gomez SD 8 18/08/2007 Sandy, Utah, United States 78-75, 77-75, 75-77.
47 Loss 41–5–1 Samuel Peter KO 2 (12), 0:27 04/12/2004 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States For the NABF Heavyweight Title.
46 Win 41–4–1 Attila Levin TKO 8 (10), 2:48 15/04/2004 New York City, United States
45 Win 40–4–1 Andre Purlette UD 10 10/06/2003 Corpus Christi, Texas, United States 97-90, 95-91, 97-88.
44 Draw 39–4–1 Al Cole PTS 10 30/01/2003 Portland, Oregon, United States 96-94, 95-95, 95-95.
43 Win 39–4 Gilbert Martinez TKO 9 29/09/2002 Lemoore, California, United States Referee stopped the bout at 1:00 of the ninth round.
42 Win 38–4 Ron Guerrero UD 10 07/06/2002 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 98-91, 97-92, 96-93.
41 Win 37–4 David Bostice KO 1 21/04/2002 Laughlin, Nevada, United States Bostice knocked out at 2:59 of the first round.
40 Win 36–4 Louis Monaco KO 1 17/03/2002 Oroville, California, United States Monaco knocked out at 0:29 of the first round.
39 Loss 35–4 Brian Nielsen TKO 5 28/04/2000 Copenhagen, Denmark IBC World Heavyweight Title.
38 Win 35–3 Jason Stewart KO 1 25/03/2000 Gallatin, Tennessee, United States
37 Loss 34–3 Maurice Harris UD 10 19/06/1999 New York City, United States 91-98, 90-98, 89-99.
36 Win 34–2 Derrick Roddy KO 1 30/01/1999 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
35 Win 33–2 Yuriy Yelistratov TKO 3 02/10/1998 Wroclaw, Poland
34 Win 32–2 Domingo Monroe TKO 1 21/07/1998 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
33 Win 31–2 Marcus Rhode TKO 2 30/08/1997 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
32 Win 30–2 Jeff Lally TKO 1 15/05/1997 Reseda, California, United States WBO NABO Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:25 of the first round.
31 Win 29–2 Phil Jackson KO 1 25/02/1997 Long Beach, California, United States Jackson knocked out at 1:25 of the first round.
30 Win 28–2 Louis Monaco KO 3 19/12/1996 Reseda, California, United States
29 Win 27–2 Jerry Halstead KO 1 21/11/1996 Reseda, California, United States
28 Loss 26–2 Henry Akinwande KO 3 29/06/1996 Indio, California, United States WBO World Heavyweight Title. Williams knocked out at 0:43 of the third round.
27 Win 26–1 Vincent Boulware TKO 2 04/06/1996 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Referee stopped the bout at 0:33 of the second round.
26 Win 25–1 Arthur Weathers TKO 1 19/03/1996 Long Beach, California, United States Referee stopped the bout at 0:10 of the first round.
25 Win 24–1 Samson Cohen TKO 1 09/02/1996 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
24 Win 23–1 David Sewell TKO 5 29/09/1995 Stateline, Nevada, United States WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:21 of the fifth round.
23 Win 22–1 Quinn Navarre TKO 2 21/07/1995 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:06 of the second round.
22 Win 21–1 Jesse Ferguson RTD 7 05/03/1995 Palm Springs, California, United States Ferguson failed to emerge from his corner for the eighth round.
21 Win 20–1 Everton Davis TKO 9 06/01/1995 Los Angeles, California, United States California Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the fight at 0:59 of the ninth round after Davis was knocked down thrice in the fight.
20 Win 19–1 Levi Billups KO 2 16/11/1994 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Billups knocked out at 2:35 of the second round.
19 Win 18–1 Mark Wills TKO 6 02/08/1994 Los Angeles, California, United States Referee stopped the fight at 2:28 of the sixth round.
18 Win 17–1 Bert Cooper DQ 7 24/06/1994 Los Angeles, California, United States Referee disqualified Cooper at 1:48 of the seventh round.
17 Win 16–1 Andrew Stokes KO 1 20/05/1994 Los Angeles, California, United States Stokes knocked out at 0:39 of the first round.
16 Loss 15–1 Larry Donald MD 12 12/03/1994 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title. 111-117, 112-116, 114-114.
15 Win 15–0 Mark Wills KO 9 (12), 1:37 28/01/1994 Lewiston, Maine, United States WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title.
14 Win 14–0 Garing Lane TKO 12 (12), 0:18 07/12/1993 Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title.
13 Win 13–0 Nathaniel Fitch RTD 7 (10), 3:00 09/11/1993 Fargo, North Dakota, United States Fitch failed to come out of his corner for the eighth round.
12 Win 12–0 Mark Young KO 6 (10), 2:31 02/10/1993 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
11 Win 11–0 Doug Davis KO 1 (10) 14/09/1993 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
10 Win 10–0 Frankie Swindell UD 10 29/07/1993 Bushkill, Pennsylvania, United States 98-92, 98-92, 97-91.
9 Win 9–0 Danell Nicholson KO 2 (6), 2:56 08/05/1993 Stateline, Nevada, United States
8 Win 8–0 Marion Wilson UD 8 25/03/1993 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States 77-72, 77-73, 77-73. Williams was knocked down once and Wilson was docked a point for holding.
7 Win 7–0 Mike Robinson TKO 2 02/03/1993 Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States
6 Win 6–0 Robert Smith SD 6 21/02/1993 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 59-55, 56-59, 58-56.
5 Win 5–0 Sinclair Babb KO 2 (4), 0:35 23/12/1992 White Plains, New York, United States
4 Win 4–0 Willie Johnson KO 1 (4) 05/12/1992 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
3 Win 3–0 David Payne KO 1 (4), 1:25 18/11/1992 Troy, New York, United States
2 Win 2–0 Hassan Shabazz TKO 1 (4) 03/11/1992 Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States Shabazz was knocked down thrice in the round initiating the three knockdown rule.
1 Win 1–0 Jerry Arentzen TKO 2 (4) 14/10/1992 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Television and film career

In 2005, he assisted the reality TV show The Contender as a trainer for the West Coast Team. In 2006, he again appeared on the show, Contender Season 2, as a trainer. Williams also starred in the film Carman: The Champion. He is also the bully trainer on the MTV reality show, Bully Beatdown.

Mixed martial arts career

In 2005, he made his MMA debut at WFC: Rumble At the Ramada, defeating Josh Tamsen via TKO in the first round. He has since gone 5–0 with his latest win coming via way of TKO over Auggie Padeken on March 15, 2008.

Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown
5 matches 5 wins 0 losses
By knockout 3 0
By submission 2 0
By decision 0 0
By disqualification 0 0
Unknown 0 0
Draws 0
No contests 0
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 5–0 Auggie Padeken TKO (punches) Icon Sport-Baroni vs Hose March 15, 2008 1 2:18 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Win 4–0 Charles Jones TKO (exhaustion) Icon Sport-Epic March 31, 2007 3 1:22 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Win 3–0 Derek Thornton Submission (guillotine choke) Icon Sport-All In February 9, 2007 1 3:48 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Win 2–0 Ron Fields Submission (punches) Icon Sport-Mayhem vs Trigg December 2, 2006 2 0:37 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Win 1–0 Josh Tamsen TKO WFC-Rumble at the Ramada December 8, 2005 1 0:00 Norwalk, California, United States
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References
  1. Sergei Klotov (USSR) | Jeremy Williams (a) HL
  2. Finger, David E. (2005). Rocky Lives!: Heavyweight Boxing Upsets of the 1990s. Potomac Books, Inc. p. 314. ISBN 9781574889055. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
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