Jeremy Williams (boxer)


Jeremy Williams is a former professional boxer and mixed martial artist. He challenged once for the WBO Heavyweight title in 1996.

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 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."

Amateur accomplishments

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 and KO'd Louis Monaco 28 seconds into their second meeting on March 17, 2002. 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 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.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 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. 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

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
49Win43–5–1 Travis FultonDQ3 30/03/2013 Waterloo, Iowa, United StatesWBU Heavyweight championship
48Win42–5–1 Gary GomezSD818/08/2007 Sandy, Utah, United States78-75, 77-75, 75-77.
47Loss41–5–1 Samuel PeterKO2, 0:2704/12/2004 Las Vegas, Nevada, United StatesFor the NABF Heavyweight Title.
46Win41–4–1 Attila LevinTKO8, 2:4815/04/2004 New York City, United States
45Win40–4–1 Andre PurletteUD1010/06/2003 Corpus Christi, Texas, United States97-90, 95-91, 97-88.
44Draw39–4–1 Al ColePTS1030/01/2003 Portland, Oregon, United States96-94, 95-95, 95-95.
43Win39–4 Gilbert MartinezTKO929/09/2002 Lemoore, California, United StatesReferee stopped the bout at 1:00 of the ninth round.
42Win38–4 Ron GuerreroUD1007/06/2002 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States98-91, 97-92, 96-93.
41Win37–4 David BosticeKO121/04/2002 Laughlin, Nevada, United StatesBostice knocked out at 2:59 of the first round.
40Win36–4 Louis MonacoKO117/03/2002 Oroville, California, United StatesMonaco knocked out at 0:29 of the first round.
39Loss35–4 Brian NielsenTKO528/04/2000 Copenhagen, DenmarkIBC World Heavyweight Title.
38Win35–3 Jason StewartKO125/03/2000 Gallatin, Tennessee, United States
37Loss34–3 Maurice HarrisUD1019/06/1999 New York City, United States91-98, 90-98, 89-99.
36Win34–2 Derrick RoddyKO130/01/1999 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
35Win33–2 Yuriy YelistratovTKO302/10/1998 Wroclaw, Poland
34Win32–2 Domingo MonroeTKO121/07/1998 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
33Win31–2 Marcus RhodeTKO230/08/1997 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
32Win30–2 Jeff LallyTKO115/05/1997 Reseda, California, United StatesWBO NABO Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:25 of the first round.
31Win29–2 Phil JacksonKO125/02/1997 Long Beach, California, United StatesJackson knocked out at 1:25 of the first round.
30Win28–2 Louis MonacoKO319/12/1996 Reseda, California, United States
29Win27–2 Jerry HalsteadKO121/11/1996 Reseda, California, United States
28Loss26–2 Henry AkinwandeKO329/06/1996 Indio, California, United StatesWBO World Heavyweight Title. Williams knocked out at 0:43 of the third round.
27Win26–1 Vincent BoulwareTKO204/06/1996 Las Vegas, Nevada, United StatesReferee stopped the bout at 0:33 of the second round.
26Win25–1 Arthur WeathersTKO119/03/1996 Long Beach, California, United StatesReferee stopped the bout at 0:10 of the first round.
25Win24–1 Samson CohenTKO109/02/1996 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
24Win23–1 David SewellTKO529/09/1995 Stateline, Nevada, United StatesWBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:21 of the fifth round.
23Win22–1 Quinn NavarreTKO221/07/1995 New Orleans, Louisiana, United StatesWBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:06 of the second round.
22Win21–1 Jesse FergusonRTD705/03/1995 Palm Springs, California, United StatesFerguson failed to emerge from his corner for the eighth round.
21Win20–1 Everton DavisTKO906/01/1995 Los Angeles, California, United StatesCalifornia Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the fight at 0:59 of the ninth round after Davis was knocked down thrice in the fight.
20Win19–1 Levi BillupsKO216/11/1994 Las Vegas, Nevada, United StatesBillups knocked out at 2:35 of the second round.
19Win18–1 Mark WillsTKO602/08/1994 Los Angeles, California, United StatesReferee stopped the fight at 2:28 of the sixth round.
18Win17–1 Bert CooperDQ724/06/1994 Los Angeles, California, United StatesReferee disqualified Cooper at 1:48 of the seventh round.
17Win16–1 Andrew StokesKO120/05/1994 Los Angeles, California, United StatesStokes knocked out at 0:39 of the first round.
16Loss15–1 Larry DonaldMD1212/03/1994 Las Vegas, Nevada, United StatesWBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title. 111-117, 112-116, 114-114.
15Win15–0 Mark WillsKO9, 1:3728/01/1994 Lewiston, Maine, United StatesWBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title.
14Win14–0 Garing LaneTKO12, 0:1807/12/1993 Auburn Hills, Michigan, United StatesWBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title.
13Win13–0 Nathaniel FitchRTD7, 3:0009/11/1993 Fargo, North Dakota, United StatesFitch failed to come out of his corner for the eighth round.
12Win12–0 Mark YoungKO6, 2:3102/10/1993 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
11Win11–0 Doug DavisKO1 14/09/1993 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
10Win10–0 Frankie SwindellUD1029/07/1993 Bushkill, Pennsylvania, United States98-92, 98-92, 97-91.
9Win9–0 Danell NicholsonKO2, 2:5608/05/1993 Stateline, Nevada, United States
8Win8–0 Marion WilsonUD825/03/1993 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States77-72, 77-73, 77-73. Williams was knocked down once and Wilson was docked a point for holding.
7Win7–0 Mike RobinsonTKO202/03/1993 Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States
6Win6–0 Robert SmithSD621/02/1993 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States59-55, 56-59, 58-56.
5Win5–0 Sinclair BabbKO2, 0:3523/12/1992 White Plains, New York, United States
4Win4–0 Willie JohnsonKO1 05/12/1992 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
3Win3–0 David PayneKO1, 1:2518/11/1992 Troy, New York, United States
2Win2–0 Hassan ShabazzTKO1 03/11/1992 Mashantucket, Connecticut, United StatesShabazz was knocked down thrice in the round initiating the three knockdown rule.
1Win1–0 Jerry ArentzenTKO2 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. 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