Williams, Carl

Williams won twice the New York State title, Golden Gloves in 1980 and 1981. According to sports commentator Tom Hanrahan, Williams "hit like a cruise missile." Boxing a year and a half and having only about eighteen amateur fights in the ring, he represented the United States at the 1981 North American Championship in Shreveport and the 1981 Montreal World Boxing Cup. He took gold at the North American Championship in the final defeating Cuban Roberto Gomez, and gold at the World Cup, winning by unanimous decision of the judges of the Soviet boxer Alexander Yagubkin . He completed his amateur career with 22 fights, 21 victories and 1 defeat.

He made his debut in 1982 in a fight with Greg Stephanie, defeating him in a four-round battle.

Williams fought his first fight for the IBF world crown against Larry Holmes himself. In the fifteen-round battle, lost on points.

In 1983, in his eleventh fight, David Jaco knocked out in the first round, who before that fight did not know defeats (12-0). In 1984, Williams met with experienced American boxer James Tillis (30-4). Tillis knocked down Williams twice in the first round, but he ran out of steam and Williams won by unanimous decision.

Fight Larry Holmes

On May 20, 1985, a battle took place between the undefeated champion Larry Holmes (47-0) and the undefeated Karl Williams (16-0). The fight for Holmes was unexpectedly difficult. The younger and more agile Williams constantly pierced the jab, which caused Holmes to have very swollen eyes at the end of the battle. As a result, Holmes defeated by a controversial unanimous decision, and Judge Jerry Roth awarded the victory to Holm with a one-point minimum advantage. Williams suffered his first loss in his career.

1985-1988

After the first defeat, Carl Williams in 1985 knocked out in a 10-round duel undefeated Jesse Fergusson (13-0).

In February 1986, Williams suffered a second defeat. In a ranking duel, Karl met with former world champion Mike Weaver . In the second round, Williams shook Weaver and then pressed Weaver in the corner, where, carried away by the attack, he lowered his hands. Weaver knocked down Williams with a heavy left cross. Williams stood up with difficulty. Weaver rushed to finish him off. After two more knockdowns, the referee stopped the match. Williams first lost ahead of schedule. After this fight, Williams did not enter the ring for more than a year.

On January 31, 1987, a fight was to take place in Rome between former title contender Carl Williams and Olympic champion Tyrell Biggs . However, Biggs sustained injuries to his arm (sprained left wrist and bruised left elbow) as a result of a car accident in Laguna Beach, and the battle with Carl Williams did not take place.

In June 1987, Williams defeated Bert Cooper (16-1) ahead of schedule and won the USBA title.

Spent two more rating fights with Mike Hans and Rodney Fraser, who was Joe Fraser's nephew and in

Fight against Trevor Berbick

June 1988, in the eliminator IBF won on points of the former world champion, Canadian,

“Carl Williams moved into position for a possible heavyweight shot on Monday night, taking a unanimous decision 12 round over former champion Trevor Berbick . Williams piled up glasses with an effective left jab on the way to a crooked decision in the IBF heavyweight heavyweight bout between two Berbick, a former WBC heavyweight champion, picked up pace in the middle of the fight, but Williams managed to land the most effective shots against Berbick in criticizing tactics. Williams was cut out next to his right eye in 6th round, but the cut bleed infrequently and did not seem to bother. " -Associated Press Unofficial AP scorecard - 118-109 Williams Williams lost the moment to be held in the 8th round. This stand out fight on the undercard for Mike Tyson - Michael Spinks heavyweight fight.

In November 1988, in another defense, the title of US champion, knocked out the undefeated Mike Rose (11-0-1).

Fight against Mike Tyson

In July 1989, Carl Williams met with the best boxer, regardless of weight category Mike Tyson . In the middle of the first round, Tyson sent a candidate for flooring with a left uppercut to the jaw. Williams got to the score of “8”, but the referee Randy Newmann looked at him and stopped the fight. The decision was controversial. The referee said in a post-match interview that Williams did not answer the question of willingness to continue the fight. Williams also gave a post-match interview, in which he stated that he was knocked down, not knocked out, that he was ready to continue the fight, and raised a question to the referee about his readiness to continue the fight, and did not understand why the referee stopped the fight ^[1] .

1990-1992

In 1990, he knocked out Melton Bowen, and again won the US title.

The Fight Against Tim Withersum

On March 8, 1991, a fight took place between former world champion Tim Witherspoom (33-3) and former title contender Karl Williams (23-3). Williams entered the ring with a clear margin. Witherspoon knocked down Williams twice in the second round and several times shook him in the fourth round with the left side to the head. Williams was inactive in the first half of the fight, but in the fifth round he struck the right uppercut, which probably led to swelling in the left eye of Witherspoon, which almost closed over time. In an equal battle, Witherspoom won the victory by a separate decision of the judges.

In 1991, he met Kimmuel Odum, but the battle was declared invalid. In January 1992, Williams won by TKO in the second round of Marshal Tilliman. In March 1992, Williams unexpectedly lost by unanimous decision to the little-known Jerry Jones .

In August 1992, Williams defeated Ossi Ocacio by unanimous decision. In November 1992, Williams defeated Jimmy Lee Smith by TKO in the third round.

The seasons 1992-1996 were unsuccessful for Carl Williams. During this period, he won several victories over average rivals.

1993-1997

January 16, 1993. Tommy Morison - Carl Williams

In January 1993, Carl Williams met with Tommy Morison . Williams visited the ring flooring in the first and third rounds, but he turned the tide in the fifth round. He knocked down Morrison twice, won three rounds in a row, but in the eighth round he unexpectedly lost interest in the fight, began to complain to the referee about his dissection over his left eyebrow, after which he did not respond to the opponent’s attacks for a long time. Referee Mills Lane suddenly stopped the bout. At the time the fight stopped, Williams led the cards on two judges with the same score, while the third referee gave preference to Morrison. It was one of the strangest bouts of combat in the history of professional boxing.

In April 1993, Williams met with Frank Bruno . Williams has shown incredible stamina, having missed several hard shots in the first rounds. The culmination of the battle seemed to be brewing - in round 5, when Williams missed a few strong shots and flew off to the ropes, but managed to resist and held out until the end of the round. In the tenth round, Bruno struck the right cross. Williams collapsed into the ring. He rose to the score of "nine", but the referee decided to stop the fight, Williams did not dispute the decision.

In 1994, he lost by technical knockout in the 7th round to Alexander Zolkin .

In 1995, lost by unanimous decision of the judges to Melvin Foster .

In June 1997, he won by unanimous decision of the judges Marion Wilson .

In October 1997, lost by technical knockout in the seventh round to Anthony Green. After this fight, Carl Williams left boxing.

After leaving sports, Karl Williams worked at the Allied-SpectaGuard security agency in New York at Ground Zero . After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Williams joined the Verizon Security Service in Queens, New York, then worked at the Copacabana nightclub in New York.

He died on April 7, 2013 from cancer of the esophagus .

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