Jeremy Williams (boxer)

Jeremy Allen Williams
Jeremy Allen Williams
Born	August 19, 1972 (age 52); Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States
Other names	Half-Man, Half-Amazing
Nationality	American
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)
Division	Heavyweight/Cruiserweight (Boxing); Light Heavyweight (MMA)
Reach	75 in (191 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Long Beach, California, United States
Years active	1992–2007 (boxing); 2005–2008 (MMA)
Professional boxing record
Total	49
Wins	43
By knockout	35
Losses	5
By knockout	3
Draws	1
Mixed martial arts record
Total	5
Wins	5
By knockout	3
By submission	2
Losses	0
Other information
	Boxing record from BoxRec
	Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Medal record
Goodwill Games

Last updated September 13, 2024

Jeremy Williams (born August 19, 1972) is an American 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 (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.

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. 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.^{[ citation needed ]} Williams ripped Nicholson up in the first round and finished him in the 2nd round. A ferocious puncher who was of mixed blood.(Irish & African American; Dempsey Irish & Cherokee)He racked up a record of 15–0 before his first loss, via majority decision to Larry Donald. After the loss, Williams reeled off another streak of knockouts, and wound up facing Henry Akinwande for the WBO Heavyweight Title. Williams lost 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.

Professional boxing record

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, U.S.	WBU Heavyweight championship
48	Win	42–5–1	Gary Gomez	SD	8	18/08/2007	Sandy, Utah, U.S.
47	Loss	41–5–1	Samuel Peter	KO	2 (12), 0:27	04/12/2004	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	For the NABF Heavyweight Title.
46	Win	41–4–1	Attila Levin	TKO	8 (10), 2:48	15/04/2004	New York City, U.S.
45	Win	40–4–1	Andre Purlette	UD	10	10/06/2003	Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
44	Draw	39–4–1	Al Cole	PTS	10	30/01/2003	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
43	Win	39–4	Gilbert Martinez	TKO	9	29/09/2002	Lemoore, California, U.S.	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, U.S.
41	Win	37–4	David Bostice	KO	1	21/04/2002	Laughlin, Nevada, U.S.	Bostice knocked out at 2:59 of the first round.
40	Win	36–4	Louis Monaco	KO	1	17/03/2002	Oroville, California, U.S.	Monaco knocked out at 0:29 of the first round.
39	Loss	35–4	Brian Nielsen	TKO	5	28/04/2000	Copenhagen, Denmark	IBC Heavyweight Title.
38	Win	35–3	Jason Stewart	KO	1	25/03/2000	Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S.
37	Loss	34–3	Maurice Harris	UD	10	19/06/1999	New York City, U.S.
36	Win	34–2	Derrick Roddy	KO	1	30/01/1999	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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, U.S.
33	Win	31–2	Marcus Rhode	TKO	2	30/08/1997	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
32	Win	30–2	Jeff Lally	TKO	1	15/05/1997	Reseda, California, U.S.	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, U.S.	Jackson knocked out at 1:25 of the first round.
30	Win	28–2	Louis Monaco	KO	3	19/12/1996	Reseda, California, U.S.
29	Win	27–2	Jerry Halstead	KO	1	21/11/1996	Reseda, California, U.S.
28	Loss	26–2	Henry Akinwande	KO	3	29/06/1996	Indio, California, U.S.	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, U.S.	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, U.S.	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, U.S.
24	Win	23–1	David Sewell	TKO	5	29/09/1995	Stateline, Nevada, U.S.	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, U.S.	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, U.S.	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, U.S.	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, U.S.	Billups knocked out at 2:35 of the second round.
19	Win	18–1	Mark Wills	TKO	6	02/08/1994	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	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, U.S.	Referee disqualified Cooper at 1:48 of the seventh round.
17	Win	16–1	Andrew Stokes	KO	1	20/05/1994	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Stokes knocked out at 0:39 of the first round.
16	Loss	15–1	Larry Donald	MD	12	12/03/1994	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title.
15	Win	15–0	Mark Wills	KO	9 (12), 1:37	28/01/1994	Lewiston, Maine, U.S.	WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title.
14	Win	14–0	Garing Lane	TKO	12 (12), 0:18	07/12/1993	Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S.	WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title.
13	Win	13–0	Nathaniel Fitch	RTD	7 (10), 3:00	09/11/1993	Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.	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, U.S.
11	Win	11–0	Doug Davis	KO	1 (10)	14/09/1993	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
10	Win	10–0	Frankie Swindell	UD	10	29/07/1993	Bushkill, Pennsylvania, U.S.
9	Win	9–0	Danell Nicholson	KO	2 (6), 2:56	08/05/1993	Stateline, Nevada, U.S.
8	Win	8–0	Marion Wilson	UD	8	25/03/1993	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	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, U.S.
6	Win	6–0	Robert Smith	SD	6	21/02/1993	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
5	Win	5–0	Sinclair Babb	KO	2 (4), 0:35	23/12/1992	White Plains, New York, U.S.
4	Win	4–0	Willie Johnson	KO	1 (4)	05/12/1992	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
3	Win	3–0	David Payne	KO	1 (4), 1:25	18/11/1992	Troy, New York, U.S.
2	Win	2–0	Hassan Shabazz	TKO	1 (4)	03/11/1992	Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S.	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, U.S.

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.^[3]

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
5 matches	5 wins	0 losses
By knockout	3	0
By submission	2	0


Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location
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

↑ Sergei Klotov (USSR) | Jeremy Williams (a) HL
↑ Finger, David E. (2005). Rocky Lives!: Heavyweight Boxing Upsets of the 1990s. Potomac Books, Inc. p. 314. ISBN 9781574889055 . Retrieved 3 November 2014.
↑ "Jeremy".

External links

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Professional MMA record for Jeremy Williams from Sherdog

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[1] Sergei Klotov (USSR) | Jeremy Williams (a) HL

[Finger2005-2] Finger, David E. (2005). Rocky Lives!: Heavyweight Boxing Upsets of the 1990s. Potomac Books, Inc. p. 314. ISBN 9781574889055 . Retrieved 3 November 2014.

[3] "Jeremy".

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