Jeremy Williams (boxer)
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Jeremy Allen Williams | |
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Born | Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States |
August 19, 1972
Other names | Half-Man, Half-Amazing |
Nationality | American |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st) |
Division | World Boxing Union Heavyweight Champion Heavyweight (Boxing) Light Heavyweight (MMA) |
Reach | 75.0 inches |
Style | Boxing |
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 | 36 |
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 | |
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Jeremy Williams (born August 19, 1972, Fort Dodge, Iowa) is a former professional boxer and mixed martial artist.
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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.
1990 Blue and Gold Nat. Champion 178 lbs. 1990 USA Nat. 81kg. Champion 1991 USA Nat. 81kg. Champion 1989 the world record fastest knockout 8 seconds California state record fastest Knock out 10
His 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 artist in the Heavyweight Division of this 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 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 NY and the rest was history. 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, Donnell 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 cotrovery 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.[1] 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
42 Wins (35 knockouts, 7 decisions), 5 Losses (3 knockouts, 2 decisions), 1 Draw | |||||||
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
Win | 19-31-1 | Travis "Ironman" Fulton | DQ | 3 | 30/03/2013 | Waterloo, Iowa, United States | WBU Heavyweight championship |
Win | 18-8-1 | Gary "Pit Bull" Gomez | SD | 8 | 18/08/2007 | Sandy, Utah, United States | 78-75, 77-75, 75-77. |
Loss | 20-0 | Samuel "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter | KO | 2 | 04/12/2004 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | NABF Heavyweight Title. Williams knocked out at 0:27 of the second round. |
Win | 29-1 | Attila "The Hun" Levin | TKO | 8 | 15/04/2004 | New York City, United States | Referee stopped the bout at 2:48 of the eighth round. |
Win | 35-1 | Andre "Tombstone" Purlette | UD | 10 | 10/06/2003 | Corpus Christi, Texas, United States | 97-90, 95-91, 97-88. |
Draw | 32-11-2 | Alfred "Ice" Cole | PTS | 10 | 30/01/2003 | Portland, Oregon, United States | 96-94, 95-95, 95-95. |
Win | 14-3-1 | Gilbert Martinez | TKO | 9 | 29/09/2002 | Lemoore, California, United States | Referee stopped the bout at 1:00 of the ninth round. |
Win | 15-4-2 | Ron "El Tejanito" Guerrero | UD | 10 | 07/06/2002 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 98-91, 97-92, 96-93. |
Win | 27-5-1 | David "The Boss" Bostice | KO | 1 | 21/04/2002 | Laughlin, Nevada, United States | Bostice knocked out at 2:59 of the first round. |
Win | 12-25-3 | Louis "The Facelifter" Monaco | KO | 1 | 17/03/2002 | Oroville, California, United States | Monaco knocked out at 0:29 of the first round. |
Loss | 56-1 | "Super" Brian Nielsen | TKO | 5 | 28/04/2000 | Copenhagen, Denmark | IBC World Heavyweight Title. |
Win | 0-7 | Jason Stewart | KO | 1 | 25/03/2000 | Gallatin, Tennessee, United States | |
Loss | 14-9-2 | Maurice "Mo Bettah" Harris | UD | 10 | 19/06/1999 | New York City, United States | 91-98, 90-98, 89-99. |
Win | 18-14 | Derrick Roddy | KO | 1 | 30/01/1999 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | Roddy knocked down four times and out at 2:51 of the first round. |
Win | 17-9-1 | Yuriy Yelistratov | TKO | 3 | 02/10/1998 | Wroclaw, Poland | |
Win | 8-9-1 | Domingo Monroe | TKO | 1 | 21/07/1998 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
Win | 19-5 | Marcus "Big Tuna" Rhode | TKO | 2 | 30/08/1997 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Referee stopped the fight at 1:58 of the second round. |
Win | 20-7 | 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. |
Win | 38-4 | Phil "The Enforcer" Jackson | KO | 1 | 25/02/1997 | Long Beach, California, United States | Jackson knocked out at 1:25 of the first round. |
Win | 4-5-2 | Louis "The Facelifter" Monaco | KO | 3 | 19/12/1996 | Reseda, California, United States | Monaco knocked out at 1:35 of the third round. |
Win | 84-16-1 | Jerry "Wimpy" Halstead | KO | 1 | 21/11/1996 | Reseda, California, United States | |
Loss | 29-0-1 | 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. |
Win | 29-8-1 | Vincent Boulware | TKO | 2 | 04/06/1996 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Referee stopped the bout at 0:33 of the second round. |
Win | 22-8-1 | Arthur "Stormy" Weathers | TKO | 1 | 19/03/1996 | Long Beach, California, United States | Referee stopped the bout at 0:10 of the first round. |
Win | 11-5-1 | Samson Cohen | TKO | 1 | 09/02/1996 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
Win | 15-3-1 | 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. |
Win | 17-1-1 | Quinn "Cujo" 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. |
Win | 20-13 | Jesse "The Boogieman" Ferguson | RTD | 7 | 05/03/1995 | Palm Springs, California, United States | Ferguson failed to emerge from his corner for the eighth round. |
Win | 9-4 | 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. |
Win | 18-8 | Levi "The Terminator" Billups | KO | 2 | 16/11/1994 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Billups knocked out at 2:35 of the second round. |
Win | 14-13-1 | Mark Wills | TKO | 6 | 02/08/1994 | Los Angeles, California, United States | Referee stopped the fight at 2:28 of the sixth round. |
Win | 32-13 | "Smokin" Bert Cooper | DQ | 7 | 24/06/1994 | Los Angeles, California, United States | Referee disqualified Cooper at 1:48 of the seventh round. |
Win | 14-11-1 | Andrew Stokes | KO | 1 | 20/05/1994 | Los Angeles, California, United States | Stokes knocked out at 0:39 of the first round. |
Loss | 12-0 | Larry "The Legend" Donald | MD | 12 | 12/03/1994 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title. 111-117, 112-116, 114-114. |
Win | 14-12-1 | Mark Wills | KO | 9 | 28/01/1994 | Lewiston, Maine, United States | WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title. Wills knocked out at 1:37 of the ninth round. |
Win | 11-9-1 | Garing "Freight Train" Lane | TKO | 12 | 07/12/1993 | Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States | WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 0:18 of the 12th round. |
Win | 10-5 | Nathaniel Fitch | RTD | 7 | 09/11/1993 | Fargo, North Dakota, United States | Fitch failed to come out of his corner for the eighth round. |
Win | 13-22-1 | Mark "The Storm" Young | KO | 6 | 02/10/1993 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | Young knocked out at 2:31 of the sixth round. |
Win | 6-5-1 | Doug "Dig em Up" Davis | KO | 1 | 14/09/1993 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
Win | 28-9-1 | Frankie "The Tennessee Stud" Swindell | UD | 10 | 29/07/1993 | Bushkill, Pennsylvania, United States | 98-92, 98-92, 97-91. |
Win | 10-0 | Danell "Doc" Nicholson | KO | 2 | 08/05/1993 | Stateline, Nevada, United States | Nicholson knocked out at 2:56 of the second round. |
Win | 6-5-2 | Marion "Jackhammer" 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. |
Win | 5-14-1 | Mike Robinson | TKO | 2 | 02/03/1993 | Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States | |
Win | 4-4-2 | Robert "Ironhead" Smith | SD | 6 | 21/02/1993 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 59-55, 56-59, 58-56. |
Win | 2-1 | Sinclair Babb | KO | 2 | 23/12/1992 | White Plains, New York, United States | Babb knocked out at 0:35 of the second round. |
Win | 4-5 | Willie "Beau" Johnson | KO | 1 | 05/12/1992 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
Win | 1-5 | David Payne | KO | 1 | 18/11/1992 | Troy, New York, United States | Payne knocked out at 1:25 of the first round. |
Win | 4-4-1 | Hassan Shabazz | TKO | 1 | 03/11/1992 | Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States | Shabazz was knocked down thrice in the round initiating the three knockdown rule. |
Win | 2-5-1 | Jerry "The Pit Bull" Arentzen | TKO | 2 | 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.[1]
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 |
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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 |
References
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External links
- Professional boxing record for Jeremy Williams from BoxRec
- Professional MMA record for Jeremy Williams from SherdogLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1972 births
- American mixed martial artists
- Boxers from Iowa
- Cruiserweight boxers
- Heavyweight boxers
- Light heavyweight mixed martial artists
- Living people
- Mixed martial artists from Iowa
- National Golden Gloves champions
- Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers
- Sportspeople from Fort Dodge, Iowa
- American male boxers