Carl Williams (boxer)

Carl "The Truth" Williams ( born November 11, 1959 in Belle Glade, Florida, † April 7, 2013 ) was an American heavyweight boxer.

Career

Carl Williams had an amateur record of 21-1 and was founded in 1982 and first professional suggested a number of unknown structure opponent until he could defeat James Tillis on points in October 1984 and got a first title fight. In this he lost on May 20, 1985 by unanimity but highly controversial against the IBF titleholder Larry Holmes.

In his next fight he could beat the then-undefeated Jesse Ferguson by TKO in the tenth round, but was against the average -hitting Ferguson twice on the ground. In the following discussion of ex- titlist Mike Weaver he went, however, already in round two knockout.

In 1987 he managed a premature victory against Bert Cooper and also the former WBC titleholder Trevor Berbick he beat on points.

He qualified for a World Championship bout against Mike Tyson, whom he had provoked with a full-page ad in the Sunday New York Times with the content " Is Mike Tyson afraid of The Truth? ". However, in the meeting on 21 July 1989, he had no chance and went after only a single left hook in round one KO.

In 1991, he then lost on points against Tim Witherspoon. He boxed until 1997, but it was mainly used as construction opponent for junior boxers; among other things, he was defeated by Frank Bruno and Alexander Solkin. Against Tommy Morrison in 1993 he could still make a decent result, as he had this twice in the fifth round on the ground before he went but eventually self- KO.

Williams most recently worked in a New York skyscraper as a Fire Prevention Officer; this activity Gerry Cooney had taught him, for whose welfare organization FIST Williams committed.