Charles Williams (Boxer)

"Prince" Charles Williams ( born June 2, 1962 in Mansfield ( Ohio) ) is a retired American professional boxer.

Career

He became professional in 1978 at light heavyweight and lost like his first fight. Two more fighting ended only with draw, then he went in 1981 against Jeff Lampkin and 1983 against Reggie Gross even KO.

In 1984, he succumbed to the very well-known in the U.S. southpaw and ex-champ Marvin Johnson on points. But Johnson's promoter Russell Peltz was impressed by his fighting spirit and provided him with a new coach Marty Feldman; under this he struggled slowly upward and 1985 succeeded the rematch against Lampkin.

In 1987 he was given a chance against Bobby Czyz to boxing for the IBF title and won after he had been twice on the ground, by TKO in the ninth round. By 1993, he defended the title eight times, but except for a rematch with Czyz there were mostly unnamed opponents. He also suffered from injury problems on their hands.

On 20 March 1993 he lost in Dusseldorf against undefeated Henry Maske his title by unanimous decision. Then he defeated Booker Word by knockout, beating prematurely also the undefeated world class man Ernest Mateen. On July 29, 1994, he boxed in a trip to the Super Middleweight against the then-undefeated IBF world champion James Toney, the recognized number one in the class. After balanced fight he went hard KO in the last round.

In 1995, he played back at light heavyweight, two battles against the Dominican Merqui Sosa. The first fight was so brutal that he was terminated as the only battle in American history, because the ring judges feared for the health of both boxers. The official verdict was a technical draw. The rematch Sosa won by knockout in the tenth round. Williams played in 1996 yet another fight and then ended his career.