Julian Williams: record, next fight and profile →
LOS ANGELES – Julian Williams was a late addition to the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury undercard. That didn’t prevent him from making quick, easy work of Francisco Javier Castro. Philadelphia’s Williams stopped Francisco Javier Castro in the second round of a scheduled eight-round middleweight match Saturday at Staples Center.
Once-beaten 154-pound title challenger Julian Williams of Philadelphia will pursue his fourth straight victory and second stoppage during that time against hard-hitting Javier Francisco of Mexico in a 10-round bout on Saturday’s undercard of Deontay Wilder’s WBC heavyweight title defense against lineal champion Tyson Fury at The Staples Center in Los Angeles on Showtime Pay Per View.
Top super welterweight contender Julian “J-Rock’’ Williams will take on Mexico’s Javier Francisco Castro in a 10-round bout that has been added to an exciting night of undercard action presented by Premier Boxing Champions Saturday, December 1 from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.
Jarrett Hurd’s nickname, “Swift,” is appropriate given his rapid ascension and crowd-pleasing style as a unified IBO/IBF/WBA junior middleweight champion who first entered a boxing gym as a 15-year-old at the urging of his father, Fred Sr.
Junior middleweight contender Julian Williams (25-1-1, 15 KOs) is building up a win streak after suffering a fifth round knockout loss at the hands of then IBF junior middleweight champion Jermall Charlo. Among his recent wins, Williams won a decision in November 2017 over Ishe Smith and then outboxed Nathaniel Gallimore in April.
The WBC will allow Jermell Charlo to make another voluntary defense of its 154-pound title in his next fight. At its annual convention in Kiev, Ukraine, the WBC voted Wednesday to afford Charlo the chance to make a second straight optional defense against an opponent to be determined. If Houston’s Charlo wins his next fight, he will be obligated to make a mandatory defense in his following fight against the winner of an elimination match between Erislandy Lara and Julian Williams.
It looks like WBO junior middleweight titlist, Jaime Munguia, could be getting a slot on the September 15th pay-per-view undercard at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas where middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez square off in a rematch.
Former super welterweight champion Ishe Smith (29-9) will enter the ring for the first time in 2018 when he faces Tony Harrison (26-2) on Friday night at Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall in Las Vegas. The fight will be broadcast live on Bounce TV as part of the Premier Boxing Champions series.
Julian Williams scored a decisive twelve round victory over the brash Nathaniel Gallimore, in a Showtime televised fight which took place last Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. It's his third consecutive victory since losing to then IBF world champion Jermall Charlo in December of 2016.
Super welterweight contender Julian Williams (25-1-1) is back in position for a second world title shot after his victory over Nathaniel Gallimore (20-2-1) on Saturday night in Las Vegas. The fight was an IBF eliminator and the victory should put Williams in position to face IBF/IBO/WBA super welterweight champion Jarrett Hurd in the future.