Julian Williams: record, next fight and profile →
If Jermall Charlo successfully defends his IBF junior middleweight title against Julian Williams on Saturday night, there’s one more fight at 154 pounds that Charlo truly wants.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Jermall Charlo is a man of multiple locales. He and twin brother Jermell are Texans by birth. And when it comes to boxing, he’s occasionally been compared to one of his idols – longtime Detroit-based superstar Thomas Hearns. But come Saturday night in Los Angeles, the 26-year-old is ho...
by David P. Greisman - This coming weekend is nowhere near the biggest weekend in boxing this year. But it is one of the busiest. From early in the morning until late at night, you’ll be able to watch high-profile fights from several corners of the globe. The day begins with a heavyweight title fight in New Zealand b...
By Jake Donovan - It’s barely a week from fight night – the biggest fight of his career, in fact – but just another day in the office for Julian “J-Rock” Williams as he wraps up his latest gym and sparring session. Counting down the days to his first career title shot versus defending champ Jermall Charlo the unbeaten...
Speaking of history, Julian Williams (22-0-1, 14 KOs) will be looking to make some of his own December 10 when he challenges 154-pound champion Jermall Charlo at the Galen Center on the campus of USC in Los Angeles (SHOWTIME, 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT).
In preparation for the third defense of his junior middleweight title against Julian Williams on Dec. 10, Jermall Charlo (24-0, 18 KOs) is not making any major overhauls to the engine that has fast-tracked him from relative obscurity to high visibility in the last two years. Instead, he is fine-tuning his skill set to meet his latest challenge.
Jermall Charlo and Julian Williams will be in the biggest fight of their careers when they face each other for Charlo’s junior middleweight title on the Dec. 10 undercard of Jesus Cuellar vs. Abner Mares on Showtime. It marks a culmination of where they’ve come from, with a chunk of that being shown on the network.
Jermall Charlo vs. Julian Williams is a very good fight against a junior-middleweight titleholder and a top contender. It won’t be the main event on the Dec. 10 broadcast on Showtime, however. Instead, it’ll be the co-feature to the featherweight bout between Jesus Cuellar and Abner Mares.
Jermall Charlo’s title defense against Julian Williams had been delayed when the junior middleweight underwent a procedure to correct his vision. It turns out that Charlo had been having trouble with his eyes for a long time.
While not a breaking news story, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) saw fit to confirm its recently announced super welterweight title fight. A purse bid hearing had been scheduled for the mandated showdown between defending titlist Jermall Charlo and unbeaten contender Julian Williams, but the session was formally canceled as both sides have agreed to a December clash