Julian Williams: record, next fight and profile →
Julian Williams hasn't always paid close attention to the middleweight division, mostly because he was busy taking care of business one weight class below. His days of outboxing opponents at 154 pounds and racking up world titles, however, are officially over with.
Carlos Adames is one top middleweight who would gladly fight Janibek Alimkhanuly. Bob Santos, Adames’ trainer, doesn’t think the feeling would be mutual, though. An Adames-Alimkhanuly bout would be difficult to make because of their competing promotional and platform partnerships, especially since neither fighter has the highest profile, but Santos suspects Kazakhstan’s Alimkhanuly wouldn’t want to face Adames in an official fight after what happened the few times that they sparred.
In this Q & A session, world class trainer and BoxingScene.com contributor Stephen “Breadman” Edwards discusses his pupil, Julian “J Rock” Williams upcoming showdown against interim WBC middleweight champion Carlos “El Caballo Bronco” Adames that headlines a Showtime Championship Boxing card on Saturday night.
Good things simply don’t last in the sport of boxing. And for Julian Williams, he was forced to learn that the hard way. After banking a few wins following his defeat to Jermall Charlo, the Philadelphia native found himself as the next in line to challenge Jarrett Hurd for his WBO and IBF junior middleweight titles in 2019. Viewed as a gigantic underdog on the night, Williams (28-3-1, 16 KOs) flipped the script, winning a close but clear unanimous decision.
Adames, Williams Weights Photos Gallery - Adames vs. Williams will see hard-hitting Interim WBC Middleweight Champion Carlos Adames battle former unified champion Julian “J-Rock” Williams in the 12-round main event of action live on Showtime on Saturday, June 24 from The Armory in Minneapolis in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. (photos by Esther Lin)
Carlos Adames and Julian Williams weren’t nearly as animated as Erickson Lubin and Luis Arias as they weighed in Friday afternoon in Minneapolis.
Julian Williams doesn’t think Carlos Adames’ accomplishments warrant the hype that have led some to tout the emerging Dominican as the best fighter in the middleweight division. The former IBF/IBO/WBA 154-pound champion conceded that Adames is “a good fighter,” but Williams took their 12-
Adames, Williams Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Interim WBC Middleweight Champion Carlos Adames and former unified champion Julian “J-Rock” Williams traded barbs at Thursday’s final press conference before they trade blows in the SHOWTIME main event this Saturday, June 24 in a Premier Boxing Champions event at The Armory in Minneapolis.
Carlos Adames is placing a humongous target on the chin of Julian Williams. This Saturday night, at the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the two will square off with Adames placing his WBC middleweight interim title on the line.
Middleweight is one of boxing’s most established glamor divisions, a division rich in history and bog money memories reaching back into the 19th century. 2023 isn’t the most glamorous of times. 41-year old Gennadiy Golovkin (42-2-1, 37 KO), the division’s longest stalwart, quietly vacated both the WBA and IBF