J. B. Williamson

J. B. Williamson (born December 18, 1956 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was a professional boxer in the light heavyweight (175 lb) division.

Williamson turned pro in 1979 after a successful amateur career and won the Vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Title in 1985 in a decision over Prince Mama Mohammed. He lost the title in his first defense against Dennis Andries. Although he never challenged again for another major title, he moved up to heavyweight and became a journeyman fighter, fighting until 1995, losing matches against notable heavyweights Henry Akinwande, Peter McNeeley, Jimmy Thunder, and George Foreman.

Professional boxing record

26 Wins (10 knockouts, 16 decisions), 16 Losses (12 knockouts, 4 decisions), 1 No Contest
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 25-1 United States Keith "The Fighting Knight" McKnight TKO 1 12/12/1995 Tennessee La Vergne, Tennessee, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 30-1 United States Peter McNeeley TKO 1 08/10/1994 Massachusetts Whitman, Massachusetts, United States Referee stopped the bout at 1:01 of the first round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 27-1 United States Peter McNeeley TKO 2 24/06/1994 Massachusetts Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 48-28-1 United States Bobby Crabtree KO 5 08/04/1994 Arkansas Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 5-1-2 United States James Heath TKO 3 19/02/1994 North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 22-0 United States Kenny "The Emmett Eliminator" Keene TKO 4 23/07/1993 Idaho Boise, Idaho, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 14-1 Russia Alexander Zolkin TKO 4 12/06/1993 Ohio Columbus, Ohio, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 18-2-1 United States "Big" Art Tucker TKO 5 09/05/1991 New Jersey Newark, New Jersey, United States Referee stopped the bout at 1:14 of the fifth round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 8-0 United States Henry Akinwande TKO 2 06/03/1991 United Kingdom Wembley, London, United Kingdom Referee stopped the bout at 0:19 of the second round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 32-2 South Africa Pierre Coetzer PTS 10 08/11/1990 Mississippi Biloxi, Mississippi, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 8-0 Samoa Jimmy Thunder TKO 10 14/07/1990 Australia Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia Referee stopped the bout at 2:47 of the tenth round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 11-1 United States Cleveland Woods UD 8 24/05/1990 Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 12-1 United States Gary "The Tiger" Steiger TKO 6 21/04/1990 Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 11-24-6 United States Danny Blake UD 4 07/12/1989 Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky, United States
No Contest 17-1 United States Dicky "The Raging Bull" Ryan ND 4 26/09/1989 Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 61-2 United States "Big" George Foreman TKO 5 30/04/1989 Texas Galveston, Texas, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win -- United States Eddie Blevins KO 1 18/03/1989 Kentucky Bedford, Kentucky, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 14-3-1 United States Jesse Shelby TKO 8 18/11/1986 California Inglewood, California, United States Referee stopped the bout at 2:20 of the eighth round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 60-3-2 Argentina Juan Domingo Roldan PTS 10 18/10/1986 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Referee stopped the bout at 2:20 of the eighth round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 26-6-2 United Kingdom Dennis "The Hackney Rock" Andries SD 12 30/04/1986 United Kingdom Edmonton, London, United Kingdom WBC World Light Heavyweight Title. 114-116, 115-113, 116-118.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 30-1-2 Ghana Prince Mama Mohammed UD 12 10/12/1985 California Inglewood, California, United States WBC World Light Heavyweight Title. 116-112, 117-111, 117-111.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 17-15 United States Grover "Torpedo" Robinson UD 12 18/09/1985 California Inglewood, California, United States WBC Continental Americas Light Heavyweight Title. 117-111, 116-112, 115-114.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 7-3-3 United States Jimmy "Million Dollar" Bills UD 10 22/07/1985 California Inglewood, California, United States 99-91, 99-90, 99-90.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 16-13 United States Grover "Torpedo" Robinson UD 12 22/04/1985 California Inglewood, California, United States California Light Heavyweight Title. 117-111, 119-110, 118-110.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 17-5-1 United States Chris Schwenke UD 12 16/01/1985 Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 22-13-1 United States Pete McIntyre SD 10 10/10/1984 California Inglewood, California, United States 95-94, 95-96, 95-94.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 31-3 United States James Salerno TKO 3 09/07/1984 California Inglewood, California, United States Referee stopped the bout at 2:30 of the third round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 24-27-2 United States James Williams TKO 7 24/04/1984 California Culver City, California, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 25-11-2 United States Dale Grant TKO 9 27/03/1984 California Reseda, California, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 16-1-1 United States Alex "The Bronx Bomber" Ramos UD 10 01/05/1983 New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 37-8 United Kingdom Murray Sutherland MD 10 10/12/1982 Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 14-9-1 United States Lee Burkey UD 8 15/09/1981 Nevada Stateline, Nevada, United States 78-73, 78-72, 79-73.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 7-7 United States Rahim Muhammad UD 8 10/05/1981 California Inglewood, California, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 8-12-3 United States Ted Sanders UD 10 29/11/1980 California Los Angeles, California, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 5-10 United States Antonio Adame KO 6 27/09/1980 California Inglewood, California, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 5-9 United States Antonio Adame UD 10 19/06/1980 Washington (state) Tacoma, Washington, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 12-8 United States Jamie Thomas UD 10 14/06/1980 Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 1-2 United States Lander Clark TKO 6 04/05/1980 Washington (state) Seattle, Washington, United States Referee stopped the bout at 0:55 of the sixth round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 2-1 United States Danny Kirk TKO 1 28/03/1980 Washington (state) Tacoma, Washington, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 5-1-1 Canada Jose Martinez KO 2 09/03/1980 Minnesota St Paul, Minnesota, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 1-0 United States Ernie Rabotte UD 6 26/01/1980 California Los Angeles, California, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 3-4 United States Mike "True" Hickman KO 1 27/11/1979 California Los Angeles, California, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 1-4-1 United States Dennis Mancino UD 4 27/10/1979 California Los Angeles, California, United States

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Achievements
Vacant
Title last held by
Leslie Stewart
WBC Continental Americas Light Heavyweight Champion
18 October 1985 - 10 December 1985
Won world title
Vacant
Title next held by
Virgil Hill
Preceded by
Michael Spinks
Vacated
WBC Light Heavyweight Champion
10 Dec 1985 – 30 Apr 1986
Succeeded by
Dennis Andries