Willie Palms

Willie Palms
Statistics
Real name William L. Palms
Nickname(s) Mr. P
Rated at Heavyweight
Nationality United States American
Born October 6, 1972
Jersey City, New Jersey
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 33
Wins 10
Wins by KO 5
Losses 6
Draws 1
No contests 0

Willie Palms is an American professional boxer.

Amateur career

Palms had a stellar amateur career, and won the U.S. National Championships as Super Heavyweight champion in 1997.

Professional career

Palms turned pro in 1997 and won his first nine bouts, before losing a decision to Jean-Francois Bergeron in 2001. Palms evolved from amateur prospect to heavyweight journeyman, later losing a decision to Elieser Castillo in 2002 and Duncan Dokiwari in 2006.

On July 31, 2009 he was defeated by Timur Ibragimov by technical knockout in the 5th round and which he was down twice in the 3rd and once in the 5th before the referee stopped the fight.

Professional boxing record

10 Wins (5 knockouts, 5 decisions), 10 Losses (4 knockouts, 6 decisions), 1 Draw
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 10-0 United States Maurice "Freight Train" Byarm TKO 5 23/04/2011 United States Washington, District of Columbia, United States Referee stopped the bout at 1:50 of the fifth round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 24-15-1 United States Craig Tomlinson UD 4 04/12/2009 Pennsylvania Reading, Pennsylvania, United States 37-38, 36-38, 36-39.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 24-2-1 Uzbekistan Timur Ibragimov TKO 5 31/07/2009 New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Referee stopped the bout at 2:00 of the fifth round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 9-1 Puerto Rico Alexis Mejias UD 6 19/06/2009 New Jersey Dover, New Jersey, United States 53-59, 55-57, 55-57.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 15-1 United States Adam "The Swamp Donkey" Richards TKO 6 20/01/2007 Mississippi Tunica, Mississippi, United States Referee stopped the bout at 1:46 of the sixth round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 24-3 Nigeria Duncan Dokiwari TKO 4 01/12/2006 Nevada Laughlin, Nevada, United States WBC USNBC Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:39 of the fourth round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 11-0-1 United States Roderick "Big Red" Willis UD 6 10/06/2006 New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States 54-58, 55-56, 55-57.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 22-2-2 Cuba Elieser Castillo MD 6 07/06/2002 Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 56-58, 56-58, 57-57.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 16-14-1 United States Sedreck "Big Buck" Fields UD 6 29/03/2002 Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 55-59, 55-59, 56-58.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 8-0 United States Tali Kulihaapai UD 6 18/01/2002 Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 60-54, 60-54, 58-56.
Draw 21-19-4 United States David Vedder PTS 6 13/10/2001 Nevada Stateline, Nevada, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 10-0 Canada Jean Francois Bergeron UD 6 28/09/2001 Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 56-58, 56-58, 56-58.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 12-4 United States Derrell "Double D" Dixon KO 5 20/07/2001 Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Dixon knocked out at 1:39 of the fifth round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 9-1 United States Stacy "Bigfoot" Frazier TKO 3 28/04/2001 New York New York City, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 6-0 United States Moises "El Fuego de Ponce" Droz UD 4 10/03/2001 Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 4-7 Republic of Macedonia Errol "The Polish Hammer" Sadikovski TKO 3 04/11/2000 New York New York City, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 5-0 Belarus Andrei Kopilou UD 4 14/09/2000 New York New York City, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 4-0 United States Jason Brownlee DQ 3 27/07/2000 New York New York City, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 2-1 United States Damon Saulbury MD 4 29/06/2000 New York New York City, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 1-1 United States Shawn Hobbs TKO 3 11/09/1997 Connecticut Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 2-0 Puerto Rico Jose Felipe Colon TKO 1 02/08/1997 Connecticut Uncasville, Connecticut, United States

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Preceded by
Lawrence Clay-Bey
United States Amateur Super Heavyweight Champion
1997
Succeeded by
Dominick Guinn