J-Rock Williams Returns After 17 Month Layoff Against Brian Mendoza

Julian “J-Rock” Williams Returns Towards Brian Mendoza After Lengthy Layoff!

Former unified junior middleweight champion Julian “J-Rock” Williams (27-2-1, 16KOs) will tackle Brian “La Bala” Mendoza (19-1, 13KOs) in his first combat in over a yr! His final outing noticed him dropping his titles to Jesion “Banana” Rosario in January 2020. Williams was knocked out in 5 rounds, surrendering his titles in his hometown of Philadelphia.

J-Rock Williams was due to return to the ring in December 2020 against Dennis Hogan. Nonetheless, a optimistic COVID-19 check scrapped the cardboard.

Ranked #4, #6 and #11 by the WBA, WBC and IBF respectively at junior middleweight, the previous champion seeks redemption as he works his approach in the direction of world title glory. Standing in his approach is unranked fringe junior middleweight contender Medoza.

The Albuquerque, New Mexico native, has been looking for a giant combat for a while now. Whereas he’ll go into this combat because the underdog, he has a significant alternative to propel himself into the rankings for larger fights.

Williams is a gifted fighter however has proven a chin weak to energy punchers. This successfully makes Mendoza a menace as he has 13 KO’s out of 19 wins. It needs to be attention-grabbing to see how the Philadelphia native bounces again in opposition to an aggressive energy puncher. Additionally, this will be his first outing since splitting with career trainer Stephen “Breadman” Edwards.

This combat is about to happen on the undercard of the WBA Common Junior Welterweight bout between Mario Barrios and multi-division champion Gervonta Davis, on June 26.

By: Jerrell Fletcher

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