Julian Williams Looks Back At Loss To Jermall Charlo: “I Was Whipping His Ass”

By: Hans Themistode

Julian Williams vividly remembers the night time he fought Jermall Charlo. After the 2 talked smack to 1 one other for a number of months, Williams goaded Charlo into staying on the 154-pound division for one remaining struggle.

With the 2 dealing with off for Charlo’s IBF world title, the Houstonian would in the end prevail by way of fifth-round stoppage. Though the highlights could intensify the struggle ending blow, Williams completely remembers handing Charlo a beating beforehand.

“I used to be whipping Jermall’s ass,” mentioned Williams throughout a latest interview with Brian Custer on the Final Stand Podcast. “I gained the primary spherical, he knocked me down within the second, I gained the third and fourth and I used to be whipping his ass within the fifth.”

In accordance with the three judges scoring the bout, all of them considerably disagree with Williams evaluation. Zachary Younger and Eddie Hernandez handed Charlo the primary spherical and naturally, the second when he scored the knockdown. Each judges awarded Williams with the third and fourth. Within the thoughts of choose Pat Russell, then again, he believed Charlo gained the second and fourth rounds.

In brief, their contest was extraordinarily aggressive earlier than Charlo ended issues violently within the fifth.

At the moment, neither man marketing campaign in the identical weight class. Whereas Williams stays a gradual contender at 154 kilos, Charlo has since moved as much as the middleweight division. Discussing their showdown which occurred roughly 5 years in the past considerably annoys Williams. Contemplating the truth that he believes he was simply beating Charlo earlier than the stoppage, any point out of these ideas may result in widespread criticism.

With that mentioned, Williams doesn’t need his phrases to be misconstrued in any approach. He offers full credit score to Charlo for getting the job executed in opposition to him. Nonetheless, he merely feels as if he was successful the struggle.

“I used to be whipping his ass however that’s a credit score to him. He was getting dealt with and he was in a position to zone in and land an ideal shot. He caught me with a very good shot.”