Rubin Williams (born April 9, 1976) is an American
professional boxer. He challenged for the
IBF super middleweight
Super middleweight, or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
In professional boxing, super middleweight is contested between the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions, in which boxers can weigh between 160 pounds ( ...
title in 2005.
Professional career
Known as "Mr. Hollywood", Williams began his professional career in 2001, and in 2005 challenged the
IBF super middleweight title
This is a chronological List of World Super Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
* The ...
holder
Jeff Lacy, but lost via TKO. In 2007 he drew with contender
Antwun Echols
Antwun Echols (born December 4, 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American boxer who was a world middleweight contender throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. His hometown is Davenport, Iowa.
Career
Echols turned professional in 1993 and in ...
. After this fight he was sporting a record of 29-2-1.
Since then, Williams has been on a long losing skid, as of 2018, owning a 29-33-1 record as a professional boxer.
''The Contender''
Williams was one of the featured boxers in
Season 3 of the boxing
reality TV
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...
series ''
The Contender'', which premiered September 4, 2007 on
ESPN. He was eliminated in the first episode.
Mixed martial arts
Williams was defeated, by submission (kimura), in his MMA debut against
Kazushi Sakuraba on
Dream 11 on October 6, 2009.
Professional boxing record
Mixed martial arts record
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, Loss
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Kazushi Sakuraba
, Submission (kimura)
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DREAM.11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round
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Yokohama, Japan
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References
External links
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1976 births
Boxers from Detroit
Living people
American male mixed martial artists
Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing
American male boxers
Heavyweight boxers
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