Charles Williams (born June 2, 1962) is an American former
professional boxer
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who competed from 1978 to 1996, holding the IBF
light heavyweight
Light heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
Professional
In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight (boxing), cruiserweight.
The light heavyweight class has ...
title from 1987 to 1993.
Career
Born in
Columbus, Ohio
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, Williams was known as "Prince" Charles and turned pro in 1978. He lost his pro debut against former Olympic boxer Henry Bunch.
However, in 1987 he captured the
IBF light heavyweight title by stopping
Bobby Czyz
Robert Edward Czyz ( ; born February 10, 1962) is an American retired boxer and commentator. Czyz was a two-division world titleholder at light heavyweight and cruiserweight.
Czyz was born in Orange, New Jersey. He grew up in Wanaque, New Jer ...
in
Las Vegas
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.
He defended the title against eight boxers before losing the title to
Henry Maske
Henry Maske (, ; born 6 January 1964) is a German former professional boxer and one of Germany's most popular sports figures. He held the IBF light heavyweight title from 1993 until 1996.
Amateur career
Maske was born in Treuen ...
in 1993.
In 1994 he moved down to Super Middleweight to take on IBF super middleweight title holder
James Toney
James Nathaniel Toney (born August 24, 1968) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2017. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and lineal ...
, but he was KO'd in the 12th round. He retired in 1996.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of IBF world champions
This is a list of IBF world champions, showing every world champion recognized by the International Boxing Federation (IBF). The IBF is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has awarded world champions in 17 different ...
References
External links
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1962 births
International Boxing Federation champions
Living people
American male boxers
Light-heavyweight boxers
World light-heavyweight boxing champions
Boxers from Columbus, Ohio
20th-century American sportsmen