The Ibf, Ibo and Wba super-Ww champion Julian Williams entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 27-1-1 (16 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jermell Charlo). He suffered his only loss when he faced Jermall Charlo in 2016 (Charlo vs Williams), since then he has won five bouts defeating Francisco Javier Castro and Jarrett Hurd in his last two (Jarrett Hurd vs Julian Williams).
His opponent, Jeison Rosario, has a record of 19-1-1 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.36 middleweight. He lost to Nathaniel Gallimore in 2017 but since then he has collected one draw and seven victories beating Mark Anthony Hernandez and Jorge Cota in 2019. Williams vs Rosario is valid for the WBA, IBF and IBO World super welterweight title (Williams’ first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2020-01-18
Where: Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Division: light middleweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg)
Title: WBA, IBF and IBO World super welterweight title
Williams’ previous fight: Jarrett Hurd vs Julian Williams
Charlo’s next fight: Jermell Charlo vs Jeison Rosario
Julian Williams vs Jeison Rosario full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube And not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K724odkj8PI
Official highlights
Wow!
This wasn’t the JRock who tossed Hurd…
impressive fight. even. banana man ended the proceedings with huge power abruptly. Williams defense not as tight today as was in his last fight ..tried too hard to gain power respect instead of putting water on banana man fire. happy for Rosario. changed his life and beautiful vibes .. Williams will be back boxing smart as usual.. in life one must know when to push or pull and when to give and take
That uppercut, at the end, right before the ref stepped in, was a serious punch. I enjoyed that one, although I thought Williams would have a better showing. It wasn’t a terrible display by him by any means, Rosario just turned it on and it was over before Williams knew what happened.If not for the slip he was done for at that moment. All the slip did was prologue the finish.