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Ike Williams

Era - 1940s / 1950s - Boxing - Lightweight

Boxing has always had its share of corruption at the top, with con men and gangsters fighting over a piece of the action, and often doing so at the expense of the fighters who are the lifeblood of the sport. Ike Williams was one such fighter, an all time great at Lightweight with a crisp, educated style and lightning combinations that scored thunderous knockouts who yet could have achieved more, were it not for the manipulators who determined the path of his career.

Born in Brunswick, Georgia in 1923, Williams was said to have been a shy child who dealt with a speech impediment, but was an absolute natural at boxing. He won a Golden Gloves title at 15, and two years afterwards, in 1940, had his first professional bout. Like many of the era, Williams took fights on a regular basis, fighting ninteen times in 1943 and again in 1944. With a large majority of wins, a few assorted losses and draws came, but they did not deter him from winning a Lightweight belt in 1945 from Juan Zurita, a fight doubly impressive as Williams was fighitng while inducted into the United States Army, and the fight took place in Zurita's home of Mexico City.

Williams, at this point, decided to leave his manager, Connie McCarthy to take control of his career. The Manager's Guild of the time did not approve of this action, and Williams was forced to sign on with Frank "Blinky" Palermo, an unsavory type who was the right hand man of Frankie Carbo, the mobster who controlled much of the boxing scene of the time. A win in 1947 against Bob Montgomery made Williams the undisputed Lightweight champion, and he would defend the belt multiple times in the following years, while also fighting non-title bouts and fighting up at Welterweight.

A crushing win over Beau Jack and a victory over the great Kid Gavilan earned Williams the 1948 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year award. Several losses would follow against Gavilan in early 1949, and by 1951, he would eventually lose his belt to Jimmy Carter(not the talk show host), and his career took an overall downturn.

Years later, in 1961, Williams testified against the mobsters who ran the boxing trust, denying that he took a dive on most of his losses, although also stating that he regretted missing out on the money in refusing, and spoke of rigged judging and wages that he never received for fights. Eventually, both Carbo and Palermo would end up serving time in prison as a result of the Senate investigation.

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Attire:
1. Blue shorts and gold trim
2. Dark red shorts and yellow trim
3. White shorts, black trim
4. Training attire with wrist wraps