Adames vs. Williams Tale of the Tape

Carlos Adames vs. Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams Press Conference, Weigh-in & Betting Odds

AMMO: ADAMES’ FIGHT WILL BE EXPLOSIVE

Middleweight contender planning to leave everything in the ring in WBC World title showdown

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Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams has promised to leave everything in the ring as he challenges Carlos Adames for the WBC World Middleweight title on Saturday night at Caribe Royale in Orlando, live worldwide on DAZN.

Williams (20-1, 13 KOs) was due to meet the champion in New York in January at Madison Square Garden in New York on the undercard of Shakur Stevenson’s battle with Teofimo Lopez, but Adames was forced to pull out of the fight ahead of the weigh-in through illness, while Williams still boxed on the bill, and claimed a ten round win over Wendy Toussaint.

Ammo now gets the World title fight he was robbed of due to the unfortunate illness for the champion and will look to build upon his momentum to gain victory in the biggest fight of his career to date. The 29-year-old has won four on the bounce over 14 months, elevating him to #3 in the WBC rankings ahead of his big night, and believes the clash will be action-packed in the Sunshine State.

“The technical side will be something that people can appreciate down the line,” said Williams. “How explosive and action-packed this fight will be the main focus for a long time. Everything you can imagine that cuts with action; if that’s blood, cuts, guts, KOs, explosive energy, whatever comes to your mind when you think about an action-packed fight, that’s what it’s going to be.

“I knew something was wrong in New York. They had a bunch of fighters coming to do tests, and I didn’t see Adames in the room, as soon as I got off the scales, Eddie was right there waiting, and things like that don’t happen unless there’s some news.

“At the end of the day, it was still a move from his team to get that extra time and preparation. They got to watch me fight, but there are advantages and disadvantages from both sides. This is my show now at the end of the day and the fight is bigger now; it’s all worked out, and I can only be grateful.

“We were at the press conference and did a face-off, I looked at him and I thought he was a certain type of person, he turned away and shouted ‘that work, easy work’. And I thought, ‘Oh, you don’t really understand what I am here for then’.”

Austin Williams vs. Carlos Adames Average Betting Odds: 

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WEIGHTS, IMAGES, RUNNING ORDER AND THE LAST WORDS AHEAD OF ADAMES VS. WILLIAMS IN ORLANDO

WBC World Middleweight title on the line tomorrow night, live worldwide on DAZN
Eddie Hearn

“The WBC Middleweight World championship – it doesn’t get much bigger than this. People are talking about belts at the moment, understand one thing: the WBC belt, the green and gold belt, the belt that we’ve seen every legend of the sport wear around their waist, well Carlos Adames owns it and I know what it means to him, and ?Ammo is going to go for glory on Saturday night to become the WBC World champion – an accomplishment and a legacy that can never be taken away.”

Carlos Adames

“We were 100 per cent prepared to fight in New York, but my body wouldn’t respond to me at that time. We had a good weight cut and things were going well, but I wasn’t able to continue, I was suffering with cramps and vomiting, so I was not able to fight. We were not disrespecting our opponent and there was no panic setting in, my body simply wouldn’t respond. But we are here showing face and we are ready to fight.

“There’s only going to be one boxer in there on Saturday night, and that’s Carlos Adames. It’s going to be a war between two gladiators, but he won’t be able to do 12 rounds with me.”

Austin Williams

“It’s going to be a real fight. He says he’s this great fighter, he has all this confidence, but you pulled out being sick. How many stories have we heard of real fighters fighting through anything? Injuries, illness, all that. The fact now that he’s so tough, it means nothing to me. People are going to see, simple as that.

“Any fighter that pulls out the day before a fight is soft – I said it and I mean it. There’s no thinking, we’re going to fight him, nothing matters about other fights or anything, I’m fighting you. He can try to get confidence from other fights but this is happening, I’m about to hurt you. I was ready to fight him in January and it’s exactly the same now. Just make sure you have the energy to walk to the ring on Saturday night.”

FIGHT NIGHT RUNNING ORDER 

Doors open 4.30pm, first bell 5.05pm (all times local)

Non-televised prelim bouts

4 x 3 mins Bantamweight contest

JUNIOR ALCANTARA (118lbs) vs. ISRAEL CAMACHO (116.8lbs)
Higuey, Dominican Republic             Tamaulipas, Mexico

Followed by

6 x 3 mins Super-Bantamweight contest

JORDAN OROZCO (120.2lbs) vs. DANIEL OLEA (120lbs)
Miami, Florida                               Guerrero, Mexico

Followed by

6 x 3 mins Super-Featherweight contest

ROBERTO RAUL RIVERA (130.4lbs) vs. BELMAR PRECIADO (130.2lbs)
Dade City, Florida                                        Ibague, Colombia

Followed by

6 x 3 mins Featherweight contest

CARLOS DE LEON (128.6lbs) vs. DAMIAN ALCALA (127.8lbs)
San Juan, Puerto Rico                     Chula Vista, Mexico

Followed by

6 x 3 mins Light Middleweight contest

ANTRAVEOUS INGRAM (153lbs) vs. CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON (158lbs)
Kissimmee, Florida                                Kansas City, Missouri

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8 x 3 mins Heavyweight contest

TEREMOANA TEREMOANA (265.8lbs) vs. CURTIS HARPER (270.2lbs)
Queensland, Australia                                   Jacksonville, Florida

Followed by

10 x 3 mins WBA Continental Americas Lightweight title

JAYCOB GOMEZ (134.2lbs) vs. COREY MARKSMAN (134lbs)
Caguas, Puerto Rico                    Sanford, Florida

Followed by

8 x 3 mins Light Middleweight contest

OMARI JONES (151.6lbs) vs. CHRISTIAN GOMEZ (151.6lbs)
Orlando, Florida                       Guadalajara, Mexico

Followed by

12 x 3 mins WBC World Middleweight title

CARLOS ADAMES (158.6lbs) vs. AUSTIN WILLIAMS (159.6lbs)
Elias Pina, Dominican Republic       Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

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