Willie Palms

Willie Palms

Palms (left) fights Timur Ibragimov
Personal information
Nickname	Mr. P
Nationality	American
Born	William L. Palms (1972-10-06) October 6, 1972 (age 53) Jersey City, New Jersey
Weight	Heavyweight
Boxing career
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	22
Wins	10
Win by KO	5
Losses	11
Draws	1
No contests	0

William L. Palms (born October 6, 1972) is an American former professional boxer.

Amateur career

Palms had a stellar amateur career, and won the U.S. National Championships as Super Heavyweight champion in 1997.

Professional career

Palms turned pro in 1997 and won his first nine bouts, before losing a decision to Jean-Francois Bergeron in 2001. Palms evolved from amateur prospect to heavyweight journeyman, later losing a decision to Elieser Castillo in 2002 and Duncan Dokiwari in 2006.

On July 31, 2009, he was defeated by Timur Ibragimov by technical knockout in the 5th round and which he was down twice in the 3rd and once in the 5th before the referee stopped the fight.

Professional boxing record

10 Wins (5 knockouts, 5 decisions), 10 Losses (4 knockouts, 6 decisions), 1 Draw [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	10-0	Maurice Byarm	TKO	5	23/04/2011	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 1:50 of the fifth round.
Loss	24-15-1	Craig Tomlinson	UD	4	04/12/2009	Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Loss	24-2-1	Timur Ibragimov	TKO	5	31/07/2009	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:00 of the fifth round.
Loss	9-1	Alexis Mejias	UD	6	19/06/2009	Dover, New Jersey, U.S.
Loss	15-1	Adam Richards	TKO	6	20/01/2007	Tunica, Mississippi, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 1:46 of the sixth round.
Loss	24-3	Duncan Dokiwari	TKO	4	01/12/2006	Laughlin, Nevada, U.S.	WBC USNBC Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:39 of the fourth round.
Loss	11-0-1	Roderick Willis	UD	6	10/06/2006	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Loss	22-2-2	Elieser Castillo	MD	6	07/06/2002	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Loss	16-14-1	Sedreck Fields	UD	6	29/03/2002	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Win	8-0	Tali Kulihaapai	UD	6	18/01/2002	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Draw	21-19-4	David Vedder	PTS	6	13/10/2001	Stateline, Nevada, U.S.
Loss	10-0	Jean Francois Bergeron	UD	6	28/09/2001	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Win	12-4	Derrell Dixon	KO	5	20/07/2001	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.	Dixon knocked out at 1:39 of the fifth round.
Win	9-1	Stacy Frazier	TKO	3	28/04/2001	New York City, New York, U.S.
Win	6-0	Moises Droz	UD	4	10/03/2001	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Win	4-7	Errol Sadikovski	TKO	3	04/11/2000	New York City, New York, U.S.
Win	5-0	Andrei Kopilou	UD	4	14/09/2000	New York City, New York, U.S.
Win	4-0	Jason Brownlee	DQ	3	27/07/2000	New York City, New York, U.S.
Win	2-1	Damon Saulbury	MD	4	29/06/2000	New York City, New York, U.S.
Win	1-1	Shawn Hobbs	TKO	3	11/09/1997	Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S.
Win	2-0	José Felipe Colón	TKO	1	02/08/1997	Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S.

External links

• Boxing record for Willie Palms from BoxRec (registration required)

Preceded by Lawrence Clay-Bey

United States Amateur Super Heavyweight Champion 1997

Succeeded by Dominick Guinn