Carl "The Truth" Williams passes away

RIP, 53 is no right age for a man to die.

 

it breaks my heart to hear of this... have been hoping over the last week that the rumors were just rumors and it sucks to see this thread...RIP CHAMP

 

RIP champ. Taken far too soon at only 53.

 

rest in peace. I didn't know he was sick either until a few days ago.

 

Sad news. RIP.

'The Truth' was actually a pretty 'big' name in his heyday. Anyone remember those Carl 'The Tooth' Williams skits?

 

rip big man

 

Such a shame, deserved the Holmes decision for me, RIP uncrowned champ

 

Wow seriously didn't know he was in bad shape at all. RIP.

 

First boxing match i watched on TV was Holmes-Williams almost 30 years ago. I'll always remember that. Rest in peace Truth.

 

Rip the Truth

 

Pity.
I think that he was 1 of the better people in this sport.

 

Should have been heavyweight champ, beat Larry Holmes and got totally robbed. Cancer at 54. A shame, he seemed like good guy. He was very talented, one break, and he would be talked about a lot more on here.

 

RIP to Carl.

 

So sad. What type of cancer did he have?

Williams beat James Quick Tillis back when that was a significant win.

Many, including myself, thought he got robbed against Holmes. It was the best performance of his career. I scored it 9-6 for Williams. However, as was often the case late in a longtime champion’s career, Holmes was apparently given any round that was even remotely close, particularly early in the fight. The judges had it unanimously for Holmes. Jerry Roth had a semi-reasonable score of 143-142 (or 8-7) for Holmes. However, judges Paul Gibbs and Al Rothenberg both had it 146-139 (or 11-4) for Holmes. Those scores were absolutely ridiculous.

Williams also dismantled Bert Cooper back when Bert only had one loss coming in.

He also won a 12-round decision over Berbick before getting stopped in 1 by Tyson. He lost a split decision to Witherspoon.

Probably his most entertaining fight was the 8-round battle with Tommy the Duke Morrison. Williams lost, but fought valiantly in a back and forth war.