# Richard Williams (boxer)

Richard "The Secret" Williams (born 9 May 1971) is an English professional light middle/middle/super middleweight boxer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s who won the International Boxing Organization (IBO) light middleweight title, and Commonwealth light middleweight title (twice), and was a challenger for the International Boxing Organization (IBO) light middleweight title against Sergio Gabriel Martínez, and British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British middleweight title against Howard Eastman, his professional fighting weight varied from 149+3⁄4 lb (67.9 kg; 10 st 9.8 lb), i.e. light middleweight to 162+1⁄4 lb (73.6 kg; 11 st 8.3 lb), i.e. super middleweight. Richard Williams is trained by Brian Lawrence, and managed by Barry Hearn, and John Rooney.

## Professional boxing record

| 27 fights | 21 wins | 5 losses |
| By knockout | 17 | 3 |
| By decision | 4 | 2 |
| Draws | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 27 | Loss | 21–5–1 | Virgilijus Stapulionis | TKO | 1 (4), 2:24 | 2 Jun 2012 | ExCeL Arena, Dockland, England | |
| 26 | Loss | 21–4–1 | Howard Eastman | KO | 12 (12), 2:06 | 15 Dec 2006 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England | For vacant British middleweight title |
| 25 | Win | 21–3–1 | Vedran Akrap | TKO | 5 (8), 2:54 | 22 Sep 2006 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England | |
| 24 | Win | 20–3–1 | Marcin Piatkowski | PTS | 8 | 24 Feb 2006 | Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, England | |
| 23 | Win | 19–3–1 | Szabolcs Rimovszky | TKO | 3 (6), 2:24 | 26 Nov 2004 | Altrincham Leisure Centre, Altrincham, England | |
| 22 | Loss | 18–3–1 | Sergio Martínez | TKO | 9 (12), 1:25 | 17 Apr 2004 | King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | For IBO super welterweight title |
| 21 | Win | 18–2–1 | Ayitey Powers | TKO | 7 (12), 2:54 | 31 Jan 2004 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England | Won vacant Commonwealth super welterweight title |
| 20 | Loss | 17–2–1 | Sergio Martínez | UD | 12 | 21 Jun 2003 | M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, England | Lost IBO super welterweight title |
| 19 | Win | 17–1–1 | Andrey Pestryayev | UD | 12 | 8 Mar 2003 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England | Retained IBO super welterweight title; Won WBF (Federation) super welterweight title |
| 18 | Win | 16–1–1 | Paul Samuels | TKO | 10 (12), 2:59 | 7 Dec 2002 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | Retained IBO super welterweight title |
| 17 | Draw | 15–1–1 | Paul Samuels | TD | 3 (12), 2:43 | 29 Jun 2002 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | Retained IBO super welterweight title |
| 16 | Win | 15–1 | Shannan Taylor | TKO | 4 (12), 2:17 | 1 Dec 2001 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England | Retained Commonwealth super welterweight title; Won vacant IBO super welterweight title |
| 15 | Win | 14–1 | Viktor Fesechko | TKO | 6 (6), 0:39 | 20 Oct 2001 | Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth, England | |
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | Andrew Murray | TKO | 3 (12), 2:21 | 25 Sep 2001 | Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, England | Retained Commonwealth super welterweight title |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Hussain Osman | PTS | 10 | 4 Jun 2001 | Hartlepool Borough Hall, Hartlepool, England | |
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Tony Badea | TKO | 3 (12), 0:47 | 23 Jan 2001 | Crawley Leisure Centre, Crawley, England | Won Commonwealth super welterweight title |
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Aziz Daari | TKO | 2 (6) | 2 Dec 2000 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England | |
| 10 | Win | 9–1 | Howard Clarke | KO | 4 (10) | 4 Nov 2000 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England | |
| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Dean Ashton | TKO | 1 (4) | 8 Sep 2000 | Novotel Hotel, Hammersmith, England | |
| 8 | Win | 7–1 | Piotr Bartnicki | TKO | 3 (6) | 16 Jun 2000 | Royal National Hotel, Bloomsbury, England | |
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Kevin Thompson | KO | 1 (4) | 17 Apr 2000 | Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham, England | |
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Harry Butler | TKO | 1 (4), 1:50 | 20 Dec 1999 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England | |
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Lee Bird | TKO | 3 (4), 0:52 | 6 Nov 1999 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England | |
| 4 | Win | 3–1 | Pedro Carragher | TKO | 2 (4), 0:53 | 16 Oct 1999 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England | |
| 3 | Loss | 2–1 | Michael Alexander | PTS | 4 | 2 Sep 1997 | Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Danny Quacoe | PTS | 4 | 30 Jun 1997 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Marty Duke | TKO | 3 (6), 1:10 | 8 Mar 1997 | Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England | |