Boxing Results: Andrade defeats Williams

By Boxing News - 04/17/2021 - Comments

By Jim Maltzman: WBO middleweight champion Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (30-0, 18 KOs) survived a dogfight on Saturday night with his grueling 12 round unanimous decision win over the tough as nails British fighter Liam Williams (23-3-1, 18 KOs) in defeating him by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Hard Rock Live at Hard Rock Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida.

Williams was knocked down in the second, but he gave Andrade pure trouble for the remaining 10 rounds of the clash. Andrade was hurt in the 10th but survived the round on shaky legs. The scores were:

  • 116-111
  • 118-109
  • 18-109

Eddie Hearn comments on Andrade’s win

“I think it was a great fight. Props to Liam Williams,” said Eddie Hearn after the fight. “If you’re a champion watching that fight, as Demetrius said, he’s done his job.

It’s not his responsibility to convince the other champions to fight him. Champions are supposed to fight champions. Okay, you got guys out there like Jermall Charlo.

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His brother [Jermell Charlo] is doing a great job. He’s going through the division fighting champions. Jermall Charlo is fighting, I can’t remember his name.

What’s his name? Juan Montiel. Okay, I don’t know what he’s doing. He’s [Charlo] got an opportunity [to fight Andrade]. If he doesn’t want to fight on DAZN, we’ve made him a massive offer.

Demetrius will go and fight on FOX, it’s not a problem. He’s not expensive, it’s going to cost him [Charlo] the same as [Sergiy] Derevyanchenko.

As you said, Jermall Charlo against Demetrius Andrade is a big, big fight. It’s two American world champions. Why aren’t the world champions [at middleweight] looking to fight Demetrius Andrade?

He was hurt tonight, he was tired tonight. he can’t make 160 forever. If I’m Gennadiy Golovkin and if I’m Jermall Charlo, I’m looking at him thinking, ‘I can beat him.’ So why not step up?

Gennadiy Golovkin, a great champion, he’s planning a fight with [Ryota] Murata on December the 31st. We’re in April. Gennadiy Golovkin should be looking and speaking to DAZN and us and saying, ‘I’ll fight Demetrius Andrade in the summer and then I’ll fight Ryota Murata in December.

Two massive unification fights, champions have to fight champions. Demetrius can’t keep defending his belts. He was great tonight. Liam Williams was great tonight, and like you said, he [Andrade] was hurt, he was tired.

He can’t make 160 forever. So if you’re Charlo or if you’re Golovkin, let’s do it. Let’s make the unification fights. Champions fight champions. That’s what boxing is about,” said Hearn.

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