Willie Palms

Willie Palms
Willie Palms
	Palms (left) fights Timur Ibragimov
Born	William L. Palms; October 6, 1972 (age 51); Jersey City, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Other names	Mr. P
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	33
Wins	10
Wins by KO	5
Losses	6
Draws	1
No contests	0

William L. Palms (born October 6, 1972), known as Willie Palms, is an American 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 "Freight Train" Byarm	TKO	5	23/04/2011	Washington, District of Columbia, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:50 of the fifth round.
Loss	24-15-1	Craig Tomlinson	UD	4	04/12/2009	Reading, Pennsylvania, United States	37-38, 36-38, 36-39.
Loss	24-2-1	Timur Ibragimov	TKO	5	31/07/2009	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:00 of the fifth round.
Loss	9-1	Alexis Mejias	UD	6	19/06/2009	Dover, New Jersey, United States	53-59, 55-57, 55-57.
Loss	15-1	Adam "The Swamp Donkey" Richards	TKO	6	20/01/2007	Tunica, Mississippi, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:46 of the sixth round.
Loss	24-3	Duncan Dokiwari	TKO	4	01/12/2006	Laughlin, Nevada, United States	WBC USNBC Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:39 of the fourth round.
Loss	11-0-1	Roderick "Big Red" Willis	UD	6	10/06/2006	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	54-58, 55-56, 55-57.
Loss	22-2-2	Elieser Castillo	MD	6	07/06/2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	56-58, 56-58, 57-57.
Loss	16-14-1	Sedreck "Big Buck" Fields	UD	6	29/03/2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	55-59, 55-59, 56-58.
Win	8-0	Tali Kulihaapai	UD	6	18/01/2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	60-54, 60-54, 58-56.
Draw	21-19-4	David Vedder	PTS	6	13/10/2001	Stateline, Nevada, United States
Loss	10-0	Jean Francois Bergeron	UD	6	28/09/2001	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	56-58, 56-58, 56-58.
Win	12-4	Derrell "Double D" Dixon	KO	5	20/07/2001	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Dixon knocked out at 1:39 of the fifth round.
Win	9-1	Stacy "Bigfoot" Frazier	TKO	3	28/04/2001	New York City, United States
Win	6-0	Moises "El Fuego de Ponce" Droz	UD	4	10/03/2001	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	4-7	Errol "The Polish Hammer" Sadikovski	TKO	3	04/11/2000	New York City, United States
Win	5-0	Andrei Kopilou	UD	4	14/09/2000	New York City, United States
Win	4-0	Jason Brownlee	DQ	3	27/07/2000	New York City, United States
Win	2-1	Damon Saulbury	MD	4	29/06/2000	New York City, United States
Win	1-1	Shawn Hobbs	TKO	3	11/09/1997	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States
Win	2-0	Jose Felipe Colon	TKO	1	02/08/1997	Uncasville, Connecticut, United States