DaVarryl Williamson

Boxing career Amateur career Williamson started boxing as an amateur at the age of 25. As an amateur, Williamson won the National Golden Gloves heavyweight championships in 1996 and 1999, and United States national amateur championships in 1996, 1997 and 1998 and built a record of 120 wins, 17 losses and 1 draw, with 103 wins coming by knockout (88% KO rate). He won his first eighteen fights out of 19, with 16 of them by knockout (KO) inside the first five rounds before facing another undefeated hard-hitting heavyweight Joe Mesi. In the opening minute, Mesi hit Williamson with a right-left combination, unleashing a barrage of punches which ultimately put Williamson down. Davarryl was not able to get up at the count of ten, declaring Mesi the winner by first-round KO.

Afterwards, Williamson defeated Kendrick Releford by fifth-round TKO and Cuban contender Eliecer Castillo by majority decision before facing Wladimir Klitschko. The fight took place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Just one month after the bout, Williamson defeated former world champion, 39-year old Oliver McCall, who was on the comeback trail and lost 19 lbs for this bout, by unanimous decision. He then faced former world title challenger Derrick Jefferson less than three months later, stopping him in the second round. Both fights took place at Madison Square Garden. The fight, which some observers expected to be "explosive", was marked by a series of feints and clinches. The bout went full twelve rounds, with Byrd being declared the winner by unanimous decision, with two judges scoring the fight 116–112 and one judge scoring it 115–113. The end of the fight was followed with boos from the crowd. After that, Williamson fought sporadically, having fought three times before retiring in 2014 after losing to Eric Molina at the age of 45.

Loss 27-8

TKO 5 10/05/2014

Loss 27-7

KO 4 23/06/2012

Win

KO 7 23/04/2011

Loss

TKO 4 31/10/2009

Win

TKO 5 24/04/2009

Win

TKO 2 18/09/2008

Loss

TKO 6 06/10/2007

Win

KO 3 06/07/2007

Win

TKO 4 06/05/2006

Loss

UD 12 01/10/2005

Win

TKO 2 30/04/2005

Win

UD 10 13/11/2004

Loss

TD 5 02/10/2004

Win

MD 12 17/04/2004

Win

TKO 9 17/01/2004

Loss

KO 1 27/09/2003

Win

UD 10 10/01/2003

Win

TKO 5 26/07/2002

Win

TKO 3 25/05/2002

Win

TKO 3 13/04/2002

Win

TKO 1 29/03/2002

Win

TKO 5 18/01/2002

Win

TKO 1 30/11/2001

Win

TKO 3 16/11/2001

Win

TKO 3 25/08/2001

Win

TKO 2 04/08/2001

Win

TKO 1 21/07/2001

Win

TKO 1 06/07/2001

Win

TKO 2 25/05/2001

Win

UD 4 18/03/2001

Win

TKO 1 21/01/2001

Loss

TKO 4 06/10/2000

Win

RTD 2 24/08/2000

Win

KO 2 04/08/2000

Win

TKO 1 30/06/2000

Accolades

Williamson was inducted to Colorado Hall of Fame 2022 National Golden Gloves Champion - 1996, 1999 United States national amateur heavyweight champion – 1996, 1997, 1998 (first and only heavyweight to win the championships three times in a row) 10-Time National Amateur Boxing Champion Goodwill Games Silver Medalist - 1998 U.S. Olympic Team - First Alternate - 1996 U.S. Olympic Festival Champion - 1995 American Boxing Classic Champion - 1995, 1996, 1999 National Police Athletic League Champion - 1999 His professional opponents have a combined record of 337–150–6