Carlos Adames cruises to a unanimous decision against Austin “Ammo” Williams

The WBC’s middleweight belt didn’t change hands. Carlos Adames’ trunks had “destroy” and “demolish” written on the front plus backside, and he lived up to that, being too strong for his challenger, who looked like he’d gone through oblivion inside Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida. 

The strongest Austin “Ammo” Williams looked was in the first round as he opened up, but the champion was waiting like a cobra in the sand. Adames then dropped him with a thunderous, double right hand in the second round, yet he failed to close early. 

The challenger went from hunter to prey, getting stung with shots upstairs and below. His lips were busted as he retaliated and at moments, landed decent shots that would make many think twice. 

Adames is a different beast who took all of it, giving it back thrice to prove his manhood and that he was correct about the quality of fighter between him and Williams before the fight. His corner wanted a more disciplined attack, but he kept pursuing aggressively.

The sixth round was a brawl, and Williams walked back to his corner as the battered man, despite bravely standing up to Adames, the older man by two years. 

The straight right hand was a spear piercing armor that was so effective that Williams was only a threat early in rounds before tiring and shifting to survival. Adames later said in Spanish that he was a sniper who knew he could connect with the right hand when he wanted to. Additionally, Williams’ corner pleaded for him to press forward, and his failure was not for lack of trying. 

Adames subsequently knocked out his mouthpiece twice in the 11th and 12th rounds, cruising to the finish line, but it wasn’t all pretty. He was deducted a point in the 12th for another low blow; it gave Williams a brief spurt of energy with both of them trading venom until there was no more pop on the challenger’s punches.

The Dominican champ won unanimously on the cards 118-108, 117-109 and 117-109. He hadn’t fought since Feb. 22, 2025, which came to a draw against Hamzah Sheeraz in Riyadh. (Sheeraz has now moved up to super middleweight.)

He said in Spanish in his post-fight interview that, “I told him it would be easy work for me and it was easy work. I’m the best 160 (pounder) there will be in history.”

Other notable middleweights include Marvelous Marvin Hagler (63-3-2), who successfully made 12 defenses of his crown; Gennady Golovkin (42-2-1) was the unified champ of the WBA, WBC and IBF from 2015-18; Bernard Hopkins (55-8-2) who successfully defended his title 20 times.

Adames was also asked about Sheeraz, and he said he “took him apart in his own house” and that he’s ready for whoever is his next opponent, whether it be at 154, 160 or 168 pounds. For clarification: Sheeraz is an Englishman with Pakistani and Indian descent. 

Williams said, “It was certain shots I was trying to find, he was able to negate them. So, I mean, it was just a good performance from him. I can’t really say I was too shocked or surprised…”

The other titleists at 160 pounds are Erislandy Lara (WBA) and Janibek Alimkhanuly (WBO), who is suspended by the sanctioning body. The IBF belt is vacant after stripping Alimkhanuly for failure to complete a title defense requirement and a failed performance enhancing drug test.