Julian “J-Roc” Williams is May 2019 Boxing Action Magazine Boxer of the Month.

Honorable Mentions for May 2019 Top Performances: Naoya Inoue & Deontay Wilder:

Naoya Inoue destroyed the undefeated Emmanuel Rodriguez in two rounds solidifying himself as a clear #1 P4P fighter on the planet.

Deontay Wilder’s right hand stops a game and ready Dominic Breazeale inside of 1 round. Wilder’s Power is scary and if he can beat Joshua or Fury, he will be the First Real Baddest Man on the Planet since Mike Tyson.

Williams had a near perfect performance, hurting the Top Dog at 154 pounds and winning an easy Unanimous Decision to capture the World Title.

Williams punches were accurate & very crisp. His focus and determination was second to none.

Hurd got rocked a few times over the fight and ate a lot of leather. Hurd looks like he might be too big for the division and has most likely outgrown the super welterweight division and should go up to 160 pounds.

It was a tremendous fight all around; two guys with a lot of heart -William seems to really have Hurd’s number;  not only was Hurd outboxed but Williams also seemed to be the bully in a large part of the fight walking Hurd down. Williams knew when to box and when to hold Hurd’s arms- taking advantage of his experience and ring savvy.

Another thing is Williams throughout the fight had a very beautiful boxing stance – his footwork was terrific. Hurd  too many times during the fight had his footwork wrong; he was squaring up way too much and taking a lot of steam away from his punches.

Hurd took a tremendous amount of punishment; it just seemed that Jay Rock beat him to the punch throughout all 12 rounds by simply being quicker and more Crisp/sharper.

Jay rock did a good job of using his entire toolbox including all his punches, but Williams uppercut was really off the chart that night.

It was a truly great fight with Jay Rock dethroning the undefeated mighty champion.

Here is how Boxing Historian Great Frank Bartolini called the fight from Ringside:

Fairfax VA- The EagleBank Arena on the campus of George Mason University played host for  WBA, IBF Super Welterweight Champion Jarrett Hurd, Accokeek, MD.,  homecoming jubilee. Philadelphia’s Julian “J-Roc” Williams crashed the party and left with Hurd’s belts.

All those in attendance loudly cheered Hurd as he entered the ring in Redskins gear. Than there was a collective gasp when ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr announce that Harold Lederman had pass away earlier in the day.

From the opening bell Williams applied pressure on the champion. Expecting Williams,153.8 lbs, to box from a distance Hurd,153.8 lbs, looked baffled when the challenger employed a in your face approach.  Unable to quickly adjust to Williams, Hurd hit the deck in the second after absorbing a quick combo to the head followed by a left hook. Once Hurd regained his faculties, he may had realized Williams strength was almost equal to his. Unable to employ his customary bullying tactics Hurd was behind the eight ball. Hurd admitted this saying “He was a lot sharper and a little better than I thought. They had a game plan that worked better”.

Getting his bearings  a few rounds into the contest. Hurd futility  tried to employ any limited physical superiority he possessed to no avail.  During round eight Hurd was cut over his left eye. Battling with true grit and determination, Hurd was able to bag a few rounds. J-Roc never let go of the momentum he obtained in round one continuously snapping Hurd head back with uppercuts. Throughout the affair Williams utilized a nifty move when he backed Hurd against the ropes by stepping to his right as if he was throwing a right hand and releasing a blind side left hook to the chin. This tactic caught Hurd  several times and buckled his knees. Closing the show Williams dominated a worn out hurd in the last round.

Just looking at the expression on Hurd’s cut and bruised face left no question of the outcome. Judges Steve Weisfeld and Robin Taylor scored it 115-112 . Alfred Polanco score was more in line at 116-111 all for the new champion Julian J-Rock Williams.

Exuding nothing but class the former champ, Hurd said “I”m going to come back. He was the better man tonight”. Losing his belt and undefeated record Hurd is now 23-1 (16 ko’s)

Raising his record to 27-1-1 (16ko’s) the new KIng J-Roc said “The whole world doubted me. I outclassed him. I was a five to one underdog. The only people that believed in me, wer my team”.

Following this effort J_Roc surely accumulated more believers.  

Prior to winning the title in the main event, Williams left the sanctity of his locker and indiscreetly sat alone in a chair behind press row to watch his stable Stephen Fulton capture the International Boxing Organization Super Bantamweight title.  

Turning in a splendid performance Fulton, Philadelphia, PA, outfought, outclassed and outright beat Paulus Ambunda, Swakopmund, Namibia to garner a twelve round unanimous  decision. Weighing in right on the button at 122 lbs Fulton fought flawlessly. Regulated to nothing more than the canvas Fulton painted his masterpiece on, Ambunda hardly landed a punch. Floored by a right to the head in the eighth Ambunda continued to press forward even as his chances of victory were very thin. Unscathed and appearing as if he did not fight yet, Fulton had his raised after twelve heats,     Without contemplation all three judges  scono marks on me. red it a shutout 120-107 for Fulton.

Fulton said“It’s like a perfect game. Look no marks on me . I feel great. After he got up from the knockdown I seen he kept coming forward,and outboxed until the end”. Already looking for greater challengers Fulton went on to say. “ I want to fight every world champion in my weight class. My choice would be to fight Daniel Roman next”.

Popular consensus dictates Philly is the best fight scene in the USA. Not as renowned DC and the surrounding area pugilistic landscape is good and produces world champs. Notably he fight card was filled with locals attempting  to show off their wares which made it  remarkle how these two Philly natives stole the show.

A near packed house of 7,500 filled the arena. TGB promoted the  festivities in association with Premier Boxing Champions and aired live nationally on Fox saturday night prime time television.