A young boxer from Louisiana has been labelled by fans as the ‘worst boxer in the world,’ following a horrible professional debut.
Back in November 2018, Emanuel Williams made his professional boxing debut on Top Rank’s preliminary card against fellow American John Rincon.
The lightweight bout went viral on social media for the wrong reasons as Williams displayed a disastrous performance that led to a quick first round knockout.
Boxing fans were furious after seeing Williams just punching mid-air throughout the whole contest while defending himself in a bizarre manner.
Watch the fight below:
Boxing fans went on to question why the American lightweight was allowed to compete in the professional ranks.
One fan wrote in Reddit: “That’s just plain irresponsible: whatever commission gave this kid the ok to fight and the promoter…just embarrassing and lucky this kid didn’t get hurt bad.”
“How on Earth can you call this guy a professional? There are people that would’ve known about this guys skill level (literally 0) and still put him in a professional fight against an accomplished amateur. Pretty disgusting,” another one said.
“This is why Boxing needs to be regulated by the government or something. I hope someone saw this and realised something in boxing needed to change and check if young fighters are ready to box in the pros. Of course, that’s only a hope but I do wish the guy a speedy recovery and wish young boxers are better managed by the organisations in future somehow,” a fan suggested.
Meanwhile, here are some of the craziest reactions from the Twitter-verse to Williams’ pro-debut:
Is this the worst professional boxer in the world? Emanuel Williams gets pummelled in the first round of his debut bout https://t.co/H9QTCcF2cZ
— Through The Ropes (@ImagesThruRopes) November 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/WorldBoxingWall/status/1063766161773473792
tears in my eyes. i cant get myself together https://t.co/wCKQHEdx5s via @DailymotionUSA
— FiyaStarter (@HotFiyaStarter) November 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/ChazyLaws/status/1197253126723690496
People are going through life like Emanuel Williams' Boxing Career…
— Dee Rok (@dblok78) November 18, 2018
This guy is worse than AnesonGib if that's even possible. https://t.co/ROGLZNKqhM
— BigManSmoke (@BigManMaguire) April 15, 2020
Everyone responsible for getting Emanuel Williams a pro boxing license should be arrested.https://t.co/kvOE6rWKwf
— K ROLLING! (@majorkvillian) September 18, 2019
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