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:
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