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In a four bout event Friday night at Cicero Stadium promoted by Windy City KO, cruiserweight Aaron Williams stood out as the most complete fighter of the night. The fluid and lean lefty knocked out veteran James Johnson with a right uppercut to the gut at 2:35 of the second round. Johnson had oxygen administered to him and

took several minutes to get off the canvas. Williams looked like he had been utilizing a nice left hook and decent, if not overpowering, jab and will definitely benefit from the training of veteran cornerman Jesse Reid. Johnson was tentative, at best, and had difficulty reaching Williams throughout the short fight. Williams, of Las Vegas, NV, improves to 6-0-1 (5) while Johnson, of Shreveport, LA, loses for the eighth time in nine contests to drop to 19-21-2 (11). More...

Jean Marc Mormeck, 31-2 (22), will attempt to become the first undisputed cruiserweight champion since Evander Holyfield, when he will defend his WBA and WBC belts against the hard-hitting O’Neill Bell, 25-1-1 (23), and try to capture Bell's IBF belt .“I think that O’Neill Bell is a great champion because he has his IBF title,” Mormeck stated in a conference call. “I think it will be a tough match because O’Neill Bell is not going to want to let his belt go away, but he has to get ready for this because I am going to take it.” This is the second time that Mormeck will be fighting in the U.S. “Since I was a kid back in France, America has always been a dream,” Mormeck said. Don King will promote the Madison Square Garden event on Showtime at 9 p.m. EST on January 7th. The winner of Mormeck-Bell would be the first cruiserweight in boxing history to unify the WBC, WBA and IBF tiles at the 200 pound weight limit.

On April 9, 1998, Holyfield knocked out WBC champ Carlos DeLeon to become the only fighter to unify the cruiserweight titles at 190 pounds. Both Mormeck and Bell have an opportunity to make history in the same arena as Holyfield’s debut 21 years ago. “I have great respect for Holyfield’s career, for the warrior, the man, for everything he’s done,” Mormeck said. “It would be a great honor and something magical to do what Holyfield did.”Mormeck, 31, from Rosny sous Bois, France, won the WBA title on February 23, 2002 in Marseille, when Virgil Hill could not come out of his corner to start the 9th round. More...