Phil Williams (boxer)


Phil Williams, alias The Drill, is an American cruiserweight southpaw professional boxer. Williams was born in Queens, New York City. He moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota as a child, and still lives in Minneapolis where he works as a barber.

Amateur career

Williams claims to have compiled an amateur record of 31-4.

Professional career

Williams made his professional debut in April 2006 with a first-round TKO defeat of Jason Medina. Williams won his first eight bouts, all by knockout or TKO, losing for the first time to 14-0-1 Marcus Oliveira in August 2008. In that fight Williams knocked Oliveira down in the third and sixth rounds, but ran out of gas and was knocked out in the seventh round of an eight-round bout. To date Williams has compiled a professional record of 15-8-2 with 14 knockouts. On February 27, 2016, Williams, age 38, boxing at cruiserweight, was knocked out by rising prospect Michael Hunter in the first round. Williums just lost in Hinckley Mn.