Tellez vs Williams

Who won Tellez vs Williams?

Yoenis Tellez beat Julian Williams by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, March 1st, 2025, at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

The scorecards were announced as 119-109, 117-111, 118-110 in favor of winner Yoenis Tellez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 kg).

This contest was for the WBA super welterweight championship of the world.

Tellez was defending his his WBA Interim World Super Welterweight Championship for the first time. He won this belt against Julian Williams in March 2025. He had held this belt for 1 month and 18 days.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis beating Lamont Roach for the WBA Super World Lightweight championship. Also on the undercard Alberto Puello beat Sandor Martin for the WBC World Super Lightweight belt, Jose Valenzuela was overcome by Gary Antuanne Russell for the WBA World Super Lightweight title, and Jarrett Hurd was defeated by Johan Gonzalez.

Tellez vs Williams stats

Yoenis Tellez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Julian Williams made his way to the ring with a record of 29 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw.

Yoenis Tellez was the younger man by 11 years, at 24 years old.

Williams had a height advantage of 1 inch over Tellez. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Yoenis Tellez and Julian Williams fought out of an orthodox stance.

Tellez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 25 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2020, 10 years and 1 month later than Williams, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 217 fewer professional rounds, totaling 0 compared to Williams' 217.

Yoenis Tellez went into the fight ranked number 2 by the WBA, 9 by the WBC, and 14 by the WBO at super welterweight.

Julian Williams was ranked number 11 by the WBA in the 154lb division.

Tellez vs Williams form

Tellez remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Johan Gonzalez on October 19, 2024, by knockout in the 7th round at Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, United States.

Prior to that, he had beaten Joseph Jackson on April 26, 2024, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando.

Going into that contest, he had won against Livan Navarro on December 15, 2023, by knockout in the 10th round at Caribe Royale Resort, Orlando.

Before that, he had beaten Sergio Garcia on July 29, 2023, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Cameron Krael on May 12, 2023, by unanimous decision in their 6 round contest at Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando.

Julian Williams had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Carlos Adames on June 24, 2023, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBC Interim World Middleweight championship fight at Armory, Minneapolis, United States.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Vladimir Hernandez on October 9, 2021, by split decision in their 10 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Nevada.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Jeison Rosario on January 18, 2020, by technical knockout in the 5th round in their WBA Super World Super Welterweight and IBF World Junior Middleweight championship fight at Liacouras Center, Pennsylvania.

Before that, he had won against Jarrett Hurd on May 11, 2019, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Junior Middleweight and WBA Super World Super Welterweight championship fight at Washington, District of Columbia.

He had defeated Nathaniel Gallimore on April 7, 2018, by majority decision in their 12 round contest at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Nevada.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Yoenis Tellez had been fighting more than Julian Williams.

Going into this contest, Yoenis Tellez had last fought 4 months and 10 days ago, while Julian Williams' last outing had been 1 year, 8 months and 5 days ago.

Tellez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 17 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 36 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.2 rounds on average.

Williams' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 48 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.6 rounds on average.

What time did Tellez vs Williams start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, United States, which was around 12:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Tellez vs Williams?

Tellez vs Williams was broadcast on Amazon Prime PPV both in the UK and US.

What were the odds on Tellez vs Williams?

Yoenis Tellez was a 1/9 (-1100) favorite going into the contest, while Julian Williams made his way into the ring at 13/2 (+850) with oddsmakers.