a knockout. Williams believed that the Judges upon hearing that he called the media decided to not fix the fight by giving an unfair decision to Dawson. Nonetheless, Williams was fined $500 for his comments to the media. Williams also recalled a fight against Kid Gavilán on January 28, 1949 at Madison Square Garden, in which he was offered $100,000 to throw the fight. Again, Ike Williams did not take the money, an action he regretted because he lost the fight even though a plurality of reporters in subsequent news stories that cover the fight believed he had won. This made Williams conclude that the judges may have also been influenced in this fight to vote for his opponent in the case of a points decision. Williams also believed he lost his lightweight title in a bout with the boxer Jimmy Carter on May 25, 1951 in a bout where the judges were also influenced. He testified he was again offered to throw the fight, for a sum of $50,000. Again, Williams said he regretted not taking the money as he lost the fight in a similar fashion as before. Williams testified he never took the money offered to him to fix fights because too many people were counting on him and that too many of his friends had bet their hard earned money on him. Death Williams died on September 5, 1994 at his home in the Wilshire District of Los Angeles of natural causes. Professional boxing record All information in this section is derived from BoxRec, unless otherwise stated. Official record All newspaper decisions are officially regarded as “no decision” bouts and are not counted in the win/loss/draw column Unofficial record Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions in the win/loss/draw column. World Titles See also Lineal championship List of lightweight boxing champions References External links https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1942 https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1943 https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine%27s_Annual_Ratings:_Lightweight--1940s https://titlehistories.com/boxing/na/usa/ny/nysac-l.html 1923 births 1994 deaths Boxers from Georgia (U.S. state) Lightweight boxers World lightweight boxing champions International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees People from Brunswick, Georgia American male boxers United States Army personnel of World War II 20th-century African-American sportspeople African-American boxers African Americans in World War II African-American United States Army personnel