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<\/a>If everything goes according to plans, 2020 will be a breakout year for unbeaten prospect \u201cMarvelous\u201d Mykquan Williams (15-0-1, 7 KOs), the World Boxing Council (WBC) United States super lightweight champion.<\/p>\nWilliams, fighting out of East Hartford, CT, is arguably one of the most gifted 21-and-under fighters in the world, and he won\u2019t turn 22 until April 6.<\/p>\n
In 2019, he won two of three rights with a questionable draw in his last fight in October against Tre\u2019Sean Wiggins (11-4-3, 6 KOs), in the \u201cBroadway Boxing\u201d main event held at Generoso Pope Athletic Complex on the campus of St. Francis College in Brooklyn. <\/p>\n
The highlight of 2019 was capturing his title belt last May with a 10-round unanimous decision victory against Ricky Edwards (12-2) at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Overall, Williams was happy with 2019 performances, although he only fought three times as opposed to four the previous two years, and failed to register a knockout.<\/p>\n
\u201cI kept my belt (he retained it vs. Wiggins),\u201d Williams spoke about 2019. \u201cI probably would have fought four times again, if the dates were spread out a little more having my first fight in February and last in November. Quality is more important than the number of fights.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always look at knockouts as a bonus, if it comes, good. Not everybody goes down. I\u2019m happy winning and looking good. I do know that my opponents felt my power and were stunned in all of my fights this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams\u2019 head trainer, Paul Cichon, believes his rising star is on schedule. \u201cHe\u2019s only 21 and still has a lot to learn,\u201d he explained. He\u2019s right on schedule. The more experience, obviously, the better he gets. His last fight opened some eyes. He\u2019s normally a slow starter, but now he knows that he has to start quicker. The number of fights he has is , in part, determined by who he fight and how far it goes. It could be a 10-rounder, or he could stop his opponent in three, four rounds. His last was 10 a tough, good fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams and Cichon are looking forward to making a splash in 2020. \u201cThis coming year is going to be big for me,\u201d Williams commented. \u201cI\u2019m going to be stepping up against opponents in terms of quality. I\u2019d like to get more television exposure, too. But I\u2019m happy with the way my career is going with 16 fights in four years.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people forget I\u2019m 21; they think I\u2019m 22-23. I have no regret turning pro (rather than staying in the amateurs to try and make the USA Olympic Boxing Team) because I\u2019ve been around for four years. Everything is going on schedule with 16 fights in three-plus years. I\u2019d like at least three fights in 2020, one against a rated fighter, and a fight for another title by my last fight of 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams manager, Jackie Kallen, wouldn\u2019t be happier with the way Williams has progressed this year and she\u2019s looking forward to more in 2020.<\/p>\n
“Everything is going right on schedule,\u201d she remarked. \u201cMykquan has a solid team behind him and this coming year should be a stellar one. He has grown with each fight and has learned something new from each opponent. This has prepared for him for whatever lies ahead in 2020. He remains involved in his community and finds ways to give back whenever possible. He is a positive role model and a well-rounded fighter. I could not be prouder.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[AdSense-A] If everything goes according to plans, 2020 will be a breakout year for unbeaten prospect \u201cMarvelous\u201d Mykquan Williams (15-0-1, 7 KOs), the World Boxing Council (WBC) United States super lightweight champion. Williams, fighting out of East Hartford, CT, is arguably one of the most gifted 21-and-under fighters in the world, and he won\u2019t turn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[21176],"class_list":["post-84529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-2020-set-to-be-a-banner-year-for-unbeaten-boxer-mykquan-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84529"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}