Jimmy Quiet Storm Williams batters Nick
DeLomba over ten rounds to pick up the WBC USNBC Welterweight Title at Twin
River Event Center
By Alex Pierpaoli
Years ago Jack Blackburn, the great lightweight turned-trainer of
heavyweight champ Joe Louis, told his charge that when the deck is stacked
against you "let your right fist be the referee." Fighting for the
first time beyond the six round distance in his opponent's hometown, Jimmy
Williams, 143.5lbs,
seemed to embody Blackburn 's exhortation, blasting away at and
dropping Nick Delomba, 142lbs, with two big right hands in the very first round.
Stunned by the first jolting right about halfway through the first, DeLomba
smirked in a clinch trying to conceal his surprise. Williams kept the pressure
on his traditionally slow-starting opponent and never let up.
From a distance it was Williams landing the one-two again and
again, while DeLomba tried crowding him, hoping to land combinations in close.
Periodically DeLomba succeeded in getting close but not to be denied, Williams
often exchanged in close and fired right back when DeLomba flurried.
The seventh round was especially brutal, Williams hurt DeLomba
repeatedly and looked to be very close to stopping him. To his credit, DeLomba
recovered well and kept trying to the final bell to end the tenth, a distance
he too was going for the very first time.
After ten the judges saw it 98-91, 97-92 x 2 all in favor
of Williams.
In his post-fight comments Williams welcomed a rematch and was
proud to dedicate the fight to the memory of his mom and dad, both deceased.
Jimmy Quiet Storm Williams picked up the WBC USNBC Welterweight Title and
improved to 13-0-1 (5) while DeLomba fell to 11-2 (2).
