{"id":549789,"date":"2026-03-20T21:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/549789\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T21:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:12:11","slug":"adames-and-williams-make-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/549789\/","title":{"rendered":"Adames and Williams Make Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adames and Williams Make Weight<\/p>\n<p>After a previously canceled bout due to illness affecting the champion, Carlos Adames will defend his WBC middleweight world title against Austin Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Adames weighed in at 158.6 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Austin Williams weighed in at 159.6 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Adames:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Carlos Adames is the current WBC middleweight world champion.<\/p>\n<p>The Dominican was previously the interim champion before being elevated to full champion in 2024, and has successfully defended his title multiple times, solidifying his place among the division\u2019s elite.<\/p>\n<p>He enters with a record of 24 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw, with 18 knockouts.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Williams:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Austin Williams has emerged as one of the top contenders in the WBC middleweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Ranked among the organization\u2019s best, \u201cAmmo\u201d has built his path toward a world title opportunity through a strong run of victories, positioning himself as a legitimate challenger.<\/p>\n<p>He holds a record of 20 wins, 1 loss, with 13 knockouts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_178696\" class=\"pvc_stats all  pvc_load_by_ajax_update\" data-element-id=\"178696\" style=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adames and Williams Make Weight After a previously canceled bout due to illness affecting the champion, Carlos Adames&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-549789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}