Rabbit punches are illegal in boxing, as they hit the back of the opponent’s head. Since the beginning of the fight, Colon complained to the referee that Williams kept hitting him with ‘rabbit punches’. This fight ended up being the last time Colon entered the ring. Colon came into the fight 16-0 and dreamt of having the WBC belt around his waist. Terrel Williams took on the undefeated Super-Welterweight Prichard Colon. After the fight, only one of them ever remained the same. I’ll be thinking of Prichard Colon every day for the rest of my life.Back in 2015, two budding Welterweights fought at the Eagle Bank arena. Though there isn’t a day that goes by when I’m not thinking of him. I didn’t want to hurt that kid but I can’t sit around and sulk. I have no problem with the Colon family protesting me. At the end of the day, we were both doing something that we love to do. I have to walk my walk and be the best man I can be. I don’t want to think about what could have happened if that fight went one more round. “The best thing that ever happened in that fight was that it was stopped after nine rounds. I’m putting my focus into raising my family. I have three boys myself, 4, 2 and a newborn. There was all of this social media negativity and I tried not to pay attention to it. “I found out the next day on social media, he had a brain bleed. I’ve made attempts to reach his family,” said Williams. He said, ‘I don’t know but it’s bad.’ I wanted to go to the hospital and check on (Colon) to make sure he was OK. The young man you fought is hurt.’ I asked what was wrong with him. After the fight, we went to the back room and, as I was taking my post-fight drug test, the guy taking the test says to me, ‘Sit in this room and don’t go out there. “I never told anyone else this before: I probably knew what happed to (Colon) before anyone knew. I’m fortunate to have someone like Al behind me. “Hopefully I’ll get another fight before the end of the year. I’m a good family man,” Williams continued. I want to get in the ring again this year. He changed his trainer to Kevin Cunningham and he kept coming. It’s the second fight in two years and I went in there and did what I had to do. Unfortunately bad things have happened in boxing. They can judge me but they don’t walk in my shoes. I don’t care what anyone says and they can say what they want to say. “I believe in myself and I believe in my ability. “But other than Al, I think I’ve been blackballed by the sport,” Williams said. He has only had three fights since that battle with Coolon. Things happen.”Īl Haymon, his manager, has stood by Williams through the controversy. I pray and I may not have all of the answers but I am walking in the right path. Do I wish that had happened to Colon? Of course not! I’m a man of faith and I know I’m a good man. It’s a hard situation on me and a hard situation on Colon’s family. Williams continued, “I don’t place any blame on myself. Prichard was a young man with a bright future, who was going to contribute good things to the world.

I understand and I know I didn’t do anything wrong that night. I honestly never wanted to fight again after that fight. If that is how they’re going to cope with it and it helps them heal, then that’s what it is. “But there has been a lot of malicious stuff that’s being said about me, especially from the Colon family. I would never intentionally harm someone like that. No one wants what happened to Prichard to happen to anybody. “I’m taking things one day at a time, walking my walk,” said Williams, who is on indefinite suspension from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission after the Grayton fight because of an injury to his right hand. Williams has been weighed down with guilt for putting him in that position.

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