WBC middleweight titleholder Carlos Adames has pulled out of his scheduled defense against Austin “Amo” Williams this Saturday due to illness. According to The Ring, Adames (24-1-1, 18 KOs) was too unwell to make weight during Friday morning\u2019s weigh-in, leading to his withdrawal from the bout set for \u201cThe Ring 6\u201d event at Madison Square Garden. This fight was originally part of a card topped by WBO 140-pound champion Teofimo Lopez defending his title against three-division champion Shakur Stevenson.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old Adames has not competed since a contentious split draw with Hamza Silas last February. Williams\u2019 manager, Sam Katkowski, told ESPN that Williams will stay on the card and face a last-minute replacement: Wendy Toussaint (17-3, 7 KOs). BoxRec shows Toussaint was slated to fight on February 28th against an unknown opponent and last fought in June, securing a split decision win over Joseph Hicks. Williams (19-1, 13 KOs) recently won his July bout by ninth-round TKO against Ivan Vazquez in Frisco, Texas.<\/p>\n
Fan Take:<\/strong> This unexpected change shakes up what was already an exciting card, highlighting the unpredictable nature of fight sports. For fans, it serves as a reminder that even last-minute adjustments can produce thrilling matchups and keep the momentum alive for both fighters and the sport as a whole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WBC middleweight titleholder Carlos Adames has pulled out of his scheduled defense against Austin “Amo” Williams this Saturday due to illness. According to The Ring, Adames (24-1-1, 18 KOs) was too unwell to make weight during Friday morning\u2019s weigh-in, leading to his withdrawal from the bout set for \u201cThe Ring 6\u201d event at Madison Square […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2443],"tags":[2444],"class_list":{"0":"post-40203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fighting","8":"tag-fighting"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}