Raynell Williams

Weight class:  Featherweight/125 lbs
Hometown:  Cleveland, Ohio
Birthdate:  February 4, 1989
Height:  5-6
Weight: 125 lbs
Coach's name:  Clint Martin
Club name: S.A.B.A.
Began boxing:  2001
Who has been your biggest influence and why: My friends and family

Career Higlights

  • 2008 U.S. Olympian
  • 2007 Olympic Test Event Champion
  • 2007 National Champion
  • Two-time USA Boxing Athlete of the Month

Personal Biographical Information

  • Has a one-year-old daughter Ray'niya
  • Always supports his teammates, yelling encouragement from ringside and serving as another assistant coach
  • Qualified at the final possible event for the U.S. Championships, the lone qualifier for the Olympic Team Trials after wanting to quit boxing. His mother made sure that he went to the final event and raised money for him to do so.

Results

2007
USA vs. China: lost by points to Gu Yu, 22-16 
USA vs. Kazakhstan: dec. Galib Jafarov, 22-8
Beijing Test Event: dec. Hicham Ziouti, 23-8, 1st round; won on walkover over Yang Li, quarterfinals; dec. Afansay Poskachin, 34-14, semifinals; lost by points to Arturo Santos, 31-22 for 1st
AIBA World Championships: dec. Khedafi Djelkhir, 28-18, 1st round; dec. Mazat Ospanov, 28-0, 2nd round; stopped Azat Hovhannisyan, RSCO-3, 3rd round; lost by points to Albert Selimov, 25-8, quarterfinals                                                                                                                 USA vs. Australia Dual: dec. Luke Boyd, 30-21                                      
U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Boxing: dec. Robert Rodriguez, 17-6, quarterfinals; dec. Shemuel Pagan, 22-12, semifinals; dec. Hylon Williams, 17-16; lost on points to Hylon Williams, 20-16, for 1st
U.S. Championships:  stopped Derrick Murray, St. Louis, Mo., RSCO-3 (:58); dec. Luis Del Valle, Newburgh, N.Y., 21-16; dec. Troy Wohosky, Medford, Ore., 25-3, in quarterfinals; dec. Hylon Williams, Houston, Texas, 31-21, in semifinals; dec. Rico Ramos, Los Angeles, Calif., 16-9, in finals for 1st
Western Trials: dec. Victor Valenzuela, Passaic, N.J., 30-20, in quarterfinals; stopped Efrain Esquivias, Torrance, Calif., RSCO-2 (1:40), in semifinals; stopped Daniel Martinez, Covina, Calif., RSCO-1 (:39), in finals for 1st
Golden Gloves: dec. Craig Butler, Duluth, Minn., 5-0, in first round; dec. Rheno Nieto, Gulfport, Miss., 5-0, in second round; dec. Bennie Tsosie, Jr., 5-0, in quarterfinals; dec. Derrick Murray, St. Louis, Mo., 5-0, in semifinals; lost on points to Hylon Williams, Houston, Texas, 3-2, in finals for 2nd
Midwestern Trials: lost on points to Luis Ramos, Santa Ana, Calif., 20-12, in first round