Ike Williams
Biography
Isiah "Ike" Williams (August 2, 1923 – September 5, 1994) was an American professional boxer known as the Trenton Tornado. He was a lightweight world boxing champion. He took the World Lightweight Championship in April 1945 and made eight successful defenses of the title against six different fighters prior to losing the championship to Jimmy Carter in 1951. Williams was known for his great right hand, and was named to The Ring magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time as well as The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year for 1948. Williams was also the Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year for 1948, was inducted into The Ring Boxing Hall of Fame (disbanded in 1987), and was an inaugural 1990 inductee to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
71 releases · 12 albums · active 1966–2019
- Performance · 100
Studios: United Recording Studios · American Sound Studio, Memphis, TN · A&R Studios · Ocean Way Recording
Frequent collaborators
- Joe Turner
- The Cake (2)
- Herbie Mann
- Phillip Walker
- Ry Cooder
- Marley Marl
- Wayne Talbert
- Various