Former unified junior middleweight champion Julian Williams is not pleased with the stoppage loss to WBC interim-middleweight champion Carlos Adames, which took place on Saturday night from The Armory in Minneapolis in a Premier Boxing Champions event.

Adames (23-1, 18 KOs) had Williams (28-4-1, 16 KOs) in serious trouble in the fourth round and he barely escaped a potential stoppage loss.

“I just stayed calm,” said Williams about the fourth round. “I knew he was trying to finish me. I knew he was throwing punches, but I think I won the next couple of rounds after that.”

Williams was able to hold his own as the rounds played out, but he took quite a bit of punishment as well.

During the ninth round, Adames once again staggered Willaims and was trying to finish him off. Williams was trying his best to weather storm and was actually throwing a punch when referee Mark Nelson stepped in and called an end to the contest at 2:45 into the round.

Williams disagreed with the stoppage and expressed his displeasure in the ring post fight.

“I think it was a terrible stoppage, but what can I do?” said Williams. “I’m healthy and I feel fine. I thought it was pretty much even and I was taking over while he was getting tired. Of course I want a rematch. It’s not his fault that the ref jumped in early. It looked corny. It looked bad. It was a great fight, I thought it was an even fight, and he jumps in and stops it because I got a little bit buzzed. It’s boxing.”

At the time of the stoppage, Adames led on all three cards by scores 80-72, 78-74 and 77-74. The overall punch stats were close according to CompuBox, with Adames’ biggest advantage coming in a 64-27 edge on body shots.