Cranston native and USA New England super lightweight champion “Nice” Nick Delomba (11-1, 2 KOs) will fight against USA Connecticut State super welterweight champion Jimmy “Quiet Storm” Williams (12-0-1, 5KOs), in a 10-round welterweight main event at Twin River Casino on Friday, April 7. The vacant World Boxing Council United States National Boxing Council (WBC USNBC) Welterweight Championship title is on the line for this bout and the fighters have agreed to clash at 145 pounds during CES Boxing’s 11-fight card.

Despite Williams being the larger boxer, Delomba believes that he is better prepared for the fight.

“I’m the smaller man fighting a bigger man, but I feel like my opposition that I have fought is a lot greater than he has fought,” Delomba said. “They say he has a pretty good right hand and he is longer than me, but I’ve had over 100 fights between my amateur and my pro career, so there’s not a style that I haven’t already seen, I haven’t already fought before. So, there isn’t nothing that worries me.”

Delomba’s last bout, a unanimous decision over super lightweight Amos Cowart was at 135 lbs. This fight, Delomba will move up 10 pounds. The 27-year-old doesn’t think the added weight will hinder him, though.

“It’s not going to slow me down,” Delomba said. “I’m going to be stronger in the ring because I don’t have to cut the weight, I don’t have to weaken my body as much. My hand speed is still going to be there.”
Delomba earned the nickname “Nice” because of his craftiness in the ring.
“I do what my coach tells me to do,” Delomba explained. “I go out there, I execute it and I make it look nice.”

Delomba’s lone loss came against Gledwin Ortiz in September of 2015.
Williams fights out of New Haven, Connecticut, and has only one blemish on his record – a draw with Greg Jackson back in 2013. The 30-year-old has won eight in a row since losing to Jackson.

Williams believes that this is the biggest match of his career and he is dedicating the fight to his late mother Belinda Williams, who was murdered in 2008.

“It’ll be a good fight,” Williams said. “Nick is a good opponent. I know he is going to come to fight all the time and this is what boxing is about. The best fight the best.”

Williams explained his fight name, “Quiet Storm.”

“You never know when the storm is coming,” Williams said. “Once it comes there’s no coming back.”

Williams made no secret of what his game plan will be on April 7.

“I’m going to work his body,” Williams said. “He says he moves too smooth, so people can’t touch his body, but we’re going to touch it all night. We just know what we got to do to win this fight and going to the body is going to be the key.”

Williams explained what winning the USNBC belt would mean to him.

“It would mean the world to me,” Williams said. “This is a great opportunity. I worked hard for this opportunity and I’m just ready to go out there and win this title.”

Warwick’s Zachary Christy (1-0-1), a staff sergeant for the U.S. Air Force for eight and a half years makes his return against the undefeated Kendrick Ball, Jr., (5-0-2, 6KOs) of Worcester, Massachusetts, on the undercard. Christy hasn’t boxed since September of 2014.

The event starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are priced at $47, $102, $127 and $152 and are available online at CESBOXING.COM or by phone at 401-724-2253.