| Carlos Adames | |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Comendador, Dominican Republic |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in |
| Reach: | 73 in |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 25 |
| Wins: | 24 |
| Ko: | 18 |
| Losses: | 1 |
Carlos Adames (born 7 May 1994) is a Dominican professional boxer. He has held the World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight title since May 2024. He previously challenged for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim light middleweight title in 2019.
Adames represented the Dominican Republic in the World Series of Boxing between 2014 and 2015, accumulating a 4–2 record.[1]
Adames made his professional debut in July 2015, defeating Jeff Souffrant by unanimous decision after four rounds.
Adames won the vacant WBA Fedecaribe welterweight title in his seventh bout, beating Kelly Figueroa.
He won another vacant title in his next fight, defeating Patrick Lopez with a fourth-round technical knockout for the WBA Fedelatin title.[2]
In July 2017, he defeated welterweight contender Carlos Molina by unanimous decision (110–98, 110–98, 109–99) after eleven rounds. Adames put on a dominant performance, dropping Molina in round two and outclassing him through the rest of the fight. However, the fight ended a ten-fight knockout streak for Adames.[3]
On November, Adames was scheduled to face Frank Rojas in a welterweight bout as part of the 96th WBA Convention in Medellín, but the bout was called off after he failed to make weight.
On 30 November 2019, Adames faced Patrick Teixeira for the vacant WBO interim super welterweight title. Teixeira was ranked #2 by the WBO and #12 by both the WBC and the WBA. Teixeira beat Adames by unanimous decision. The scorecards were announced as 111–116, 113–114, 113–114 in favor of Teixeira.[4]
On 5 December 2021, Adames fought Sergiy Derevyanchenko. Derevyanchenko was ranked #4 by The Ring, #3 by the WBC and #14 by the WBA at middleweight. Adames beat Derevyanchenko by majority decision, with the scorecards reading 95-95, 93–97, 94–96 in his favor.[5]
On the 8th of October, 2022, at the, Adames went up against Uruguayan boxer Juan Macias "Juanito" Montiel for the WBC (Interim) Middleweight title.[6] Adames would go on to win that secondary title by knocking out Montiel in the 3rd round of their scheduled 12-round bout.
Adames made the first defense of his WBC (Interim) Middleweight title against Philadelphia's own Julian "J-Rock" Williams on the 24th of June, 2023, at the He would go on to stop Williams in the 9th round of their scheduled 12-round bout.
On May 7, 2024, just mere hours after reigning middleweight champion Jermall Charlo was stripped of the title due to a DWI arrest, the World Boxing Council (WBC) elevated Adames from interim champion to full-fledged champion of the middleweight division.[7]
Adames was scheduled to defend his WBC middleweight title against Terrell Gausha at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on June 15, 2024.[8] Adames won the fight by unanimous decision.[9]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Win | 24–1 | Terrell Gausha | UD | 12 | Jun 15, 2024 | |||
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | Julian Williams | TKO | 9 (12), | Jun 24, 2023 | |||
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | Juan Macias Montiel | KO | 3 (12), | Oct 8, 2022 | |||
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Sergiy Derevyanchenko | MD | 10 | 5 Dec 2021 | |||
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Alexis Salazar | TKO | 3 (10), | 26 Jun 2021 | |||
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Byan Medina | TKO | 6 (10), | 12 Mar 2021 | |||
| 19 | Loss | 18–1 | Patrick Teixeira | UD | 12 | 30 Nov 2019 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Patrick Day | UD | 10 | 28 Jun 2019 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Frank Galarza | TKO | 4 (10), | 20 Apr 2019 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Juan Ruiz | KO | 3 (8), | 18 Jan 2019 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Joshua Conley | TKO | 2 (10), | 13 Oct 2018 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Alejandro Barrera | UD | 10 | 12 May 2018 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Adrian Jose Perez Aparicio | RTD | 6 (10), | 18 Nov 2017 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Carlos Molina | UD | 11 | 26 Jul 2017 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Jean Carlos Prada | TKO | 2 (10), | 24 Feb 2017 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | John Renteria | KO | 1 (11), | 16 Dec 2016 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Iván Álvarez | RTD | 4 (11), | 16 Sep 2016 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Patrick López | TKO | 4 (11), | 15 Apr 2016 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Kelly Figueroa | 4 (9), | 6 Feb 2016 | ||||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Devis Caceres | TKO | 2 (6), | 19 Nov 2015 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | José Vidal Soto | TKO | 1 (6), | 22 Oct 2015 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Rudy Lozano | TKO | 1 (6), | 7 Oct 2015 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Rasheed Lawal | 1 (4), | 19 Sep 2015 | ||||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Juan Carlos Santos | 2 (4), | 15 Aug 2015 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Jeff Souffrant | 4 | 24 Jul 2015 |
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