Paul Williams vs. Dmitry Yurievich Pirog

Pirog befuddled Jacobs, he would make Williams look like an incompetant fool worse than Lara did. Also because he is best remembered for the Jacobs fight people forget his norm was to throw 100 punches per round, Dima was a volume puncher.

 

Williams was pushed outta Welter, middlewight was too much imo for Punisher.
I wonder what Pirog is doing to make ends meet nowadays?

I heard Williams was able to invest in pproperties. No offense toPirog but probably made peanuts in boxing hope I'm Wrong boxing tends to suck. Pirog would probably be a Badass coach

 

Wow I haven't thought about Pirog in years. He looked awesome against Jacobs and Ishida but he got sidelined by back problems. I was super bummed out over that because he looked like he was ready to blossom into something special, although I do think GGG would have beaten him. Still, it would have been a fun rivalry.

 

Does anyone know how Paul Williams is doing? I mean, obviously he's still paralyzed, but is he doing well financially and healthwise other than being in a wheel chair?

With the kayo loss to Sergio and then the huge struggle against Lara it seemed like his career was winding down at the time of the accident. He had taken a lot of damage for being so young, and it kind of seemed like guys were learning how to deal with his style. Although he was skillful and awkward, it seemed like his success was disproportionately based on sheer volume punching.

 

I'd also like to know. I was a big fan way back when was a welterweight and it was a crying shame he got frozen out of the division when it was hot.

 

Wasn't there a chance he would be able to walk again down the line? I think it would be similar to the Jacobs fight. Williams bags some early rounds but Pirog figures him out and gets the come from behind stoppage.

 

Pirog by KO
To answer a question from a previous poster Pirog is a politician in the Kuban region.

 

Seems like a complete mismatch. Pirog outboxes him and stops him sooner or later.

 

Pirog showed great promise at 160 and had appeared very strong there. Williams, on the other hand, had looked a little stretched at the weight.

I actually think it could have been a great scrap, for a while. However, it's difficult to envisage Williams getting control of Pirog, who would likely have been both too awkward and powerful for him to best.

 

My impressions are not ment to take anything away from William's. I was a huge Pirog fan from the first time I saw him. I was all over YouTube looking for anything I could on the guy ...sparring ..gym work. A real professor of boxing. I still watch new vids of him working with young men in the gym teaching them his unique techniques.
I believe he would have gone down as a great fighter.

 

I remember back when I joined this forum the promise of the young MW’s was all the rage. Pirog, Lee, Jacobs and of course I was touting and riding the Fernando Guerrero bandwagon leading the cheers that he would emerge as the best of the bunch. Lol I was off by just a touch, so my predictions might not be worth much.

I think Pirog would have beat Williams clear but close 8-4/7-5 type.

A shame we never got to see Pirog vs GGG or we might be debating the 2 Canelo vs Pirog controversies in general forum.

 

Wheelchair boxing? Bring it on. We've had worse sideshows in the sport.