Paul Williams at 154: How good is he?

Personally, I'm not too impressed. In boxing, in my own personal experience, and from what I've seen done by professionals, aside from intelligence, speed is the most important aspect you can have in the ring.

And despite what people are saying, Paul Williams does not have it. I mean, he has above average handspeed, but it's definitely not elite level, nor is it even on par with maybe even a guy like Cotto.

I think Paul Williams greatest performance was against Margarito where to me, while most of his punches were hitting Margarito's gloves, still managed to put on a boxing lesson. Still though, nothing he threw hurt Margarito, and time and time again, it's been shown that Margarito can be outboxed for long portions of the fight.

Anyway, I'll start off with Paul William's strengths. He's tall at 6'2'', rangy and he is a good body puncher and when he puts his body into his punches, he appears to have reasonable power. His stamina is out of control, he's shown a lot of heart, and appears to have a decent chin. He's also shown an alright ability to slip punches when he's fighting from the outside.

His weaknesses are that as I mentioned before, he's not a FAST fighter, he often gives up his height. He gets hit too much with flush punches, especially for somebody with his build. And I don't think he has elite power either.

Ya'll have the right to disagree of course, but I just don't see much special about him. I mean, it's good that he got a win against Verno Phillips, but really aside from him and Margarito, who has he fought? And really, Verno Phillips isn't that good anyway.

So what kind of chances do you give him against Vernon Forrest who is slicker and faster, James Kirkland who has serious KO power, and Angulo who is like a bigger version of Margarito?

 

I think it's good that he goes to the body, but after he throws a combination, he needs to get outside. He has a tendency to just stand there and trade giving up what may be his best asset in his height and reach.

The reason I brought up Kirkland is because the guy can really punch, and if Paul Williams fights Kirkland like he did Phillips, he might find himself on the canvass.

Angulo was brought up because I think he's similiar to Margarito, but bigger and stronger.

 

Yeah, Quintana seemed to have no problem dodging his punches in the first fight.

Compared to people I've seen who do have speed, he looks slow in comparison. Maybe a 7 out of 10 on the speed chart.