Paul "The Punisher" WILLIAMS wins dominating decision over Ronald "Winky" WRIGHT

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On the line

Non-title fight. Middleweight.

Stats & Facts

Williams:
Age - 27
Stance - Southpaw
Height / Reach - 6' 1" / 82"
Record - 36(27)-1(0)-0
KO ratio - 73%

Achievements:
Current Interim WBO Light Middleweight Champion
Former WBO Welterweight Champion

W TKO10 Walter Mathysse, W KO4 Sharmba Mitchell, W UD12 Antonio Margarito, W TKO1 Carlos Quintana, W TKO8 Verno Phillips

L UD12 Carlos Quintana

Wright:
Age - 37
Stance - Southpaw
Height / Reach - 5' 10" / 72"
Record - 51(25)-4(0)-1
KO ratio - 45%

Achievements:
Former Undisputed Light Middleweight Champion

W SD12 Bronco McKart, W UD12 Bronco McKart, W DQ8 Bronco McKart, W UD 12 Shane Mosley, W MD 12 Shane Mosley, W UD12 Felix Trinidad, W UD12 Ike Quartey

L UD12 Julio Cesar Vasquez, L MD12 Harry Simon, L MD12 Fernando Vargas, L UD12 Bernard Hopkins

D12 Jermain Taylor

What they say...

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- Winky Wright

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- Williams

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Odds
Bet365:

Williams - 2/5
Wright - 15/8

TV coverage

Hope to God Setanta pull through with this. According to poster ishy, Buncey has claimed they are hopeful of picking this fight up,

VOTE, ANALYZE, DISCUSS.

 

I think this could be the most interesting TFFP "Vote, Analyze, Discuss" thread yet.

As I see it this is a proper 50/50, regardless of what the bookies think.

I think these styles will clash very well indeed.

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What do we make of Winky's Quotes?

 

Interesting Gaz :think

When you say "close the distance", presumably you think Williams' little extra reach and speed is going to be crucial? As opposed to Winky's more technically correct jab that is a proven fight winner?

 

Well I agree with the last part. The main reason I've favoured Williams is his youth, activity and freshness as opposed to a guy thats been sitting around and was last seen ballooning upto light heavy to fight Hopkins. That does not bode well against a guy with work-rate.

The one thing I am concerned about is say Wright does come into this fight surprisingly sharp and gets his trademark jab going, it IS a better, more accurate jab than Williams. And Williams is a fighter that likes to get things going off his jab, that fell apart against Quintana as he circled well making Williams fall short, and took advantage of Williams when he lunged in, nailing him every time with straight lefts.

If Winky can dictate proceedings with his jab then I can see him frustrating Williams and taking advantage of his errors.

 

What, 12 rounds of "bad times at the office"?

To me it hinted at more of a lack of adaptability and lack of a brain if Plan A is not working because he fell for the same moves every time for 36 minutes. That's the reason I would worry for Williams if Winky's jab dictates things here as he'd then become the sitting duck he was against Quintana for counterpunches.

Still, I am going to take Williams as the odds tell me Winky is probably not going to be what he was even at a more comfortable weight and against a lesser fighter than Hopkins, Williams probably is going to be too active and sharp.

Either way I'm betting on the over!

 

And vote..for christ sake!

The Brit Forum is on a 100% record. I think we have also got every single method of victory correct except the Urango fight, also.

 

I hear ya, but then I expect some signs from top fighters (and Williams is getting towards this category) that they can think on their feet and make changes, especially when we're talking about Quintana. I don't think Paul changed anything up during the course of that fight. He loved eating the left hands, falling in, not closing him down before throwing punches.

This fight is intriguing as they both have things going for them.

Williams has youth, regular fights lately, speed of foot and maybe hand at this point, work-rate certainly.

Wright has that experience, he's fought at middle and higher against better opponents, he has the better technique.

Bring it on :good

 

Thanks - updated.