I like the vid. I thought the Haglar/Hearns set-up was perfect. Unless I'm way off the beam this will be a similar fight. Not the same skill level, but very similar fight.
Pavlik is so tough...how the hell will Williams be able to compete on this level? He has never dealt with such a dangerous and relentless fighter.
I thought the video was good but it was too short. I would not compare this fight to Hagler Hearns because that's just setting it up for failure. I see Paul Williams winning via decision, Pavlik cannot match hand speed with Williams. It'll be a good fight but nowhere close to Hagler vs Hearns.
Handspeed? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Margarito stood flat footed in front of Williams and slipped his jab repeatedly. At one point he slipped THREE IN A ROW. Pavlik went jab for Jab with Jermain ****ing Taylor TWICE! Do the math!
Yep -- and pretty much every top guy has better defense than Margo. Williams brngs a lot of things to the ring, but hand speed ain't one of them.
Paul Williams is one unique fighter in these contemporary times. Not many boxers are in his position of being able to fight at 147, 154 and 160 almost simultaneously.
Shud be a good fight. I think Pavlik may be scarred mentally though from the lesson hopkins gave him.