Davarryl Williamson

Williamson was good boxer with a poor chin.

He started his career late, at 31 or 32
Still, he became contender and challenged for the IBF HW title.

He was considered a hard-hitting prospect when he met Joe Mesi and got destroyed in 1 round.

But he came back strong with wins over Eliecer Castillo, Oliver McCall and Derrick Jefferson and also scored KD vs Wlad in a losing effort.

That gave him title shot vs Chris Byrd who was already past prime.

But Williamson fought that fight in a slow pace and never used that only chance, the fight was boring and Byrd won by close decision.

He was already 37, so after Williamson started losing his reflexes, speed and his desire.

In his 40s he lost few fights to a Don King fighters and retired at 45.

I think he reached his full potential given the fact that he started late and had really bad punch resistance.

 

I used to look forward to his amateur bouts with Brewster---they always seemed to be pivotal contests and Williamson seemed to have his number.

 

Williamson should have fought as a cruiserweight. He had very good power but he didn't have the frame to take bigger shots. He fought below 201 pounds as an amateur until he was in his 30s.

At cruiser, he may have had more succcess against guys like O'Neil Bell, Wayne Braithwaite, Vasili Jirov, etc.

 

Klitschko was very clearly the guy who was losing when the fight was un rightfully stopped. Terrible stoppage which was only the beginning of Wlads decade long era of cheating

 

TOS main weakness was he was easy to hit and he had a poor chin. But his chin was no worse than Wlad's. Wlad was a better boxer and after he got knocked out decided to grab and hold and try to avoid being hit. I don't know if TOS had the size to try that style.

 

Klitschko was very clearly in control of the fight apart from the light KD where he was more off balance than anything else... Eat, sleep, **** and bash Klitschko - The life of Dinovelvet.

 

100% lie. Me , Al Bernstien and the IBF are right , not you..

Eat , sleep and worship WK- The life of a fanboi. There really is nothing worse than blind hero worshipping fanboi's in sport.

 

100% fact. Apart from the flash KD it was all Klitschko, the inconclusive result sucked but it was the right decision given the circumstances. Deal with it you delusional clown.

 

Agreed. Wlad was in control for most of that fight. The flash knockdown was nothing. he went down and bounced right back up before any count could even be started. As for the stoppage it was indeed the right decision. It was a cut caused by a headbutt over the left eye. The doctor was interviewed after the fight and said that it was deep down to the nerve and bone. Why certain people use this bout as an example of cheating is beyond me.

 

Joe Mesi destroyed Williamson.
I think Mesi was unfairly disparaged in his time. He wasn't a bad fighter.
Williamson was not bad either, not a genuine top-flight contender by any means, but a good fringe contender and always in good shape.

 

I think it was Chris Byrd who was saying Williamson was the guy whose power he really remembered as being something terrible.

 

Around 2004 Joe Mesi was 29-0 and had beaten Williamson, Barrett and Jirov all within a six month period. He later retired undefeated 36-0. Despite all the shlt he gets from people, Mesi was a contender.

 

Yeah, considering the likes of Maskaev, Briggs, Rahman again, Valuev and S.Peter went on to hold major titles shortly thereafter, I'd say Mesi wasn't out of that pciture.

 

Pure dishonestly , nothing more. You're simply protecting him from a damning clear cut case of quitage in a fight he was being dominated in as the rounds went on. You just cannot admit the truth.
Anybody can look up that fight right now and clearly see that Wlad was coming undone and a stoppage loss inevitable. His tank was GONE. You don't recover from a blown gasket and Manny saw in the corner that he was finished.

Manny trying to reassure him everything would be ok reminded of Coldwell attempting to give Pricey confidence last week end. Don't worry Wlad , he's no Ali he said. Well it only took a poor mans imitator to frustrate Wlad and remove him comfort zone.
Wlad's mouth was on the floor after 3 rounds , before the knock down. And it was a hard knock down that zapped Wlads energy which rattled his nervous system making him burn energy.

This was the pathetic scratch they used as an excuse to pull the fight.

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos...d-above-his-left-picture-id51385026?s=594x594


He had a far worse cut against TT that had blood trickling down into his eye but that wasn't stopped since he had the gas to continue.
http://en.espn.co.uk/PICTURES/CMS/39600/39696.2.jpg

Lets compare to the cut that stopped Vitali against Lewis

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/05_02/vitalli270507_468x748.jpg

Gee, there's hardly no difference at all.

Not only does the video prove WK was at the end of his tether but the commentating team also backs it up. If that isn't enough , Wlad then ducked the rematch and sued the IBF to get out if it after they refused to move him up the rankings without fight TOS again.
That fight is one of the reasons i knew Fury would beat Wlad. Fanboi's like you who pretended it didn't happen is why you were convinced Fury would be another knock out victim.