Everywhere I look there's people saying Williams was looking great or Williams was winning the fight before the KO. Now I know there'd only been one round but I had Martinez winning that round clearly. Is it just me? Surely it's not just me... All I can guess is HBO were wanking over Williams in their commentary and that's got everybody riled up.
The only ones thinking Williams was winning are the brainless few who dont understand what clean punches look like.
No. Maravilla clearly won the first round. Landed far more clean power shots. I don't know how anyone gave it to Williams to be honest.
I gave Martinez the first. Although it was asterisked in my notes with 'very close'. His shots seemed cleaner and with more pop, although Williams landed quite a few as well.
Yes martinez was winning that fight, he definitely had the 1st round with the vast majority of clean shots. Paul finally paid the price for not fighting tall like he should...
I'm not sure how anyone gave the first to Williams either. He was pressing...but essentially walking into hard, flush shots again, like he did for most of the first fight. Let's have this in writing. This fight was a massacre. Why are people calling for a trilogy?
Martinez won the first rd I dont know what the **** Emamuel Steward was talking about amd Im glad for the KO as Martinez was enroute to another robbery Im sure
It wasn't "a massacre". The first round was great and Williams more than held his own (even though I thought Martinez took it). The second started the same way and Martinez caught him with a money-shot. It wasn't a one-sided beatdown for three-plus minutes, which is what you're implying.
The only people that thought Williams was winning up to the KO were the same peons that thought Alexander was landing the cleaner punches vs Kotelnik. Anyway ... Martinez won the 1st and then knocked him out, Lederman had it right and its as simple as that. As a footnote though that does not mean Williams was looking bad .... he landed some good punches in the 1st and was well into the fight, just not winning. CLEAN EFFECTIVE punching people ..... learn to score rounds this way for god sake.... you people that score ineffective aggression are killing this great sport.
Martinez for me he won the 1st round, but i was thinking the judges could easily give it to Williams, and i thought Martinez needs to win the rounds more convincingly because the judges won't favour him and then...BANG!!