Is Paul Williams going to be the man at welterweight

This is something that the haters still cant explain:deal

 

Because for whatever reason he never became a household name (probably due to the lack of a really splashy signature win), ergo the general public never clamored to see him in big fights, ergo he's a low-money dance partner...unattractive to most big names.

 

so lets get this straight . . . . yer sick of hearing about a hard working fighter who cant get the shot he obviously deserves. . . but you dont seem to mind t #1 p4p boxer choosing the path of least resistance for the last 3 - 4 years? :blood

 

With good reason Zak.

Anyone with half a brain can take a long hard look at Paul Williams' record and note that his opponents have an average 50% win ratio. Sure he has had a couple up and comers here or there, but it is also true that none of them have gone anywhere since.

Kermit Cintron was at this point in 2005, on the verge of the April showdown with Margarito, with far more power and steam coming in. Margarito stopped him in 5 easy, one-sided rounds.

My gut tells me that Williams will try and box, but Margarito is too much for Williams to try to just avoid getting into exchanges. While it is true that Williams has a comfortable size advantage, it is also true that his feet have to be planted to do anything of significance. Another truth is the one punch this welter giant is open to consistently happens to be the overhand right, Margarito's prime knockout punch.

PacDBeast called it earlier yesterday I believe, and I'm gonna agree with him on that. The overhand right will end it, and it'll be a punch Williams won't even see.

 

First off, what the hell is so bad about Ikeke? he lost his title fight against AA so did Miranda so whats your point? I know Kingsley and he is good people down to earth I have learned so much from him at Wildcard, class act!
So again why are you bashing on him? becuase he fell short? Ikeke would smash your ass easily in less than one round and you have the balls to talk ****, he has accomplished more in this sport than you could ever in three life times.

 

making Cintron cry was a pretty good splash - enough of one to scare away Zab, Baldomir and FMJ.

Dont give me the money excuse. . . cause he was willing to take short money to make the FMJ fight. FMJ left money one the table to avoid it, dont gimme that BS.

 

Not for beating Margarito, which I doubt he'll do. Not because I love Margarito (I think he'll get beat once he steps up and he WOULD have been if Clotty's hand hadn't broke) but because he doesn't look very good to me. I think he plays right to Margarito's strengths (wide open defense) and doesn't take advantage of his weakenesses (using sharp, accurate counters). I think Margarito will knock him out and we'll be in for many many more months of totally ****ing obnoxious Margarito nuthugging.

 

Hey, I don't expect boxing politics to be fair. If I did, I wouldn't be much of an attentive fan of the sport. :yep

 

I wasn't "bashing" Kingsley Ikeke - you took it that way and got extremely defensive. I have read interviews and he does seem like a classy guy. But I was speaking about Paul Williams and his potential as a fighter. I was basically saying we will have a better picture after tomorrow if he will be the next Tommy Hearns (huge for his division and an all time great) or Kingsley Ikeke (huge for his division that isn't an all time great, but a solid fighter). Is Kingsley a bum or an average fighter? No way in hell - he was able to get a world title shot against Arthur Abraham which is more than 99 percent of boxers could say. To add to this, I was a sparring partner of Duane Thomas at Kronk Gym - he was a terrific fighter and a world champion who was taken away too soon. I could be talking about an up and coming prospect and say "will he become the next Jake LaMotta or a Duane Thomas?" By saying that, I wouldn't be talking **** about Thomas just as I wasn't talking **** about Ikeke.

 

I think williams win just because of the intangibles... 6'2, 82in reach etc. But whoever wins the next potential fight will be one for the ages, a possible fight with cotto, then we will see who really is the man.

 

I'm looking forward to this fight. I believe Paul Williams will surprise some people. Hes going to batter Margarito all through the fight and KO him mid to late rounds I think. Hes tall and uses his height well. I like his jabs and hand speed, good power too. Only thing is he doesnt have a great footwork, but Margarito cant take advantage of that.

 

fans shouldnt expect the best matches to happen. . . we should demand it.

any so called fan who is o.k. with shiit like FMJ ducking Margarito is not a true boxing fan.