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Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) is one of the most dangerous fighters in the world and a guy who says he can campaign in any of three divisions: welterweight, junior middleweight or middleweight. Yet, "The Punisher" continues to find it hard to get top fighters to face him, especially in the wake of his lopsided decision win against former undisputed junior middleweight champ Winky Wright, whom he fought at middleweight in April in a fight that tied for HBO's biggest boxing rating of the year so far.
Dan Goossen, Williams' promoter, would love to match him with welterweight champ Shane Mosley, be it at 147 or 154 pounds. Mosley, of course, has been campaigning for a fight with Manny Pacquiao, but that looks unlikely.

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It's not easy landing a fight when you've done this to Winky Wright.


"Our No. 1 choice has always been Shane Mosley. He's the welterweight champ," Goossen said. "Paul wants to go back to welterweight if he can get that kind of fight. Unfortunately, we had Shane ringside that night against Winky and I don't think that played in our favor after he saw what Paul could do."
If they can't get Mosley to take the fight, Goossen said they would look possibly to face junior middleweight titlist Sergei Dzindziruk (36-0, 22 KOs), who is from Ukraine and based in Germany. Williams holds an interim junior middleweight belt and is Dzindziruk's mandatory challenger, so the bout would be relatively easy to make.
"If Shane says no, we go to Dzindziruk. It's a tough fight and a meaningful fight," Goossen said. "We tried to get Bernard Hopkins [at about 170 pounds], but Bernard has decided to sit back. We want the biggest fight we can make."
Ideally, Williams will be back in the ring in September, but it will depend on HBO's schedule. HBO is also not too warm on the idea of a Dzindziruk fight, preferring instead that Williams face either Joshua Clottey or Kermit Cintron.
Incidentally, Dzindziruk promoter Universum told ESPN.com that Dzindziruk is ready, willing and able to come to America for a fight with Williams in the fall.

 

taller does not = bigger

 

ha ha ha yo

are you dead ass serious right now?

Ruslan Chagaev is 6 ft 1
Paul Williams is 6 ft 2

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I suppose paul williams is bigger than ruslan chageav as well? ****ing dip ****

 

LMAO ! WHAT THE ****?!


is this guy serious?

cant be serious...



since when is boxing separated by .. "wrist size & waist size"

you must be a cotto-mayweather-margarito fan... those people always pop up with excuses when it comes to paul williams...


quintana didnt seem to have any problems with williams at 147 you ****ing dummy