Williams had his criminals (called judges) to give him a gift. Martinez won that fight big. If Pavlik lands a punch on Wiliams it will be lights out for Williams.
Guys, I agree that Pavlik will destory Paul Williams, but Quintana and Martinez are very good fighters. They match up well against Paul Williams and were able to land at will throughout both fights. It's obvious now that the first Quintana fight was no fluke. Williams does have holes, but every fighter who throws 100 punches a round is susceptible to getting countered. Paul Williams is a very good fighter with a hard style to overcome. Pavlik can knock him out and look good doing it, but he must not underestimate Paul Williams. There is no shame in losing or looking bad against two very crafty southpaws like Quintana and Martinez. His struggle with both men is not an indication that he is has been exposed or is an overrated fighter. Pavlik has to bring it against Williams if he expects to win.
I actually like Pavlik. If I were managing his career, I would stay far away from a spoiler like Sergio Martinez. If anyone was exposed during the Serg and PW fight, it was Martinez; for being a legitimate badass!!
I was reminding people before the Williams fight that Cintron believed he was head butted because 'no one hits that hard'. Too bad the ref fscked that fight up. I'm not sure how hurt Cintron was because he clearly thought he could buy time since he believed it was a head butt though. Had he been up by 8 we would have had a better idea how hurt he was. Of course once he was counted up he seemed well enough to get up and complain... Hmmm... Maybe I did over rate his punch a little bit because of Cintron being a *****? :think
A Martinez who did not have time to train beat the crap out of Williams. Martinez was cheated by criminals.
A most excellent post I do think Williams/Martinez made it clear that PW is not a legit middlewieght. No way can PW stand up to big shots from guys like Miranda, Pavlik, Abraham, et al.
I actually think he would struggle at 154 as well. When is the last time you've heard him call out anyone at 154? Kirkland and Angulo would decapitate him.
TKO11 win for Pavlik, I just see Williams pumping out his jab, but not doimg anythinmg significant, Pavlik will be walking him down tyaking shots on his shoulders arms some in the face, but he be steadily beating williams body (thats the key) I see Pavlik taking williams out with a body shot in late rounds, remember where you heard it first, i am getting to good on these prediction just check my posts
if he have rough night in his fight with martinez, i think a fight with pavlik will nightmare for him