Whats Not To Like About Paul Williams Part 2

Los Angeles, CA (August 5, 2008) – Could there be a “Pride and Punishment II” in the near future? That is the question promoter Bob Arum and his promotional firm Top Rank must ponder following a written offer presented to them by Goossen Tutor Promotions’ Dan Goossen last week following Antonio Margarito’s destruction of unbeaten Miguel Cotto in capturing the WBA Welterweight Title by an 11th round TKO.

Last July, the prideful Mexican hero – ignoring conventional wisdom of accepting a million dollar plus fight with then WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto – risked his WBO Welterweight Title against mandatory challenger, the dangerous Paul “The Punisher” Williams (34-1, 25 KOs). In what was an epic toe-to-toe battle in front of a sold out Home Depot Center in Carson, California, the gallant Mexican lost a close but unanimous decision – and his title – to Williams, a native of Aiken, South Carolina.

“The offer to Top Rank for the Williams-Margarito rematch is quite simple,” Goossen said. Goossen Tutor would guarantee $4,000,000 to Top Rank/Margarito against a 50% split of net revenues. This is a major fight for our sport and one that would draw tremendous fan and media interest.”

“Williams shows his confidence in being the “most feared fighter in the World” today by his willingness to fight the man he beat a little over a year ago. There’s nothing for Williams’ to prove against Margarito, he already did that on July 14, 2007 in the ring. But Paul is always about the biggest and most compelling fights. It’s Margarito’s turn this time to do his best to change the verdict and Paul is saying ‘you gave me the chance, and now I’ll be happy to give you the same opportunity.’”

“When Margarito said he wanted a rematch right after our fight on July 14th, I said I was happy to give him one, so of course I'd be just as happy to give him a rematch in November,” Williams stated.

When asked about the possibility of the rematch not happening, Williams said, “His promoter knows that if me and Margarito get in the ring again, I would win. They know I know how to fight him and I’m as tough. Of course he has a chance to upset me, but the chance is slim.”

Ever since that war on that hot 2007 summer night in which Williams defeated Margarito by outworking and outlanding him with a constant onslaught of head and body shots, fans of both champions have been clamoring for an encore of what in many eyes was the 2007 “Fight of the Year.”

“I’m sure Margarito’s fans want to see him redeem himself against Williams,” observed Goossen, “and I know fans of Paul Williams want to see him put Margarito in his place again while unifying the WBO and WBA welterweight titles.

“For this fight it’s winner take all in my eyes. Our sport thrives with compelling fights and it’s hard to imagine that their second fight would be better than the first but I believe it would break all records for actual number of big time punches thrown in a fight,” Goossen said.

If the rematch isn’t made, Williams plans to continue toward every conceivable meaningful challenge toward greatness.

“I'm top heavy, so it's easy for me to get down to 147 when I start training. I walk around about 160 so I can go up and down between 147 and 168,” Williams said. “I just want to fight. I want to fight people who are on the same level with me or on a higher level than me in their mind. That’s what boxing is all about, risk. My fans always tell me they love that about me.”

Added George Peterson, Williams’ trainer, "These guys are afraid of Paul, even the middleweights, but it makes no sense with the money they can make fighting him they still have to be dragged into the ring ... the boxing fans want to see good fights and we’ll do our part to take on the riskiest fights presented to us. When I think about it, if I put myself in that situation of having to fight Paul, I probably wouldn’t want to fight Paul Williams’ either," he chuckled.











I Still Will Not Understand Why Anyone Could Ever Hate On This Guy....

 

Walk With Me...

They are hating because he is calling out there Super-hero. And that is something they cannot fathom.

 

Even before marg beat cotto... when pw lost to quintana people were giving this guy a hard time..

and he was saying he wanted nothing but the best since he beat sharmba mitchell..

dude is what everyone complains about in boxing is missing

 

Hypocrites.

Everyone talks about boxers not fighting who is put in front of them, and all of a sudden someone comes along and says he will fight anyone, and they try to call him a loudmouth. Some of his fans (like me) might talk a lot of ****, but the guy is really very humble and just happy to be there.

 

Yeah he ate a few punches he shoudn't have eaten that second fight. But if you look closely, he realized Q couldn't come close to hurting him, so he gave up some of his strategic positioning to set up a 3-piece that was there even in the first fight. That same punch would have been there time and time again, throughout the fight. You can't take away from him because he seized his opportunity and jumped on it.

 

Maybe when Williams can actually DEFEND his title successfully at least ONCE or TWICE then perhaps he would have a case of getting high profile fights and big paydays. If he can manage to win the trilogy against Quintana and get a couple of successful title defenses against contenders then he can whine and cry about more accomplished fighters ducking him.

As it stands now he has accomplished little more than Berto and Clottey. Once they sort out the mess maybe elite fighters like Cotto and Margo will do some charity and grant them some paydays.

 

More accomplished fighters like Margarito who hes already beaten

 

Williams edged him in controversial fashion BEFORE Margo went on a tear. Since that time Tony is 3-0 winning the IBF and WBA titles back to back.

What has Williams done in that time except go 1-1 with Quintana?

 

Are you another one of these Margo fans who cringe at the thought of Williams wanting to fight him again? What's the ****in problem? I just don't get it!

 

There was NOTHING controversial about that decision! Nice try. And yes, Margo has done his thing since then, but none of that erases what happened when Williams beat him CLEARLY.

Yeah, at least he had the balls to get revenge!

 

No one wante to fight him. He has to call out top dogs all the way up to 168 to get a worthy opponent.

 

Granted, his loss to Quintana was poor, but he did rectify it and he has beaten an elite fighter in Margo.

I don't mind Williams running his mouth of. He actually seems like a really down to earth, nice bloke but he has been getting avoided so he needs to speak up a bit.

 

Yah, he called out Pavlik without any intention of making the fight and now Winky. Winky called his bluff and I bet now Williams is looking to face his cupcake mandatory so he can keep his belt a little longer. Quintana wants the rubber match and Williams is just ignoring him. In fact, him and Cintron have had words with each other and that is another legitimate fight he could make. It's one thing to call out all the top dogs it's another to actually sign the contract and step into the ring.

 

Going 3-0 and picking up a couple of belts is impressive but two of those victories were agasint a shot fighter and someone Margo had already defeated.

The Margo that fought Williams last year is the same Margo that fought Cotto. His skill has not improved since. Infact you could say he is worse. Margo relies on great stanima and punch resistance. They decrease over time.

Now im not saying Williams would beat Margo again. Margo started of slow and that cost him dearly and if they were to fight again then i don't think he would make that mistake again. However, that is beside the point. The truth is, for what ever reason, Margo got beat. I don't care what he has done since. He got beat and he needs to avenge that loss if he is to be considered the best welterweight in the world.

 

I know one top dog he's calling out and offered $4M to fight. What's the excuse?