How Long Will The Champions Avoid Paul Williams?

Since dethroning World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Antonio Margarito last July, undefeated Paul Williams (33-0, 24 KOs) has been falling out the other welterweight champions - Miguel Cotto, Floyd Mayweather Jr and Kermit Cintron - and has thus far had no luck in getting any of them in the ring with him, even though he’s considered to be the best in the class by many fans of the sport. You’d think that of the three, Mayweather, the Pound-for-pound best fighter in boxing, would want to mix it up wkith Williams, but he never mentions his name in interviews.

It’s strange, because Williams, a 6′2″ fighter with long arms and a big frame, would be a perfect opponent for any of the champions to fight because with his unbeaten record and his fighting style, he would make for an exciting crowd-pleasing fight, almost guanteed to bring in large PPV numbers. However, Williams’ seems to make other fighters afraid of him, mainly because of his height, reach and the fact that he throws so many punches per round. In a typical 12-round fight, Williams is capable of throwing 1000 punches, a number that few welterweights are able to match. Certainly, none of the current welterweight champions have the ability to throw that many punches in a fight, perhaps even two fights.

This in it self makes Williams even more dangerous, because he doesn’t have a lot of power in his shots like some of the champions like Cotto and Cintron. But, what he does have is more than any of them can seemingly handle. Cotto, another one of the young champions, you’d think would jump at the chance at fighting Williams, but he doesn’t seem even remotely interested in fighting him. The problem for Cotto, however, is that he wouldn’t be able to dent Williams’ iron chin like’s done against his previous opponents, meaning that in order to beat him, he’d have to try and match Williams punch for punch.

That, I’m afraid, would be a physical impossibility for Cotto, as he appears capable of throwing no more than 300-400 punches per fight. Should he get in the ring with Williams, he’d find himself quickly snowed under by shots and wouldn’t be able to keep up the pace of the fight. As for Mayweather, he’s turned into a pot shot fighter since moving up to the welterweight division and doesn’t seem to be able to throw more than a few combinations per round.

Mostly, he lands sneaky punches, then darts away to the outside where he uses his lateral movement to keep his opponents chasing him. However, against a fighter like Williams, Mayweather would be forced to trade with him much more than he’s accustomed to, and because of the fact that Mayweather isn’t much of a puncher, he’d find himself in a losing battle trying to keep up the hectic pace of Williams high-volume offense.

It would be a blow out win for Paul, and I see it as a one-sided win for him with Mayweather getting on his bicycle after tasting his many flurries in the first half of the fight, and then losing for lack of trying in the 2nd half of the fight.

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Posted January 15th, 2008 l 337 Views

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Pachachis:

Whoever wrote this article and labeled PW as the most feared man must be a PW relative or this writer probably did it in order to elicit hundred of responses from an irate fan base. So what if he is the champion, what does that mean, if no one wants to fight him because of his annoying style? If Cotto or any elite fighter were to fight PW, the fight would not be on PPV to begin with and it would probably take place at a very small arena; given that promoters and everybody else want to make $$$ and there is no $$$ in PW, I see no positive future for PW. Quintana is getting a shot at the title and has nothing to lose, hence he is fighting PW. Open your eyes to reality those of you whishing an elite fighter engaging in anything with PW.

posted January 20th, 2008 at 1:41 am

ZKO:

This division is loaded with fights that should be made, but making fights in boxing is about money/draw and risk (like any other business). Williams just needs to continue to take on all willing to fight him until he gets drawing power from the general public. I find it interesting that Margarito is not agressively calling for a rematch and Cintron (although hend is almost healed) is not pursuing the agreement they already had to fight. Williams just needs to continue fighting whoever will fight him with impressive wins… not fighting past 6 months would be a mistake.

posted January 17th, 2008 at 11:16 am

Boxing Don:

Bob Arum should be ashamed of himself by the way he continues to protect Cotto. Frankly, Cotto barely beat Mosely and in the minds of many Mosely won that fight between the two. We are still not sure how things would have turned out if the vicious low blows would not been thrown by Cotto, which naturally took alot out of Judah and gave Cotto the opportunity to gather himself. Let’s face it prior to the low blows Cotto was in trouble! Cotto and Bob Arum is avoiding Paul Williams but I understand. Fear is a powerful thing, especially if it will affect your financial interest.

posted January 16th, 2008 at 5:19 pm

Don williams:

Bottom line, Paul Williams is the best welterweight in the world. Those who don’t know it, or choose to ignore it will not do so for long. Is he dangerous? yes, can he take a punch? Is his pace tremendous? yes. With all those qualities, you would be a fool to fight Paul Williams, unless you really feel like you are the best.

Boxing Don

posted January 16th, 2008 at 5:05 pm

I’d like to see Williams against some more names… Zab Judah, Mosley, Margarito rematch, Cintron, Cotto, etc. Beating Margarito is impressive in any boxing record, just need to see some more before my judgement is out. Other boxers see him as high risk for little money; that’s basically his problem.

posted January 15th, 2008 at 11:28 pm

gustov:

Williams is big and awkward…nothing more, nothing less. I don’t know that any of the champions are avoiding him. He throws a lot of punches and could cause trouble for the smaller welters…but Cintron and Margarito (in a rematch) will kill him. Quantity of punches is one thing…quality is another! He has the quantity thing down. You know what…maybe Cotto and Mayweather are avoiding him. Cintron will fight him…and destroy him!! I think Margarito would do the same in a rematch.

posted January 15th, 2008 at 9:45 pm

How Long Will The Champions Avoid Paul Williams?

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