Comments on: Paul Williams Interested in fighting Pacquiao – News

By: swift

swift — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:40:09 +0000

I’m sick and tired of hearing excuses from fans and boxers about height advantage or disadvantage! Do you think P-Will is the only tall welterweight in history?? Do you freakin homework and stop making excuses. Do you remember maurice blocker?? how about thomas hearns?? Do you also remember a 5-8 simon brown laying a 6-2 inch blocker on his back for the count. How about thomas hearns fighting Aaron pryor in the amatures? the same hearns and leonard would not even mention pryor’s name in the pro ranks. If your a fighter and someone is in your division you fight him! you can’t be the best unless you beat the best, and these guys are picking and choosing who to fight!

By: Ginger Don

Ginger Don — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:37:10 +0000

Why doesn’t Paul Williams just stay in the middleweight division where he belongs? the guy is 6’2″, weighs 165 on fightnight, has a longer reach than the Klitschko brothers and always calling out the 5’6 – 5’9 guys, so what if he can drain himself down in weight for the weigh in then pile it all back on in the 30 intervening hours, Williams is overrated – he lost to Carlos Quintana – and so what if he knocked him out in the rematch, maybe Quintana had an off night rather than everyone saying Williams had an “off” night !

By: Augustino

Augustino — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:13:16 +0000

De La Hoya was only KO by Hopkins and TKO only by Pacquiao. Get it!!!!!!!!

By: nepster

nepster — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:57:44 +0000

If Pac fights P-Will, and somehow overcomes the 8 inch height disadvantage, the 15inch reach advantage, Manuela Perez would come up with some excuse…weight drained, never that good anyway, he forget his protein shake, his foot was itchy, his nephew punched his crotch before the fight…blah blah blah.

By: T-Dub

T-Dub — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:52:35 +0000

Pacquiao career would end if he fights Paul Williams, because I think every boxing fan wants to see him and Floyd. But this article seems to say Paul is saying he would be willing to fight Pacquiao if he wants to fight him. Like I once said, who is Foreman, why fight a undercard fighter when Pacquiao is a Main Event fighter. If those belts mean that much to Pacquiao, fight the best of the, because he is consider one of the brst ever. As boxing fans, we have went through boxing when it was seem to be headed down but now, we have the chance to see matches that would help boxing out alot. Let the best ifght the best.

By: MikeL

MikeL — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:45:39 +0000

I don’t belive that Manny’s legacy will be tainted for not fighting a guy 8 inches taller than him. Like I say, not saying nothing bad about Paul, I just don’t think that 8″ in height is a fair call. I’m not thrilled with the Pacquiao camp wanting to weight drain fighters either. I don’t know alot about boxing, just started watching a few years ago. I don’t like the catch weight idea, i’m actually totally against it, fight welter weight, then come in there anywhere between 140 and 147. That is the one thing I don’t like about Pacquiao’s camp. I would nothing against anyone that refuses to give up 8″ height and 15″ reach.
As a kid, I had brother 3 years older than me, kicked the crap outta me 3 times a day, whether I needed it or not. I was no bad dude, but I was picking on guys his age, and winning, I take the stalky guys, the skinny guys, and the fat guys, but I knew there was no way I was gonna win with the tall ones. That was when I was 10 – 13 years old, at 48 I’m only 5″5′ myself, no way would go for someone 6″1′ without an equalizer. At 170, I’d mix it up with a 250 pounder, of course, that’s if I were still a fighting person. Common sense and adult hood moved me outta that game

By: @MikeL

@MikeL — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:27:49 +0000

MikeL your point is redunant because true fighters should fight the people in their weight division regardless of their physicality, if Williams is 6’1 and has an insanely long reach then thats not his fault, thats his natural physical advantage which you can’t blame him for. Lets take the heavyweight division for example when Haye fought Valuev. Haye gave up a foot in height and 9st in weight but he never complained because Valuev was the guy he HAD to beat in that weight division. Paciquiao’s legacy will be tainted if he carries on to avoiding certain fighters and weight-draining them.

By: MikeL

MikeL — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:40:22 +0000

Pacquiao vs Williams, oh yeah, come on people, get friggin real, Williams is 6’2″ with an 82″ reach, Manny is 5’6″ with a 67″ reach. Do the math. I have nothing bad to say about Paul Williams, but maybe by him being so tall, and fighting in the wealterwight is why he claims no one wants to fight him.
I can see boxers giving up 20 lbs, as long as they don’t need a step ladder to reach his opponent.
Weight is something that can be controlled (except by me, I’d love to drop about 35 lbs) but you can’t stretch or shrink. an 8″ height advantage is just entirely too much. I’m sure there probably have been fights in the past, but I doubt they were both top fighters.

By: 33

33 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:28:42 +0000

even if pacquiao beats williams or even the heavyweight klitshco brothers, Manuel Perez will always write something against pacquiao.

By: james

james — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:28:19 +0000

I’ll be surprised if Manny Pacjuice fights an African-American any time in the future.

By: 33

33 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:21:34 +0000

between margarito and mosley, mosley is better because he beats the man. Fair and Square. Between margarito and cotto that is ???????? because of the illegal gloves. AND between cotto and mosley, cotto is BETTER because he beats mosley. How can mosley be better than cotto. there is no logic here. oh i got it…. there is no logic in manuela ever since…… nothing at all. i got you manuel

By: samba

samba — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:38:13 +0000

Nobody should take Perez seriously,…….Ignore his article instead. He just want attention after all his prediction went wrong and always will.

By: j=enyy

j=enyy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:54:39 +0000

Wow! I didn’t even bother reading this. Another article by Manuel Perez is always garbage. I actually just like reading the comments. Some of them are even more intelligent than MP articles…..

By: NamCap

NamCap — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:49:52 +0000

I don’t like both Mayweather fighting hatton and then Pacquiao fighting foreman its just to easy for those two guys … come on guys… give boxing some respect.

For once Manny is right this time maybe both Mayweather and Pacman should consider fighting Williams …

I won’t watch either fight if it goes through waste of money

By: B-Rock

B-Rock — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:33:03 +0000

@ SugarMan:

Oh, let’s not forget Hearns-Leonard II.

And by the way, did Pacquaio knock Oscar out? Well hell, had Osar not quit on his stool, who’s to say that Pac wouldn’t have been able to eventually knock him out. He was headed that way until they they waved the white flag.