Williams-Martinez and Khan-Salita: A look at future opponents
December 6th, 2009
By Eamon McDonald: I will start off this article by saying I am not writing a report on either fight, I am merely going to be suggesting future opponents for last night’s winners: Paul Williams and Amir Khan. What a victory by Khan, Salita obviously isn’t a very good opponent but for him to get destroyed like he did it was impressive.
Either of those 2 fighters would make for a great bout. Maidana is the big puncher and is hard as nails, his only loss being to Andreas Kotelnik via UD. Bradley has all the skill and conditioning which i think would make him a better opponent for khan than Marcos Maidana because Maidana would obviously be going for the knockout but Khan’s defence these days may make it a boring match and he would probably pick him a UD victory. Bradley & Khan would be an excellent match due to each fighter having such natural raw talent! Let’s hope we see Khan in with a few good fighters before we can say he should take on either of them 2.
Paul Williams scored a unanimous decision over Sergio Martinez in what was a modern day classic with each fighter looking to kill the other. This was a big victory for Williams and he is becoming more of an attraction as the months go by. Martinez is also a world class fighter but is at an age now where he may only have a few fighting years left, although who’s to say he doesn’t do a Bernard Hopkins and fight for as long as he lives.
Martinez vs Williams rematch would be a hit in my opinion due to their match being a war and the 119-110 scorecard being very controversial. These 2 fighters are in their own league in the Jr.Middleweight division and they could well be the next boxing trilogy that we all love to see.
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There are 25 stories on this site right now and 9 of them are about Khan…why are they shoving this guy down everyone’s throat? Besides a washed up Barrera, who has he impressively stopped?
Khan wont take anything by storm. He is an average boxer being trained by a top trainer. He is as overrated as Hatton except everyone hates him. I mean who has he fought who is decent? His first real challenege against Prescott(who is a poor boxer) and he was smashed around the ring.
Khan v Williams… dont make me laugh he would get slaughtered
I was in the first row of the fight and man what a battle. For those who thought Martinez won, you are wrong. I think if he had a little more gas in the tank he could have pulled it off. Remember, he burn more energy moving backward then forward. He back pedaled and ran almost all night and in the judges eyes its not a positive. The punch count showed Williams as on top and I agree Williams won the fight but not by a large margin. The head butts were awful.
First, PW won a MAJORITY-DECISION, not a UNANIMOUS DECISION as your article stated. Second, Sergio Martinez’s stock was raised dramatically; I thought he beat PW as he landed the clearer and more powerful shots. As far as PW goes, he clearly showed he can’t box at an elite level.
I agree that the 119-110 judge should never be allowed to score again.
Anybody that saw the martinez fight knows that he was robbed if was called a boxing match but as everybody saw williams slapping and martinez landing the effective punches what a travesty that martinez put forth such a great effort and get robbed in the end .But thats what we put up by letting the judges be influenced by promoters.
Khan will take America by storm, they already goign crazy after seeing this win, and the best bit is he will represent Britian in the world of boxing…
Martinez has absolutely nothing to be angry about, he fought like a champion, and the 119-110 BS scorecard does nothing except make the rematch more exciting. He still has his belts, he didn’t take very much of a beating, and he is stil one of the best at 154. Personally I would like to see the rematch At jr middleweight , except on HBO PPV with a full 24/7 series and see it take place in a major arena. That way it would give both fighters the stage that such an event as Williams-Martinez II deserves!
I COULDNT OF PUT IT BETTER MYSELF TIM HES FLYING OUR FLAG SO INSTEAD OF GUNNING HIM, LETS ALL GET BEHIND HIM COS HES GONA TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM.
Amir Khan is no con, hes the real deal and thats what these critics no matter how much they dont like it they have to accept it. Listen if u dont like amir khan then change the bloody channel the kid is here to stay so either enjoy him or still be bitter.
WHY DONT THESE JEALOUS KHAN HATERS SHUT THE F UP. GIVE THE MAN THE CREDIT HE DESERVES HE GENERATES EXCITEMENT,ELECTRICTY AND IS EXPLOSIVE TO WATCH . HES 22 YEARS OLD, IN TIME HE WILL FIGHT ALL OF THEM. SO LESS OF THE JEALOUSLY.
lame santiago, lol
is that you liam santiago pretending to be anonymous?
but maidana is the interim ,so that fight wud prob be more likely
amir has said in an interview today that he wud like a fight with ortiz
what would have happen if williams had fought PAVLICK?
IT WAS A GRATE FIGHT, I JUST HOPE THAT SOME ONE REVOKES THE LICENSE TO THE 119/110 JUDGE, SO HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JUDGE AGAIN.
Anonymous-You’re right about that. AK vs MM would show us where these fighters stand.
Amir Con needs to fight Marcos Maidana next.