Goosen: Paul Williams is available to fight Mayweather – News
January 13th, 2010
By Eric Thomas: Paul Williams (38-1, 27 KO’s) is available to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. if Floyd is looking for a big named opponent. According to the Los Angeles Times, Williams’ promoter Dan Goosen says this about Mayweather: “If we were asked [by Mayweather], I’d pick Paul [Williams] up, and we’d be there as fast as we could get there to sign the contract.” Well, that’s good news.
You can’t say that Mayweather would get more attention if he fights light welterweights Paulie Malignaggi or Nate Campbell, who are smaller than Mayweather. Williams, 28, has beaten the following three fighters in his last three bouts: Vero Phillips, Winky Wright and Sergio Martinez, all good names. Mayweather can’t go wrong with a fighter with a resume like that, can he?
It’s doubtful that the 6’1″ Williams will be even considered for a second as an opponent for Mayweather, despite the fact that Williams has fought most of his 10-year pro career as a welterweight until late 2008. Williams likes to throw a lot of punches per round, averaging between 80 to 100 in most fights, and he would be more than a handful for Mayweather to beat. Williams would have a five inch height advantage over the 5’8″ Mayweather. That wouldn’t be such a big deal, because Williams often likes to fight in close range where he focuses more on volume punching rather than trying to use his height and reach to his advantage in any real way.
However, Williams does have problems with fighters that move a lot, losing a 12 round decision to Carlos Quintana in February 2008, and struggling recently with Sergio Martinez in a close 12 round decision in December. Still, Williams would be a big step up from Campbell and Malignaggi, and it would be a tough fight for Mayweather no doubt. But it would clearly steal the thunder away from the Pacquiao-Clottey fight that takes place on the same night on March 13th, if Mayweather cares at all about accomplishing that.
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@ Z…yea maybe your right…but it seems like mayweather is lookin @ malignaggi or nate cambell…both smaller fighters (nate campbell i question why mayweather wants him) but yeah i guess mayweather wont shut his critics up n e more…again chossing smaller opponents…but malignaggi is underated so i would really like to see that fight despite what pepople say about paul
you have a better chance to see floyd rap on song with 50 cent
Al Haymond manages both Williams and Mayweather. It doesn’t matter if both of them want each other, Haymond won’t let it happen! How is this not mentioned in this article at all?!? Lets make it look like Floyd is ducking a fighter by not mentioning all the facts! Cherry-picking facts like Manny does opponents!
Just like Pac vs Mayweather…this will NEVER happen, Floyd too scared.
This isn’t necessarily up to Mayweather, Goosen, or Williams. The problem is Al Haymond is the manager for both Mayweather and Williams. It is very doubtful if he would allow two of his biggest fighters to get in the ring with each other. Same with Berto, another Haymond fighter. I see a Cintron fight in March and Mosley this summer if he gets past Berto.
If Mayweather fought Williams, I actually think the earth will crumble
If PBF were to fight Williams, it would out draw the Pac v Clottey fight. That being said, there is no way this will happen. There is a better chance of pigs flying, or Pacquiao fighting both Klitchko brothers on back to back nights than Floyd risking a fight with a bigger guy. He should, but he won’t.
He needs to give Sergio his rematch first. I thought Williams lost or at best drew against Martinez in the first fight.
THe one thing that u have seen about Paul Williams is that he is a big welterweight that throws a lot of punches but don’t carry a lot of power to KO anybody. He probably gets hit by more punches than anybody cause he has the mind frame that u going to get hit so take some punches to get off the punches u want. Money has the mind frame that i don’t want to get hit at all and he lands a lot of punches. He could definately win by decision. But its a big risk but would also be a huge payday.
This would be a great fight for Mayweather, it would be bigger than Pacquiao vs Clottey, and he’d get a lot more respect for taking on a larger and potentially dangerous apponent. I doubt it will happen, hope it does and IMO Mayweather would win by UD.
Floyd would get so much more respect if he did indeed lose his “0″. at least then we would know he finally tested himself for real., then come back after & be better for it,but sadly this probably wont happen, i have lost faith in Floyd as he needs now to prove himself more than ever. Williams will give Floyd fits,really trouble him with height & reach advantage, if Floyd can find a way through & figure williams out, he will still have claim to being a top 10 p4p fighter, but only when he fights & beats pacquiao he will ever get respect or be considered no1 p4p.
Why doesn’t Paul Williams look for a legit Middleweight fighter? He still has to prove he can tough it out with the best Middleweights. The Martinez fight was so close. PW only won cos of that ridiculous Judge.
However, If PW and PBF were to get it on, I’d definitely watch that over Pac/Clottey.
This would be a geat fight but i dont see it happening. paul is a great boxer and may as good as he is would’nt be able to control paul and would lose from a heavy knock down.
the new donald duck
LOL…HAHHAHA..FLOYD DOESN’T WANT TO FIGHT PAUL WILLIAMS. HE IS SCARED HE WILL LOSE HE’S UNDEFEATED RECORD. IT DOESN’T MATTER, MAJORITY OF BOXING FANS THINKS HE IS A FRAUD. HE IS ONLY LIVING ON IMAGINATIONS THAT HE IS THE BEST, PATHETIC!! WHAT A JOKE!!
Hahaha! Nice one Vince Vegas. You’re right Mayweather would rather sleep with Arum than fight anyone who might endanger his precious little donut. Arum must take first a blood test though.
I just can’t understand Mayweather’s thinking. Can anyone explain why he’s so focused on that “0″ record of his. Its a joke. Boxers are made great not because of their perfect zero record, but rather how they fought and took all those hard challenges. Look at Sugar Ray Robinson, Ali, Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Duran, etc. They don’t have perfect records but all are universally regarded as on the Greatest list.
Mayweather on the other hand is on the Greatest Ducker’s List. But I believe ducks would object on the connotation lol.
Floyd would rather have sex with Bob Arum than fight Williams.
It does fit Floyd’s criteria; Bob’s over the hill & it would sell big on PPV!
By the way Bob, about that blood test…………….
It would indeed steal some of the limelight but, it ain’t gonna happen. Mayweather despite his talents has played the villain role for too long and now he sits without any respect(for good reasons!). You would think this would make him step up and fight someone serious, wrong! Forget this Mayweather/Williams match-up it will never happen.
Floyd is a sucker! He will not risk fighting a real welterweight, why do you think he’s asking for Mallinaggi and Campbell? Why don’t he just move down and fight 140 lb fighters! Williams is a real fighter, not afraid of taking risks, he will fight Floyd, Pac, Mosley, Martinez or Pavlik!
I think a fight with williams would really put pretty boy in a tough spot..bigger stronger and more aware..my opinion is pretty boy should have just gone with the manny fight with no complains…Paul Williams is a beast and to much for the pretty boy..I think he should go back to dancing with the stars if he decides to fight williams…
Right Cross Floyd is not Martinez. Lets see Paul throw’s 200 punches a round and Mayweather 30. Even If Paul connects at 25% that’s 50 punches on Crack head a round. If Mayweather lands at 100% which I doubt that’s only 30 punches per round. Floyd was able to lean his whole body back on the smaller Marquez to avoid punches but on someone who is 6 inches taller than you that style just won’t work. Floyd always turns his body to the right from the shoulder roll but on a tall left hander he will be cracking into the ribs constantly and recieving punches behind the ears to damage his balance Paul in 9 rounds. But the fight will never happen Maybe he can fight paul’s wife.
I think there will no mayweathervssomebody fight on march 13. Pbf dont wanna lose his ppv to manny vs clotty bout. It surely cuts his payday to 50% or more. Most will watch manny vs clotty at dallas cowboy stadium and some will watch pbf vs someone. I think floyd mayweather jr will give an excuse not to fight on march 13.
and to answer the question of if he loses to williams would he still fight pac man i would have to say i doubt it. If they would fight after one of them loses its safe to say they wont approach the ppv sales and $ they would have
I agree jimmy i would rather see martinez mayweather too, but if i had to settle for may/williams i think that would still be pretty good. Its also slightly more realistic bc i think williams will go to 147 im not so sure martinez will.
And TB i completely agree with everything you said. It may still be possible to salvage the pac fight later this year so it might be a big risk to get in the ring with a big puncher like williams. Its why a may/williams fight seems unlikely, im just not sure may would take the risk. This fight is more of a warm up to mosley or pac for mayweather so i dont see him getting in the ring with anyone who might be a real threat.
If may wants to beat the pac/clottey ppv numbers though then wiliams appears to be one of the few options that could do that. Ive said all along unless he fights martinez williams or bradley ill have to give arum my 60 bux that night.
this would be a great fight and win lose or draw for mayweather maybe he could shut up some of the haters. because pac man would have no business in a fight vs williams. and mayweather could prove that he can move up weight and still do work. but i have to ask if he was to lose to williams would he still get to fight pac man
i’d rather see mayweather vs sergio martinez…what you guys think
fighting william is endangering mayweather precious “0″. floyd jr will not fight big guys like arum says come on lets face it. i agree that mayweather can out class william but there is a “lucky punch” that could knockout pbf. floyd want small guys like marquez or malignaggi or campbell. even with “lucky punch” this small can not knockout mayweather. Remmeber pbfvsodlh? mayweather lose that fight. pbf lucky with split on his way to win that bout
so its ok for a 6’1 williams to face a 5’7 mayweather, but mayweather is not allowed to fight malignaggi or campbell who are closer to his size then williams is? williams is much much bigger than mayweather they are not the same size. Hypocrites all of you. I dont want mayweather to fight campbell or malignaggi but if you decide to talk about size then you shouldnt say williams should fight mayweather. again HYPOCRITES.
You guys who think Paul Williams can dominate Floyd are on CRACK. Did none of you watch Sergio Martinez totally expose Paul ? Floyd is faster, slicker and more intelligent in the ring and Paul is totally open to counter right hooks. It would be a great fight though, as Paul would bring tremendous pressure.
I truly doubt that this fight will take place though as Floyd would not only be risking his record (that “0″ is worth millions), but would be susceptible to P Will’s incredible punch count thus endangering his fight with Manny WHICH WILL HAPPEN BY THE END OF THE YEAR. Floyd may act like a jackass, but he’s not stupid enough to turn down +$40 million.
This fight will never happen it’s just a laughable story to write.
HAHAHA mayweather vs williams THAT WOULD BE A BORING FIGHT BOTH LOVE TO RUN AND HUG HAHAHA BORING FIGHT MAYWEATHER BETTER OFF FIGHTING HATTONS BROTHER
If Floyd didn’t take this fight, I wouldn’t even be mad at him. Somebody tell Manny to take on Paul Williams if Manny thinks he is the P4P king. But floyd and Pac need to fight to make us boxing fans happy.
Ya’ll must of forgot the last time a young strong puncher faced PBF named Chico (RIP) Corrales he ripped into him by knocking him down 5 times before his corner had seen enough. PBF will do the same or worse to him. Bring on now my tooth is ok Mosley. As for the so called Pac-man, if he doesn’t want to gobbled up and sent back to the Phillipines a wounded duck he’d better never consider stepping into the ring with the talent/skills/ring general (must I keep going) PBF- the undisputed pound 4 pound best boxing has to offer today!
if floyd picks another easy opponent i ask everyone to not buy the fight. he doesn’t deserve the big paycheck for pretending he is the best fighter out there, fighting easy fights!! it gives boxing a bad name
If FMJ decided to retire now his legacy would be tarneshed. He would be referred to as “wasted talent,” much like RJJ has been labelled.
Is this what you want boxing history to remember you by Floyd?Wasted talent?
RJJ was hiding a glass jaw most of his carreer,what are you hiding Floyd?
PrettyRicky
I agree,thats why I do NOT PPV ANY fights anymore! These guys are getting payed rediculious amounts of money that NO ONE deserves to make!
Hey FMJ,try going up in weight and fight PW. He’s too big for you?
That was no problem when you were too big for your last opponant!
JMM
Respect to Mayweather if he takes this fight….just too bad we all know he’s 99.9% chicken. Not saying it’s impossible he’ll take the fight…saying it’s highly improbable.
I FEEL SHANE MOSLEY WILL GIVE FLOYD MAD PROBLEMS, A WORTHY OPPONENT, CHAMPION, HEART OF A CHAMPION, AWESOME RING SAVVY!!!!! AND A SEASONED SKILLED SPEEDY VETERAN.
HOW CAN PAYPER VIEW EVEN CONSIDER EITHER OF THERE FIGHTS TO BE TELVISED FIRST ON PAYPERVIEW, AND SECOND THE SAME NIGHT, AND THIRD WITH NOBODIES FIGHTING THEM!!!!!!! IT’S BS.
WE CAN SHUT PAYPER VIEW DOWN!!!!!! IS ANYBODY ELSE FEELIN ME OUT THERE
Wishful thinking!
PAUL IS WAY TO BIG, HOWEVER IF HE DROPS TO 147, FLOYD MAY CONSIDER!!!!! THE WAY THE PUNISHER STRUGGLED WITH SERGIO HIS LAST FIGHT I HAD SERGIO FOR THE WIN IN THAT ONE, NO WAY PAUL WON THAT AND HIS ASS HIT THE CANVASS. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH MONEY’S DEFENSE AND SPEED WILL EMBARASS THE PUNISHER. ONE!!!!!
i wish i wish i wish i wish i wish Mayweather i hate to say it but he is acting like a punk just thinkin about a fight with Matthew,Pauli,Nate makes me sick and i am a Mayweather fan
Im a fan of both pac and floyd but admittedly more so floyd. However it is getting more and more difficult to defend floyd on boards like these. If he fights williams he will shut every critic up, no one fights williams, he’s the most ducked fighter in all of boxing. If there is one way to ditch the ducker chicken label it is to fight the punisher. But floyd doesnt even fight legit welterweights let alone someone who is a junior middleweight or even middleweight.
If floyd doesnt fight williams or bradley bob arum will be getting my 60 bux on march 13, please floyd fight one of those 2 so i dont give that d’bag $
i would love to see this fight ! no way mayweather will take this fight. not man enough. I think williams would def outbox mayweather anytime of the day. If they were to fight …they would give the fight to floyd to set up a mega fight once again with manny.
I think floyd will be again considering retirement. However, if he doesn’t, he should man up and fight like the person he claimed he is and face no one but the elites alone…….
I hope Floyd does not dance his way out now that P. williams’ in the house.
Williams more dangerous than Pacquiao so now way Mayweather is gonna fight him. He should fight his promoter again instead (DLH) lol!
If Mayweather takes on Williams, win or lose he will gain some respect from many boxing fans & boxers alike BUT like his previous fights I’m pretty sure mostly everyone knows that it will never happen.
This is the fight Floyd needs. He would upstage Pacquiao vs Clottey in a big way. Moreover, he can outbox a dehydrated P. Williams a 147. Make it at 150 to give Williams a chance to make weight or 154 for that matter.
No one would buy Pac vs Clottey and win or lose Floyd would have the respect of the public. He can win a decision against Williams.
what! PAUL WILLIAMS!! NO NOT POSSIBLE MAY WEATHER IS LOOKING SOMEONE SMALL AND OLDER TO SECURE “ZERO”
HAHAHA !!!no way floyd fights The Punisher.He young,tall,powerful,strong chin,and doesn’t drink his urine.
I hope Mayweather would take this fight but its very unlikely, he will fight Campbell or Paulie!! both of them two fights I dont want to watch as he will win easily, Williams however I would love to see and I even think Mayweather would beat him in an exciting fight
Would be great if it happened but wont…and why wont mosley also fight paul williams? nobody but joshua clottey has ever said they WANT to fight paul williams.
Not gonna happen. Paul is bigger risk and less money than Pacquiao.
if williams is willing to come down to 147, floyd should take the fight. the last time williams had a long break from making 147, he was outboxed by quintana. that was six months i believe, what about two years? williams is open for single straights and hooks. that’s all floyd throws in the first six rounds. if floyd is still insisting to fight on march 13, williams should be the only option.
Of course he is ready for Floyd, but Floyd isn’t ready for Paul. Floyd knows his style of outside fighting won’t work with Williams’ incredible reach (hell, he even has a bigger reach then me and i’m 6’4″) and Paul has too much power for him also.
I hope Floyd takes this fight and if he does he finally gets my respect, but I now he never will.
I would love Floyd to take this fight but its not going to happen. Williams is far, far to dangerous an opponent and Mayweather does not do dangerous. He does small and he does old.
But this would be a bigger fight then Pacquiao in my opinion and with a win would take him to No.1 in the P4P ranking with no doubt whatsoever.
Paul doesn’t need to fight Floyd. World knows that Floyd is a scared man. He doesn’t have the testicular fortitude to get in the ring with Paul Williams. However, does Manny have the testicular fortitude? I hope Manny does. Regardless of the outcome, Manny fighting Paul Williams will make Manny the greatest ever, even greater than Sugar Ray Robinson. The fight will be bigger than Manny vs. Floyd. The fight will be bigger than Superbowl. I just hope Manny fights Williams before he retires.
i think floyd will ask paul williams for blood test!! if not you know the reasons why??? he’s afraid of manny p. cheers!
floyd should fight shane molsley and rip the limelight away
they are all going to come out of the woodwork and call him out now because they know he wont take the fight!
he’s too big for floyd…too risky and too good for him to risk his precious ’0′