Paul Williams Boxing News

By Eric Thomas: With his controversial 12 round majority decision over Erislandy Lara last weekend, Paul Williams (40-2, 27 KO’s) is moving on to bigger and better things rather than trying to clear up matters by giving the southpaw Lara a rematch. Williams is now reportedly targeting junior middleweight fringe contender Carlos Molina (19-4-2, 6 [...]

Los Angeles (July 11) – Saturday night, Erislandy Lara, one of boxing’s rising stars, was dealt a decision loss against former World Champion Paul Williams at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey despite the fact that the vast majority of ringside media in attendance, fans watching the fight in person as well as those [...]

By Jim Dower: Paul Williams (40-2, 27 KO’s) didn’t look pretty in beating Erislandy Lara (15-1-1, 10 KO’s) last Saturday night by a questionable 12 round majority decision but Williams will take the win anyway he can get it. He was hit a lot in the fight by Lara’s left hand leads, and badly bloodied.

By Scott Gilfoid: Paul Williams (40-2, 27 KO’s) deserved the 12 round majority decision victory over Erislandy Lara (15-1-1, 10 KO’s) last night at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By Jim Dower: Former WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams (40-2, 28 KO’s) defeated Cuban Erislandy Lara (15-1-1, 10 KO’s) by a hugely unpopular 12 round majority decision on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By Jim Dower: Paul Williams (40-2, 27 KOs) was forced to fight a lot harder than he expected to in defeating Erislandy Lara (15-1-1, 10 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By Dan Ambrose: It’s pretty clear what unbeaten junior middleweight contender Erislandy Lara (15-0-1, 10 KO’s) will be attempting to do tonight against Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) in their scheduled 12 round non title fight at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By Peter Wells: When first hearing about this fight I couldn’t really believe it, a big prospect like Erislandy Lara who is coming off the back of a draw is fighting Paul ‘The Punisher’ Williams. Yes, Paul was knocked out brutally last time out but he’s still one of the best Light Middleweights in the [...]

About Williams-Lara and Ramos-Shimoda Paul “The Punisher” Williams looks to make statement against unbeaten and world ranked Cuban defector Erislandy Lara (15-0-1, 10 KOs) in a battle of southpaws.

By Dan Ambrose: 29-year-old Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) has split two fights with the hard hitting Sergio Martinez in the past two years, and was knocked out violently in the 2nd round last year in November. The knockout was so bad that it’s kind of scarey to even think about a third fight between [...]

Atlantic City, NJ (July 8, 2011) – The Junior Middleweight bout between Paul “The Punisher” Williams and Cuban southpaw Erislandy Lara and World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Bantamweight Championship bout between WBA #1-ranked Rico Ramos and Akifumi Shimoda are just 24 hours away and the officials have been announced.

This weekend, the Boxing Channel will be providing extensive coverage of the WBA lightweight title match between Brandon Rios and Urbano Antillon at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, as well as the Paul Williams-Erislandy Lara junior middleweight match at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. All the coverage can be seen at [...]

By Dan Ambrose: This Saturday night former WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KOs) faces Cuban Erislandy Lara (15-0, 10 KO’s) in a 12 round bout at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It’s incredibly difficult to get excited about this fight because Williams was knocked cold in his last bout in [...]

KERY DAVIS (HBO): Antonio Margarito. Carlos Quintana twice. Kermit Cintron and a failed fight against Kelly Pavlik. When you think about that list of names – no one has fought that level of competition Live on HBO in the past few years other than Paul Williams. Needless to say, Paul Williams is a warrior and [...]

HBO’s hit late-night boxing franchise presents a night of hot action from the Jersey Shore, headlined by the comeback bout of one of the sport’s elite, when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: PAUL WILLIAMS VS. ERISLANDY LARA AND AKIFUMI SHIMODA VS. RICO RAMOS is seen SATURDAY, JULY 9 at 10:15 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from the [...]

As the Co-Feature to the Paul “The Punisher” Williams-Erislandy Lara 12-ROUND MAIN EVENT BOUT, the Ramos-Shimoda CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT WILL BE PIT THE WBA #1-ranked Rico Ramos (19-0, 10 KOs) challenging World Champion, Akifumi Shimoda (23-2-1, 10 KOs) in a 12-round bout for the Tokyo native’s World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Bantamweight Championship.

Los Angeles, CA (June 29, 2011) – World Boxing Council (WBC) Featherweight Champion, Jhonny Gonzalez, returns to the ring on a Televisa broadcast, after becoming a three-time World Champion this past April when he traveled to Japan to knockout the defending World Champion, Hozumi Haswegawa in the 4th round.

DAN GOOSSEN: Paul Williams vs. Erislandy Lara will be in association with Golden Boy Promotions also with my good friends for many years Luis DeCubas and his son Junior. We expect a very competitive fight with two-time world amateur champion Lara, undefeated and now living in Miami, FL. The fight will be at Atlantic City’s [...]

By Alexis Aviles: Boxing in the summer is usually the slow point of the year gearing you for the more anticipated fights happening later in the fall. A year ago the most we got was Juan Diaz vs Juan Manuel Marquez in their second fight, which failed to live up to their first fight. We [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former two time World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) goes up against unbeaten Cuban Erislandy Lara (15-1, 10 KO’s) next month on July 9th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This is good fight but a very risky one for the 29-year-old Williams, as [...]

Right now, a typical schedule of boxing’s upcoming bouts would include the following two entries with few other details: July 9: Erislandy Lara vs. Paul Williams (HBO) July 9: Carlos Molina vs. Kermit Cintron (Showtime)

Los Angeles, CA (May 26, 2011) – Former World Champion Paul “The Punisher” Williams looks to show the fans that his relentless offensive output will be back and better than ever, along with his winning ways since his most recent setback; and with the opening televised bout, Rico Ramos, will be seeking to win his [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) has found a replacement opponent for his July 9th fight at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Williams, 29, will be fighting in the main event on the card against unbeaten but recently exposed Erislandy Lara (15-0-1, 10 [...]

By Jason Kim: According to the latest boxing news, Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that HBO has had second thoughts about the scheduled July 9th 10 round bout between Paul Williams vs. Nobuhiro Ishida and are withdrawing approval for the fight. Williams, 29, will now have to look for another opponent to fight. Williams [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Dan Rafael is reporting that former IBF welterweight champion Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) will be facing junior middleweight contender Nobuhiro Ishida (23-6-2, 8 KO’s) on July 9th on HBO. The fight, oddly enough, will be a main event fight and that’s hard to believe given Williams’ recent 2nd round knockout loss [...]

By Jason Kim: Former WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) is looking to be matched tough in his first fight since his brutal 2nd round knockout loss to Sergio Martinez last November in 2010. Williams, 29, was knocked unconscious by the hard left hand that Martinez tagged him with. Normally a fighter that [...]

ST. LOUIS (April 20, 2011) – Fresh off of his dominant victory by eight-round decision against veteran Dennis Sharpe last Saturday night on the Victor Ortiz-Andre Berto card at MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods, International Boxing Federation #6-rated junior middleweight Deandre “The Bull” Latimore (22-3, 17 KOs) has targeted Paul “The Punisher” Williams for a [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten welterweight contender Kell Brook (23-0, 16 KO’s) is reportedly eying a fight with former welterweight champion Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KOs) this summer. It would be a great fight if Brook could get it. Williams was recently knocked cold by Sergio Martinez in a 2nd round KO last November.

By Jim Dower: The recently knocked out Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) isn’t interested in taking an easy fight for his next bout and is aiming high for either a rematch against WBC Emeritus middleweight champion Sergio Martinez or fights against Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr. Sadly, Williams’ chances of getting any of those [...]

By Jim Dower: Steve Kim from maxboxing is reporting that HBO is looking to put together a June 11th doubleheader with Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) making a comeback against a still to be determined opponent and unbeaten super featherweight contender Adrien Broner (20-0, 16 KO’s) fighting in the second part of the card.