Ishida, 36, usually prefers to box and move rather than slug it out. However, against the all action 30-year-old Williams, who only has one way of fighting by throwing nonstop punches, Ishida finds himself in a situation where he’s going to be forced to stand and trade shots with Williams in close quarters at the American Bank Center, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Ishida said to RingTV “Normally I use my jab and move around the ring. I try to use my height and box. But when I’m the underdog, I know I have to fight. I am comfortable doing that. I can fight on the inside.”
Ishida effortlessly changed from boxer to puncher in his fight against slugger James Kirkland last April, surprising him by dropping him three times en route to scoring a 1st round knockout. It wasn’t so much Ishida’s power that produced the knockouts but rather his speed, size and accurate punches. He missed few of his shots in that fight and it’s one of his trademarks. He’s deadly accurate with his punches.
Williams has already said that he plans on trying to outwork Ishida this Saturday night, so it’s putting him in the position where he’s going to have to stand in front of Williams and try and beat him in own game. Williams is going to be tested big time in this fight and if his chin isn’t recovered from 2nd round knockout he suffered against Sergio Martinez in 2010, then Ishida could score a quick knockout. Williams has never faced a bigger guy than him and on Saturday night he’s going to be getting hit with the taller 6’1″ Ishida and it should be an exciting fight while it lasts watching Williams adapt to the size and speed of Ishida.
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