By Nate Anderson: With last Saturday’s one round destruction of WBO welterweight champion Carlos Quintana, once beaten Paul Williams (34-1, 25 KOs) may have once again cemented himself in as the top welterweight in all of boxing, bar none. Forget all about WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto, because he has his hands full with former WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito, whom he fights on July 26th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Williams, 26, has already done the business of beating Margarito, having done that that by a 12-round unanimous decision on July 14th, 2007.
Once Cotto can do the same, or do it in even more impressive fashion, boxing fans can pretty much stay quiet about Cotto. Williams, though, he’s showed his worth as a champion by not only beating Margarito, but now having beaten a second welterweight champion in Quintana. Many fans and ring experts alike were giving Williams little chance at winning against Quintana, saying that the Puerto Rican fighter “had his number,” that there was “no way” that Williams could fix the problems in his game in only four months. Yet, that’s exactly what he did, not only fixing the problems but making himself almost invincible in the process.
By Eric Thomas: In an impressive display of pure power-punching, former WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams (34-1, 25 KOs) regained his title with a crushing 1st round TKO of champion Carlos Quintana (25-2, 19 KOs) in a scheduled 12-round bout at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut. Williams, 26, stunned Quintana with a big left hand and then dropped him with a short left hand to the side of the head. Quintana got up, badly hurt, and was met with an avalanche of punches from Williams, which sent Quintana down for the second and final time in the round. In the process of falling down, Quintana tackled Williams around the legs causing both fighters to go down. The referee Eddie Claudio, however, has seen enough from Quintana and immediately stopped the bout at 2:15 of the 1st round.
By Jason Kim: In a showing of either incredible bravery or unbelievable folly, former undefeated WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams (33-1, 24 KOs) will be risking fate when he attempts to gain revenge for his earlier defeat on February 9th, at the hands of then challenger Carlos Quintana (25-1, 19 KOs) . Williams, 26, was beaten by a 12-round unanimous decision and made to look bad by the 31 year-old Quintana. Williams was quick to excuse away the defeat, pointing out that he wasn’t feeling at the top of his game and wasn’t able to get untracked for some reason. 
By Sean McDaniel: It’s hard to believe that it’s only been four months since former WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams (33-1, 24 KOs) was soundly beaten by challenger Carlos Quintana (25-1, 19 KOs) in a unanimous decision that was much more definitive than the final judges’ scores – 116-112, 116-112 and 115-113 – would have you believe. For those who may have forgotten, Quintana, 31, pulled off a shocking upset in February 2008, beating a fighter that many felt was the best welterweight in the division at the time. Williams had recently defeated Antonio Margarito, the WBO welterweight champion, arguably the toughest welterweight in the division bar none. 
By Nate Anderson: It was a bout that WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams (33-1, 24 KOs) was supposed to easily win, but it quickly turned into a nightmare for him as Carlos Quintana (25-1, 19 KOs) used movement and fast combinations to pound out a surprising 12-round unanimous decision over Williams. The fight, as it turned out, was a major upset since few people had given Quintana much of a shot at beating the lanky 6’2” Williams. It isn’t that Quintana was thought to be a bad fighter, because he was clearly one of the best fighters in the welterweight division going into his February 2008 fight with Williams, but he didn’t appear to be in the same class judging by his previous fights. 
By Erik Smith: If you’re like most people, you’re wondering what’s former WBO welterweight champion Paul “The Punisher” Williams (33-1, 24 KOs) going to do next. After many people in the boxing world had crowned Williams prematurely, suggesting that he was the top fighter in the division, he was quickly brought back down to earth last Saturday night when he lost a 12-round unanimous decision to challenger Carlos Quintana. If the fight had been close, one could suggest that it was just a bad night for Williams. However, he was pretty much dominated throughout the fight, by a fighter that few people would consider as one of the top four in the welterweight division.