paul williams still a threat at 147 ?

Too $hort · 04-12-2008, 11:56 PM

I really think he still is,I think many wrote him off after his loss to quintana but I dont think people observed a few things I noticed.After watching margarito beat cintron down tonight I was reminded of his fight with williams,It was an all action fight and very busy.Its one of the rare times margarito got out hussled.If the williams that fought quintana were to fight margarito that night he would have been stoped.I keep reading things about quintana's style and how it was difficult for williams,I really dont think thats the case.williams was beaten to the punch and extremely slugish during the fight and thats unlike him,he didint throw alot and he was slow.I think williams is having a hard time making 147 and simply drainded himself to make weight and put on damn near 20 pounds after the weight in.

I think sometimes people jump the gun and write people off,Ouintana beat williams and fought a good fight but seriously he wasent throwing the artilery that margarito did when he fought williams,sometimes people fight bad fights or certain circumstances casue a fighter to perform badly.I just think we should give williams a chance and hopefully he can make weight without killing himself and fight how he normally does(fast and trowing alot of punches)

**GlassJaw** · 04-13-2008, 12:07 AM

**mschatz** · 04-13-2008, 12:08 AM

*flips off GJ*

Williams will beat Quintana in the rematch and get back into contention at wleter weight

dengar · 04-13-2008, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by mschatz

Williams will beat Quintana in the rematch and get back into contention at wleter weight

Basically. Too bad for Quintana that he couldn't get a bigger money fight while he had the belt.

Tam-Tam · 04-13-2008, 02:22 AM

Who said Williams wasn't a threat? Boxing fans are so fickle. When he 'beat' Margarito, everyone was calling him the next big thing. Future P4P star...blah blah blah. One loss, to a crafty southpaw and he's thrown on the pile? Right.

He holds a win over the guy who's arguably the best welterweight on the planet.

lugubriousduck · 04-13-2008, 02:29 AM

Margarito beats Williams in the rematch.

BobbyBrez · 04-13-2008, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Tam-Tam

Who said Williams wasn't a threat? Boxing fans are so fickle. When he 'beat' Margarito, everyone was calling him the next big thing. Future P4P star...blah blah blah. One loss, to a crafty southpaw and he's thrown on the pile? Right.

He holds a win over the guy who's arguably the best welterweight on the planet.

He never beat Margarito, regardless of what a few eyeballs in the expensive seats thought.

Tam-Tam · 04-13-2008, 06:25 AM

I agree, but the fight was close. That decision was rail thin, IMO and I can't complain that Antonio didnt get his hand raised. What I object to is the idiocy preached by a miriade of mindless fans, projecting an untruth and making it worse.

That those same fans then abandon their guy (in this case, WIlliams) the second he loses, makes that pill all the more bitter. You're all a bunch of fucking scum.

DAZEDJELLYLEGS2 · 04-13-2008, 08:18 AM

He is still a threat. He just isnt the secong coming of christ like many people thought.

I expect to see him bag another title or two perhaps.

DAZEDJELLYLEGS2 · 04-13-2008, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Tam-Tam

Who said Williams wasn't a threat? Boxing fans are so fickle. When he 'beat' Margarito, everyone was calling him the next big thing. Future P4P star...blah blah blah. One loss, to a crafty southpaw and he's thrown on the pile? Right.

Exactly. The pendulum swings far and wide with many fans.