Paul Williams Tickets

Paul Williams beat WBC Light Middleweight Champion Argentinian Sergio Gabriel Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KOs) by 12-round majority decision on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The judges scores were 114-114, 119-110 and 115-113. Many ringside felt that Martinez won the fight. The HBO fightcard promoted by Dan Goossen of Goossen Tutor also featured Chris Arreola vs Brian Minto.

Fight Location Date Boxing Tickets
Williams vs TBA United States May 8, 2010
Saturday		  

Paul "The Punisher" Williams

(38-1-0, 27 KOs)

Williams is a tall, lanky southpaw who is a busy fighter. To some that's a dangerous combination. At 6 feet 2 inches tall with an 82 inch reach Williams has a height and reach advantage over most guys he is fighting now since he has dropped down to welterweight after fighting 29 of his 33 fights in the light middleweight and middleweight divisions. Williams, who has fast hands and a high punch output also fights from a southpaw stance so his punches are coming from an unexpected place and from an unusual angle than what boxers are trained to expect. It's troublesome and awkward to defend yourself against a lanky southpaw, especially one that's a good boxer.

Williams Interview On Margarito Fight

Paul Williams beat Antonio Margarito on Saturday, July 14, 2007 in Carson, California at the Home Depot Center capturing his WBO welterweight title by a 12-round unanimous decision. For the first 6 rounds Williams kept Margarito on the outside by throwing non-stop pitty-pat punches from all angles. Margarito blocked most of them and those that got through had no effect on Margarito since they were just slaps and cuffs but never the less Williams was racking up points on the judges scorecards by being the busier fighter. Margarito, throwing heavy, damaging punches battered and buzzed Williams in the 10th and 11th rounds cutting Williams left eye in the process but Williams managed to weather the storm and pull off an upset.

Paul Williams got punished by Puerto Rican Carlos Quintana (25-1-0, 19 KOs) losing his first WBO welterweight title defense by way of a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday, February 9, 2008 at Pechanga Casino in Temecula, California. The judges score cards read 112-116, 112-116 and 113-115. Williams was touted by his handlers as the most feared man in boxing. A boxer most fighters wanted to avoid. Carlos Quintana, a southpaw himself had no problem overcoming Williams 5 inch height and 10 inch reach advantage or the fact that Williams entered the ring at 164 lbs which is three weight classes heavier than welterweight.

Williams having lost his belt in his first title defense to Puerto Rican Carlos Quintana on February 9, 2008 immediately asked for a rematch which took place on Saturday, June 7, 2008 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. Williams (34-1-0, 25 KOs) avenged his loss beating Quintana (25-2-0, 19 KOs) by 1st round TKO at 2:15 regaining his WBO welterweight belt. Quintana-Williams II was part of a doubleheader with Forrest-Mora aired live on Showtime.

On Thursday, September 25, 2008 at the Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, California, Williams beat Andy Kolle (17-2-0, 12 KOs) by TKO at 1:37 of round one. Williams fighting at middleweight downed southpaw Kolle from Fergus Falls, Minnesota with a big right.

Williams beat light middleweight champion Verno Phillips (42-11-1, 21 KOs) by 8th round TKO on Saturday, November 29, 2008 at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California capturing the interim WBO light middleweight title. Williams right jabs and body shots punished Phillips causing the ring doctor to recommend that the fight be stopped after examining Phillips at the end of round eight. Phillips had not been stopped since 1988.

On Saturday, April 11, 2009 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, Paul Williams beat Winky Wright (51-5-1, 25 KOs) by 12-round unanimous decision . Williams high punch output, long reach and awkward style gave Wright problems. Scores were 120-108, 119-109 and 119-109. The fight took place at 160 lbs which is the upper limit of middleweight.