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Williams vs. Cauthen
Williams vs. Sanchez
Williams vs. Pakau
Williams vs. Hernandez
Williams vs. Rios
Williams vs. Onyango
Williams vs. Silva
Williams vs. Jackson
Williams vs. Washington
Williams vs. Gomez
Williams vs. Mitchell
Williams vs. Margarito
Williams vs. Matthysse
Williams vs. Quintana
Williams vs. Quintana II
Williams vs. Kolle
Williams vs. Phillips
Williams vs. Wright
Williams vs. Martinez
Williams vs. Cintron
Paul Williams on DVD
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Paul Williams (born July 27, 1981) is an American boxer and is the former two-time WBO welterweight champion.
With a height of 6'2", Paul is considered extremely tall for the three divisions he campaigns in: welterweight, jr.
middleweight and middleweight; he has defeated world champions such as Winky Wright, Sergio Martínez, Kermit
Cintron, Carlos Quintana, Antonio Margarito. He is also billed as the most "avoided fighter in the world".[1] Williams is
rated by The Ring Magazine as the number five pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
Professional career
Early years at welterweight
His debut was in the year 2000, and he is promoted by the Goossens. In 2005 he outpointed former Olympic bronze
medalist Terrence Cauthen, and later that year, he knocked out Alfonso Sanchez in 5 rounds. His ESPN debut was a
second round knockout of Sergio Rios on Wednesday Night Fights. Williams made his HBO debut against undefeated
Walter Matthysse, winning by a tenth round technical knockout. That was followed by a victory over former junior
welterweight world champion Sharmba Mitchell. He knocked Mitchell down three times en route to a fourth round TKO.
WBO welterweight title
Williams became the mandatory challenger for WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito. The match took place
July 14, 2007, in Carson, California, at the Home Depot Center with Williams winning a unanimous decision. Williams
fought Carlos Quintana on February 9, 2008 in his first defense of his title. Williams lost to Quintana by decision.
Williams and Quintana had a rematch at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on June 7, 2008 for the
WBO welterweight title. Williams got off to a quick start when a left hand sent Quintana into a daze as several follow-up
barrages put Quintana down. He got up, but Williams opened up with dozens of unanswered punches as the referee
jumped in to stop the fight while Quintana was going down again.[2]
Williams was rumored to be moving up two weight classes to fight Kelly Pavlik for the WBC Middleweight Title but
instead Pavlik has decided to move up two weight classes himself to fight Bernard Hopkins. Williams fought Andy Kolle
on September 25. Williams dominated the fight from the start and recorded a first round knockout in 1:37 seconds.
Light middleweight
After failing to secure another meaningful contest at welterweight, Williams vacated his WBO welterweight title in order to
fight Verno Phillips for the WBO Interim Junior Middleweight title.
On November 29, 2008, Williams defeated Phillips by way of TKO after 8 rounds after the Doctor stopped the fight. In
doing so he secured the WBO interim junior middleweight title.[3]
Middleweight
Winky Wright
Williams fought Winky Wright on April 11, 2009, in a 12-round middleweight bout featured on HBO.[4] Williams
defeated Wright in a unanimous decision which was not close on the scorecards – two of the three judges gave Williams
all but one round while the third scored all 12 rounds for Williams.
Williams is currently preparing to fight middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik. The fight will be carried by HBO which put
3.75 million for the fight. The bout was scheduled to take place on October 3, 2009 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[5]. The
bout was postponed when it was discovered Pavlik had a staph infection in his knuckle and had been rescheduled for
December 5. However, the bout was called off for a second time six weeks prior to the fight because Pavlik's infection
had not completely healed [6].
Sergio Martínez
On December 5, 2009 Paul Williams fought Sergio Martínez in a war of a twelve round main event. In the first round
Martinez was knocked down due to bad balance and a grazing left hand. In the final seconds of the 1st round though
Martinez scored a knockdown of his own over Williams. The next two rounds were heavily in Martinez's favor as he hit
Williams with barrages of counter punches. Rounds 4-7 showed Williams coming back effectively landing hard lefts to the
head of Martinez. In rounds 8-11 Martinez again confused Williams with using different varieties of punches, including
straight lead lefts to the body followed by right hooks to the head and straight lefts to the face. The 12th and final round
showed much fatigue in Martinez and Williams but the warriors fought through to the end. Williams won a close majority
decision over Martinez with the judges scoring; Pierre Benoist 119-110 for Williams, Lynn Carter 115-113 for Williams
and Julie Lederman 114-114. Afterward both fighters expressed interest in a possible rematch.
Kermit Cintron
After his close win over Sergio Martínez, Paul Williams moved on to face Puerto Rican fighter Kermit Cintrón. The two
met on May 8, 2010 Live on Saturday Night HBO Boxing. In the fourth round, Kermit Cintron fell out of the ring
unintentionally and was not allowed to continue fighting due to hitting the arena floor. Williams was ahead on two of the
three judges' scorecards at the time of the stoppage and was declared the winner by split technical decision.[7] Cintron,
who believed he should have been ahead on the scorecards, will file a complaint to have the ruling changed to a no-
contest, claiming he was not given the five minute recovery time allowed under California rules.[8]
With a height of 6'2", Paul is considered extremely tall for the three divisions he campaigns in: welterweight, jr.
middleweight and middleweight; he has defeated world champions such as Winky Wright, Sergio Martínez, Kermit
Cintron, Carlos Quintana, Antonio Margarito. He is also billed as the most "avoided fighter in the world".[1] Williams is
rated by The Ring Magazine as the number five pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
Professional career
Early years at welterweight
His debut was in the year 2000, and he is promoted by the Goossens. In 2005 he outpointed former Olympic bronze
medalist Terrence Cauthen, and later that year, he knocked out Alfonso Sanchez in 5 rounds. His ESPN debut was a
second round knockout of Sergio Rios on Wednesday Night Fights. Williams made his HBO debut against undefeated
Walter Matthysse, winning by a tenth round technical knockout. That was followed by a victory over former junior
welterweight world champion Sharmba Mitchell. He knocked Mitchell down three times en route to a fourth round TKO.
WBO welterweight title
Williams became the mandatory challenger for WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito. The match took place
July 14, 2007, in Carson, California, at the Home Depot Center with Williams winning a unanimous decision. Williams
fought Carlos Quintana on February 9, 2008 in his first defense of his title. Williams lost to Quintana by decision.
Williams and Quintana had a rematch at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on June 7, 2008 for the
WBO welterweight title. Williams got off to a quick start when a left hand sent Quintana into a daze as several follow-up
barrages put Quintana down. He got up, but Williams opened up with dozens of unanswered punches as the referee
jumped in to stop the fight while Quintana was going down again.[2]
Williams was rumored to be moving up two weight classes to fight Kelly Pavlik for the WBC Middleweight Title but
instead Pavlik has decided to move up two weight classes himself to fight Bernard Hopkins. Williams fought Andy Kolle
on September 25. Williams dominated the fight from the start and recorded a first round knockout in 1:37 seconds.
Light middleweight
After failing to secure another meaningful contest at welterweight, Williams vacated his WBO welterweight title in order to
fight Verno Phillips for the WBO Interim Junior Middleweight title.
On November 29, 2008, Williams defeated Phillips by way of TKO after 8 rounds after the Doctor stopped the fight. In
doing so he secured the WBO interim junior middleweight title.[3]
Middleweight
Winky Wright
Williams fought Winky Wright on April 11, 2009, in a 12-round middleweight bout featured on HBO.[4] Williams
defeated Wright in a unanimous decision which was not close on the scorecards – two of the three judges gave Williams
all but one round while the third scored all 12 rounds for Williams.
Williams is currently preparing to fight middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik. The fight will be carried by HBO which put
3.75 million for the fight. The bout was scheduled to take place on October 3, 2009 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[5]. The
bout was postponed when it was discovered Pavlik had a staph infection in his knuckle and had been rescheduled for
December 5. However, the bout was called off for a second time six weeks prior to the fight because Pavlik's infection
had not completely healed [6].
Sergio Martínez
On December 5, 2009 Paul Williams fought Sergio Martínez in a war of a twelve round main event. In the first round
Martinez was knocked down due to bad balance and a grazing left hand. In the final seconds of the 1st round though
Martinez scored a knockdown of his own over Williams. The next two rounds were heavily in Martinez's favor as he hit
Williams with barrages of counter punches. Rounds 4-7 showed Williams coming back effectively landing hard lefts to the
head of Martinez. In rounds 8-11 Martinez again confused Williams with using different varieties of punches, including
straight lead lefts to the body followed by right hooks to the head and straight lefts to the face. The 12th and final round
showed much fatigue in Martinez and Williams but the warriors fought through to the end. Williams won a close majority
decision over Martinez with the judges scoring; Pierre Benoist 119-110 for Williams, Lynn Carter 115-113 for Williams
and Julie Lederman 114-114. Afterward both fighters expressed interest in a possible rematch.
Kermit Cintron
After his close win over Sergio Martínez, Paul Williams moved on to face Puerto Rican fighter Kermit Cintrón. The two
met on May 8, 2010 Live on Saturday Night HBO Boxing. In the fourth round, Kermit Cintron fell out of the ring
unintentionally and was not allowed to continue fighting due to hitting the arena floor. Williams was ahead on two of the
three judges' scorecards at the time of the stoppage and was declared the winner by split technical decision.[7] Cintron,
who believed he should have been ahead on the scorecards, will file a complaint to have the ruling changed to a no-
contest, claiming he was not given the five minute recovery time allowed under California rules.[8]