Thread: Winky Wright-Paul Williams - Let's Talk!!!

This is a very exciting fight for me, because I am such a huge Winky fan and he has been inactive. His last days in the ring are rapidly approaching. However I think he can turn back the clock and really bully Paul around in this one by the 5 or 6th round. I am going with a Points decision. Vegas has Paul Williams favored, but not heavily.


Feel free to highjack this thread come fight night because i will probably go out to get this one on the big screen.

Great match-up! Can' wait!!! I think Williams squeaks it purely on youth & activity...

I didn't know you actually watched boxing, booze. Surprising.

Should be a good fight this, I watched two hours of preview telly last night so I imagine it will be on the box this weekend.

Williams by decision for me. Winky is getting on and Williams youth, reach and output will make the difference. He will just keep punching the guard and any way around it for 12 rounds. I think Winky will have his moments, but he isn't going to outwork Williams.

I think this could be a great fight, and I keep changing my mind over it. Right now I'm slightly favouring Williams, but then I think about how technically good Winky is & I change my mind. I reckon it will be a close SD, but dunno who it goes too.

I am going out on a limb, like I usually do (and thoroughly hang myself by the balls when I am wrong, which is 90 percent of the time) and predict that in the almost two years that Wright has been off that he will have aged over night and Williams wins convincingly, possibly by KO.

I never really liked Winky and am hoping he loses but now that I know he is Booze's favorite fighter I really hope he takes a beating and gets KO'd.

Ohh this should be good

It should be great. Will Winky take Williams to school the way Hopkins took Pavlik and Mosley took Margarito? If this goes to the cards, will Williams' high output win the day? In the alternative, will Winky's defense and accurate shots win him the rounds?

I too vacillate over this fight. Here's the most popular way to look at it and why the odds favor Williams: Williams punch output wins the fight. Williams will throw a lot of punches and although many of them may miss their mark or hit Winky's gloves, they will accumulate. Winky isn't hyper active and doesn't have big punching power. He may not be able to do enough against Williams' youth.

Another outcome could be that Winky makes it difficult for Williams to throw flurries by holding and blocking the blows and that Williams at 160 against elite opposition isn't as mobile and as active as has been. Will Pwill be able to adjust?

Game time decision for me.

Question for everyone: when was the last time Winky faced a taller opponent who throws a lot of punches?

Originally Posted by Rantcatrat

It should be great. Will Winky take Williams to school the way Hopkins took Pavlik and Mosley took Margarito? If this goes to the cards, will Williams' high output win the day? In the alternative, will Winky's defense and accurate shots win him the rounds?

I too vacillate over this fight. Here's the most popular way to look at it and why the odds favor Williams: Williams punch output wins the fight. Williams will throw a lot of punches and although many of them may miss their mark or hit Winky's gloves, they will accumulate. Winky isn't hyper active and doesn't have big punching power. He may not be able to do enough against Williams' youth.

Another outcome could be that Winky makes it difficult for Williams to throw flurries by holding and blocking the blows and that Williams at 160 against elite opposition isn't as mobile and as active as has been. Will Pwill be able to adjust?

Game time decision for me.

Question for everyone: when was the last time Winky faced a taller opponent who throws a lot of punches?

Good question.. My question would be how much taller is Williams than Winky? I know what they're listed at and what not, but will Williams be able to really control the fight by being the taller guy? I don't think that's a question we can answer until we hear the bell and see them go at it..

This is such a tough fight to call.. Winky has NEVER been outclassed, and I don't see Williams being the one to outclass him.. I think that if Winky can connect early and get into a rhythm and not get frustrated or flustered by the output and reach of Williams he will take this one. My prediction is Winky UD, but I wouldn't be surprised if Williams won by UD.. Don't see a KO coming in this one.

gonna go out on a limb and say winky will take a split decision

PW deserves every credit for taking this fight as its just about the hardest of the 7-8 options he had.

Originally Posted by Rantcatrat

It should be great. Will Winky take Williams to school the way Hopkins took Pavlik and Mosley took Margarito? If this goes to the cards, will Williams' high output win the day? In the alternative, will Winky's defense and accurate shots win him the rounds?

I too vacillate over this fight. Here's the most popular way to look at it and why the odds favor Williams: Williams punch output wins the fight. Williams will throw a lot of punches and although many of them may miss their mark or hit Winky's gloves, they will accumulate. Winky isn't hyper active and doesn't have big punching power. He may not be able to do enough against Williams' youth.

Another outcome could be that Winky makes it difficult for Williams to throw flurries by holding and blocking the blows and that Williams at 160 against elite opposition isn't as mobile and as active as has been. Will Pwill be able to adjust?

Game time decision for me.

Question for everyone: when was the last time Winky faced a taller opponent who throws a lot of punches?

I would truly be surprised if Winky Lets Paul fight as active as he wants to be. Winky just has a way of making other fighters punch stats go down.

I read that Paul Williams has a longer reach than Muhammed Ali. Given that stat I duno how he managed to come a cropper against Quintana but he put it right emphatically in the return which is what matters. He could have cleaned up at welter with all those physical advantages but I think he will make a good middleweight.

Winky has been a great boxer but this late in his career with inactivity moving down two weights from lightheavy against abusy guy I struggle to see him winning . Wright has a fantastic peek aboo defence but it will be rushed from all angles by Paul and I can see Wright just taking a thrashing being beaten to the punch and coming off second best . Paul can really make a statement in this one and look the part but I feel Wrights experience will allow him to hear the final bell.

Winky found sucess beating smaller men moving up like Tito and Shane but he doenst hold those same physical advantages over Wiliams, plus he will be older and slower on Saturday

Williams will arrive on the superstar stage this weekend with an emphatic win over Wright. Paul UD .

This should be a real interesting fight. But I will also keep in mind that sometimes southpaws can make a real mess together and heads tend to clash more often than usual. But I'm going with Paul via decision over the Winkster. This might be a changing of the guard and the start of a superstar in Paul.

I'm also a big Wright fan and I think this fight can't be predicted...it really depends in what form Winky will show up...I hope he can do a Hopkins,but like someone said before here, he might also become an old man over night...great match up and I'm looking forward to it...