Williams dropped..rises at 9
Printable View
Williams dropped..rises at 9
Williams down in round 2 with a big southpaw left down the middle. His eye busted up and not looking great for Liam.
Williams giving a good account of himself in the 3rd, still lost it but gave Andrade a tough time.
3 nil Andrade with knockdown in 2nd.
Boo Boo isn't very good is he?
Williams has definitely regrouped and is finding his feet a bit.
Williams wins round 4 too aggressive for Andrade and got his legs back.
3-1 Andrade
Andrade landing big uppercuts but Williams walking through them in the 5th. Really entertaining fight.
4-1 Andrade
Andrade was getting beaten up in the 6th but landed a huge uppercut to hurt Williams and take the round.
5-1 Andrade
Liam roughs up Andrade in the 7th to win the round but got hurt near the end with his legs wobbling.
5-2
I got Williams winning round 8 with his aggression and Andrade trying to rest.
5-3
Williams hurts Andrade for the first time in the fight in round 9 and his legs wobbled. Big right hand did it.
5-4 Andrade
Liam Williams grinding out to win round 10. Andrade looks tired and his uppercut not having that much effect now.
5-5
Andrade taking round 11 with eye catching shots and Williams not being busy enough.
The us commentator has Andrade way in front.
6-5 Andrade
Andrade lands the eye catching punches in round 12 to win the round and fight.Williams put a very good effort but was not busy enough to win the fight. He was hurt early and the legs were gone so he did well to go the distance.
7-5 with a knockdown so I have it 115-112 but the judges will have it wider.
118-109 twice and 116-111? Andrade wins a UD.
Nice round by round Master.
Andrade is very very classy, but Canelo isn't running scared is he?
He switched off at times - whether it be through exhaustion or whether it's a psychological thing I don't know...
But surely he's vulnerable to the true world elite?
That is what Eddie is saying that Andrade was tired and got hurt. He wants Charlo or Golovkin for Andrade now.Quote:
Originally Posted by donnydarkoIRL
I don't think Andrade looks like a very confident guy, he seems pretty nervy I don't think he'll be able to beat many if any of the top guys, alvarez would destroy him I think after seeing this performance, maybe he'll beat a pretty old golovkin although golovkin of a couple of years ago would destroy him pretty easily..
I quite like him and thought he won the fight by a pretty comfortable margin, although I wasn't keeping score so I could be wrong. 118-109 seemed a bit wide but the right guy wins.
Was really hoping the stars would align and Liam would pull the upset. Missed the fight but thanks for the updates. Andrade very skilled but has been withering on the vine over the last few years complaining about the big fights he's not getting. His mandatory is a decently improved Munguia, worth a watch and the pop to catch him off.
Golovkin is apparently planning on fighting Murata in Japan's new year eve stuff according to Edward Hearn.... Can't see either of them taking on andrade in the meantime I'm sure that event will pay a lot, and golovkin is old now so I say on you go you old git take your money....
Hopefully andrade gets Charlo that would be a nice fight for both of them.
Hopefully it comes off. Promotions may say something else. That's the thing that frustrates ya, Charlo is set to defend in June v the guy who Kirkland looked at as an easy mark to come back against but got sparked. Obviously Charlo/Andrade are running same schedule and know it'll be big. Both not getting any younger. You just wish we'd cut out these middle man almost keep busy fights and get on with an actual fan friendly competitive match. Still think Andrade regrets pulling out of his defense v the other Charlo years ago because he wanted more money too.Quote:
Originally Posted by palmerq
Eddie sounded pretty determined to land the Charlo fight, he said they'd fight in fox whatever that means, maybe Charlo is contracted to them... If eddiiie is being honest and the Charlo andrade fight doesn't happen I think we can't blame andrade...
I'm expecting a silly tittle defence fromm both next...
Demetrius Andrade floors and outpoints Liam Williams to defend WBO middleweight title
Liam Williams unable to become Britain's latest world champion despite gutsy challenge of Demetrius Andrade; he climbed off the canvas and later rocked the American but it wasn't enough
Liam Williams was denied a world title after being dropped and frustrated by Demetrius Andrade on Saturday night in Florida.
Andrade remained undefeated and won by unanimous decision to cling onto his WBO middleweight championship despite a spirited effort from Williams.
The Brit was regarded as the champion's sternest test but got off to a catastrophic start.
Andrade hurt him in the opening round then, in the second, knocked him down with a right-left combination.
Williams gamely battled back and forced Andrade into a brawl at times, which the American regularly spoiled by holding.
The ninth round was Williams' best - a right hand rocked Andrade but he couldn't follow up with another blow and the moment slipped away.
The fight was scored 118-109, 118-109 and 116-111 in Andrade's favour.
Joe Calzaghe, who Williams was aiming to emulate as a world champion from Wales, said: "Brave effort by Williams tonight. Hurt early but came back and showed he belongs at world level hurting Andrade in the ninth.
"Bad ref, frustrating and allowed way too much holding!"
Williams, after two losses to Liam Smith in 2017, had reinvented himself and was on a superb seven-fight win streak which earned him this mandatory opportunity.
Instead, the night belonged to the southpaw Andrade who delivered a reminder that he is a tricky customer in his fourth world title defence.
Unbeaten in 30, he will be looking towards the middleweight division's other champions - Gennadiy Golovkin, Ryota Murata and Jermall Charlo.
https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/12278874/x
I watched the highlights earlier . It looked like Williams got beat up a bit.
Considering the bad start he did well to get back into the fight and won the middle rounds. He did take a lot of uppercuts and could not really get his own combinations going. He did himself proud and put up a very good effort.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jambo
Decent fight. UD was predictable, but Williams' effort deserves mentioning.
I know it's the done thing to give props to a plucky effort but I thought Williams was completely out of his depth to be honest. Andrade to me looked like he put a bit too much into trying to take Williams out early, almost got it done to be fair. He was blowing for the remainder of the fight. Williams landed two decent punches. The animal that he's supposed to have become never came out of it's cage. Even when the door was open, to be honest it looked like he didn't fancy chancing it.
Yeah i kind of agree with the above
He may have been brave and he did seem to start getting a foothold after a bit, but it was like he turned up relying on some sort of ruggedness
first few rounds at least he was walking in uneducated, i didnt like it at all, right from the start i was thinking - cummon mate if you do that again hes just gonna punch you really hard in the face
A division with some good fighters and here I am trying to justify the work of an opponent seemingly doomed from the start. I just watched a video of Andrade & Charllo at a fight. He str8 up got an attitude and said he wanted to fight Booboo.
"Whatchu lookint at me crazy for? lets make the fight" To those words charlo walked away- 3 years later we got Liam Williams instead
Unfortunately it pretty much went how I thought it would. But he really shouldn’t have got caught with so many uppercuts. Slightly disappointing to be honest, but no doubting Williams’s courage.
I just wished he’d been a little smarter.
https://youtu.be/qi0LwjB6hU8
Decent highlights, Andrade simply is smarter, stronger, controlled the ring. Circled to his left & his right stop on a dime with rapid fire. Nasty uppercuts, lead lefts, hooks, switched up southpaw to orthodox. A bit of a clinic, definately proved he didn't fight a pushover.
Rather he made it look like Liam was a pushover.