Hey, guys...first time poster.
I absolutely agree that Williams may be the man to beat Floyd. How is MAyweather going to make it through that 82" wingspan to get off his treasured counter leads? How is he going to deal with constant pressure for the entire 12 rounds? Other guys like De La Hoya and Castillo bothered him with aggression early, but tired down the stretch. That doesn't appear it will happen with Williams.
Honestly, at 147 I actually think the toughest matchups for Williams are Cintron and Margarito (whom he's already dispatched) because they are pretty big themselves and have big enough punches to hurt and slow him down. Although Mayweather, Cotto and Mosely are all certainly better than Margarito and Cintron, the size disadvantage presented by Williams would be extremely difficult to overcome. I love Cotto, and he has the potential to hurt Williams. But we all saw the problems Margarito had getting inside, and he's 5'11". How in the world is Cotto at 5'7" going to bust through that windmill to get off his body shots without eating too many punches? I think a Mosely-Williams fight would shape up like Forrest-Mosely in that the style would just be too difficult for Shane and he'd lose a near shutout.
Williams is a great talent, but he should never go any higher than 154. Once he gets up to 160, his natural physical advantages will start to become neutralized, and it will be tougher for him to take punches from those bigger men. But, at 147, he is a matchup nightmare for anybody. I'm concerned that he may become a ducked man because of this.


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