Margarito resurfaces!!!!

[amat]

Amat,I totally and utterly disagree with your post. You say Margarito knew the stakes but I'm pretty danr certain I recall you being one of those that said Tony was "ducking" Paul,so what does Margarito do? Go through litigation to get the fight,earn the fans respect. The least Paul can do is rematch. And no offence but you said Lacey should get a rematch with JC at some point,I think Tony is FAR FAR more deserving than Jeff.(just giving you an example,don't mean to go off topic)

I never thought that Margarito was outright ducking Paul, but he was being hypocritical. Paul was doing the same stuff Margarito was doing to Williams and Margarito was blowing him off like Mayweather had done to him. He even gave a "Who is Paul Williams?" line.

Like I said in the post, when he signed to fight Williams, he earned huge respect. That was one of my favorite moments of the year when I heard that Margarito was fighting for this.

When I say he knew the stakes, I'm saying he knew that Williams was a good fighter who could beat him.

And I don't by any means think that Lacy deserves a rematch at Calzaghe. I said I think he could do better, but he has done nothing to deserve one and I've made a clear distinction about that. I said the same thing in this topic, how a rematch will fare and how much a rematch is deserved are two completely seperate things.

It's just the script has been flipped on this one. I think Margarito deserves a rematch more then Lacy (obviously), but Lacy would be the one to better on his last performance. I'm not in any way trying to disrespect Margarito. It's just the thing where, Paul won. He's the champion now and he decides who gets a rematch or not. There is a case for Margarito but I would rather see it built up, an immediate rematch would be senseless.

As for PW not fighting Kermit or Tony,let's not make PW out to be something he's not. He's not a star. He's not in a position to start picking and choosing who to fight. Kermit and Tony are easily top 6 WW's and any win over them is a good win. And with Kermit,it's the added bonus of a title. I think you're giving Williams a bit too much leeway. Everyone else is tied up,Tony gave him a chance which he did not have to and Kermit has a title. It would be silly of Paul not to take either fight.

I agree but personally, I wouldn't mind it if he took on someone other then Margarito and Cintron, played it low and maybe took on the winner if the opportunity presented itself. Clottey would not be out of the question.

To the fight itself,I again disagree,I think Margarito won the rounds were he increased his output and his punches were harder,it allowed him to win the round.The criteria is cleaner harder punching,not who can throw the most punches and it was rather clear,to em at least,that Tony was the bigger puncher.

Again though, the Margarito punch increase coincided with Paul getting flatfooted which is why I thought Paul was always in total control of the fight. And the only time the bigger punches were a factor were in the very later rounds. Very few and far between, Williams pretty much busted Margarito up and was putting a whooping on him for a while. And he was accurate, which made up for a lot of that power. Williams was not only the superior mover but the superior puncher aswell.

The only time I think the harder punching will factor in is in that puncher's chance you talked about. Margarito has knockout power, but I think the higher guard and faster feet of Williams neutralize that pretty well. Watching the first fight, there is no reason I would worry for Williams when it comes to a knockout. He handled himself well and he would only get better conditions the second time.