Pwill v. PBF - Who wins and why?

[BoomBoom]

Paul Williams is a stylistic nightmare for PBF. He doesnt have the power to stop him or back him off, and he doesnt have the workrate to decision him. He would punch between some of Williams shots and maybe win a few rounds but Paul wins this one no question in my mind.

[blegit]

I think PBF is the only welterweight to have a real chance at beating PWill but that freakish 82" reach coupled with his 1,000 punches are plain out nightmarish. You can not prepare for a guy like him at welterweight. You need a lot of luck. Such as him coming in feeling off, not peaking at the right time for the fight, struggling to make weight, etc. Floyd's movement would wreak havoc to PWill but he already is aware of that and so he can prepare for that. You just can not precisely prepare for a welterweight with PWill's attributes. A guy that tall, with a reach longer than almost all heavyweights, a tall guy with MASSIVE volume punching, a tall guy who fights great inside, great chin, I'm done typing. What kind of freak is this?

[Gandalf]

Paul Williams is a stylistic nightmare for PBF. He doesnt have the power to stop him or back him off, and he doesnt have the workrate to decision him. He would punch between some of Williams shots and maybe win a few rounds but Paul wins this one no question in my mind.

Exactly how I feel about it. There isn't anything Floyd can do against the work rate. He might counter and land a few nice shots but he isn't getting Williams out of there. And he won't win rounds potshotting and throwing 40-50 punches each round.

Williams decisions him handily. A nightmare for Floyd or anyone really.

[Pugilistic]

Quintana used movement and well timed counters to keep Williams off him and with this he lowered Williams workrate big time which then lead to a clear UD win.

Now i know he beat Quintana in the rematch but 1 minute of a round to me doesn't prove that he can handle slick moving counter punchers.

Mayweather is a slick moving counter puncher who is slicker, quicker, more accurate and smarter than Quintana. He would hit Williams whenever he wanted to and with is defense would frustrate Williams.

Mayweather wins a clear decision.

This is a bad matchup for Williams not the other way round.

[belakbox]

I say Paul Williams wins by UD if he makes weight well at 147. I don't say this to discredit Mayweather as he is clearly the better boxer, but I believe PW is too big. He honestly doesn't belong in the 147lb division.

I wouldn't take this fight if I was a short welter - anything under 5' 10".

[Rantcatrat]

Quintana used movement and well timed counters to keep Williams off him and with this he lowered Williams workrate big time which then lead to a clear UD win.

Now i know he beat Quintana in the rematch but 1 minute of a round to me doesn't prove that he can handle slick moving counter punchers.

Mayweather is a slick moving counter puncher who is slicker, quicker, more accurate and smarter than Quintana. He would hit Williams whenever he wanted to and with is defense would frustrate Williams.

Mayweather wins a clear decision.

This is a bad matchup for Williams not the other way round.

I don't agree with you, but let me ask you this: would you rather see PBF fight Williams or the Pac/Hatton winner? I say Williams hands down.

[Zilla]

After this past Saturday I may have to change my opinion. I thought that Williams would more than likely win by decision, now I think Floyd would beat him handily. Williams would be there the whole fight, but Floyd has already fought someone like him and dominated in his victory over Diego Corrales. Williams' flaws were highlighted over and over as Martinez held his hands low and saw Williams' right hand coming a mile off. Mayweather wouldn't get tagged anywhere near as often and would make Paul pay for those awkward misses. If Paul could sustain the body attack it would be Mayweather UD.

[Rantcatrat]

After this past Saturday I may have to change my opinion. I thought that Williams would more than likely win by decision, now I think Floyd would beat him handily. Williams would be there the whole fight, but Floyd has already fought someone like him and dominated in his victory over Diego Corrales. Williams' flaws were highlighted over and over as Martinez held his hands low and saw Williams' right hand coming a mile off. Mayweather wouldn't get tagged anywhere near as often and would make Paul pay for those awkward misses. If Paul could sustain the body attack it would be Mayweather UD.

Paul Williams is a lot bigger and longer than Corrales. Corrales was 5'10 and Williams is 6'2. Corrales had a reach of 70" (Floyd's is 72") and Williams has a reach of 82". Corrales fought most of his career between 130 and 135. Williams has fought his entire career at 147 or above. Paul Williams is an entirely different animal.

Martinez laid a good blue print that Floyd could also execute, but Martinez is bigger (5'11), has longer reach (76") and is stronger than Floyd.

Also, just so you know, Floyd has said in the past that Pwill is too big for him. This fight will never happen. It would be too huge a step up in competition for Floyd. My guess is Floyd fights Pacquiao, makes a cool 50 million, and calls it a day.

[JazMerkin]

I said whilst watching the fight the other day that I now think Mayweather wins. Before I thought he might struggle, but Floyd's got a good inside game & I think if Williams was troubled by Martinez' speed & athleticism on the inside then he would really be in trouble with Floyd's.

Both guy were very good the other night, but I think it showed the Quintana defeat was far from an aberration. It's by no means certain, but I do think we'd see a Mayweather victory. The most glaring thing I noticed is that whilst Williams has great punches against a guy who's not moving, he seems to lack that basic amateur pedigree to really deal with a guy who's good on the move.

[Pavlik]

PBF. Paul is very hittable the awkwardness of Quintana gave him hell, Floyd is awkward in a pure boxer sort of way.