Quote Originally Posted by killersheep View Post
I would be surprised if Williams could still make 147. I mean if he could do it comfortably he would be a true freak of nature. We all know the success rate of fighters moving back down in weight.

Assuming he could make weight, there are a lot of fresh faces at 147 he could take a tune-up against to get reestablished there (Aydin, Zaveck, Soto Karass, et. al.) and then go for the losers of Mayweather/Mosley or Pac/Clottey. If I was William's handler I would focus on making him the man at 154 now that he has an official win over Martinez there really isn't any one else there to give him any problems, nor do any of those guys have the leverage to back out on him. I would love to see Williams/Cintron.
I am absolutely with you on this. Can Williams really make a healthy147 again? And you are right the success rate of coming down 2 weight classes can't be good. Especially at Williams' height. His frame is too long and he is already very lean to just be going up and then back down 2 weight classes. I doubt he'll look good against his first 147 opponent unless its a tune up. And I too would like to see Williams make a Cintron fight first and then see how he feels working back down.