Didn't see that coming. But you could see the setup. In that 2nd round Paul was getting hit by huge straight lefts, two times the crowd awed. And then boom that was it.
But when I heard what the plans were at the beginning of the fight it was sort of prophetic.
They said Martinez said he was gonna come out aggressively, and look for the knockout. And that Williams said that Martinez would have his track shoes on and would be doing the chasing.
And that's exactly how he fought, he went forward leaving himself open in ways as if he wasn't expecting Martinez to stand his ground. So in essence, his strategy was to go right at Martinez and chase him, which played right into what Martinez wanted because he was looking for the knockout.
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