HBO Card Thread: Williams vs Lara

[Mars_ax]

Williams vs Erislandy Lara might be a good one, the Cuban fighter, Lara, has a little power, so i'm surprised Williams is taking this as his first fight back after getting cold-cocked/starched by Sergio Martinez in his last fight.


July 9
At Atlantic City, N.J. (HBO): Paul Williams vs. Erislandy Lara, 12 rounds, junior middleweights; Akifumi Shimoda vs. Rico Ramos, 12 rounds, for Shimoda's WBA junior featherweight title; Cristobal Arreola vs. Friday Ahunyana, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Tomas Villa, 12 rounds, for Gonzalez's WBC featherweight title.


Should be a jolly good night of boxing here at Saddoboxing tonight! The Williams vs. Erislandy Lara card on HBO starts at 10:15 PM EST.

[marbleheadmaui]

ANYTHING to get us past this weekend and off the topic of 13.

BIG weekend isn't it?

Does Lara do enough to handle Williams? I wouldn't have thought so. Of course the question can also be raises is Williams still Williams?

The more I think about it, the more I think this has become an important fight for Chris Arreola.

I don't know anyhting about Shimoda except beating Ryol Lee was no joke.

I expect Gonzales to trash Villa (how'd he get this fight anyway?)

Antillon is the guy who gave Soto a pretty good fight IIRC. That'll be fun. I think as long as we have him Rios is always going to be fun.

Man I hadn't realized how Long Cintron had been out of the ring. Still he should handle this guy, shouldn't he?

[Spicoli]

Atillion vs Rios is going to be brutal, mutual, concussive and brutal some more. Isn't Friday the guy who "broke" Tysons back ha? Williams and Lara is a crucial crossroads fight. If Williams chin hasn't become an instant easy to open Jack n the box I think he beats Lara.

[Mars_ax]

Atillion vs Rios is going to be brutal, mutual, concussive and brutal some more. Isn't Friday the guy who "broke" Tysons back ha? Williams and Lara is a crucial crossroads fight. If Williams chin hasn't become an instant easy to open Jack n the box I think he beats Lara.

"Bam Bam" Rios only knows one way to fight, aggressively and straight ahead, it's going to take someone with some serious power to discourage him, the little fucker is a whirling dervish.

[Mars_ax]

ANYTHING to get us past this weekend and off the topic of 13.

BIG weekend isn't it?

Does Lara do enough to handle Williams? I wouldn't have thought so. Of course the question can also be raises is Williams still Williams?

The more I think about it, the more I think this has become an important fight for Chris Arreola.

I don't know anyhting about Shimoda except beating Ryol Lee was no joke.

I expect Gonzales to trash Villa (how'd he get this fight anyway?)

Antillon is the guy who gave Soto a pretty good fight IIRC. That'll be fun. I think as long as we have him Rios is always going to be fun.

Man I hadn't realized how Long Cintron had been out of the ring. Still he should handle this guy, shouldn't he?

A word about last nights fights: damn am I glad Klitschko won. And actually since he did, I thought it was an entertaining fight.

OK, that said, yup, some good fights, this weekend, a smorgasbord as it were, and my man Kermit back in action. With Cintron, you get a little "theater" along with the fights. hahaha.

If I were Lara, i'd test Willaims' chin early and not let him gain any confidence. Some pugs comeback well from KO's others don't, so we shall see.

[Hulk]

ANYTHING to get us past this weekend and off the topic of 13.

BIG weekend isn't it?

Does Lara do enough to handle Williams? I wouldn't have thought so. Of course the question can also be raises is Williams still Williams?

The more I think about it, the more I think this has become an important fight for Chris Arreola.

I don't know anyhting about Shimoda except beating Ryol Lee was no joke.

I expect Gonzales to trash Villa (how'd he get this fight anyway?)

Antillon is the guy who gave Soto a pretty good fight IIRC. That'll be fun. I think as long as we have him Rios is always going to be fun.

Man I hadn't realized how Long Cintron had been out of the ring. Still he should handle this guy, shouldn't he?

Why do you insist on calling Haye "13" ? Because of his punch out put ?

[marbleheadmaui]

ANYTHING to get us past this weekend and off the topic of 13.

BIG weekend isn't it?

Does Lara do enough to handle Williams? I wouldn't have thought so. Of course the question can also be raises is Williams still Williams?

The more I think about it, the more I think this has become an important fight for Chris Arreola.

I don't know anyhting about Shimoda except beating Ryol Lee was no joke.

I expect Gonzales to trash Villa (how'd he get this fight anyway?)

Antillon is the guy who gave Soto a pretty good fight IIRC. That'll be fun. I think as long as we have him Rios is always going to be fun.

Man I hadn't realized how Long Cintron had been out of the ring. Still he should handle this guy, shouldn't he?

Why do you insist on calling Haye "13" ? Because of his punch out put ?

Yup. Average number of punches he threw per round against Valuev. I thought at the time, and still do, that it showed a stunning lack of desire and committment.

[captainanddew]

what Williams will we get?
He not only had gotten face planted by Sergio. Martinez dropped him violently and gave him hell in the first fight. And Cintron landed a few bombs on the chin in their abbreviated contest.

[marbleheadmaui]

what Williams will we get?
He not only had gotten face planted by Sergio. Martinez dropped him violently and gave him hell in the first fight. And Cintron landed a few bombs on the chin in their abbreviated contest.

$64,000 question, right?