Winky Wright vs. Paul Williams was a good competition against two of the most avoided fighters. Paul’s punch output proved to be a little too much for Winky to handle. They both landed around 23%, but Williams threw over 1000 punches and Winky, a little over 500. Williams won, but at the end of the day, it wasn’t that bad for either fighter
Winky lost, but after a 22 month lay off, he didn’t look too bad. He says he’s not done fighting, and even though his defense wasn’t as sharp as it usually is, I don’t think he’ll have a problem winning fights. The problem will come when he’s trying to find people to fight him. He was feared before he fought Williams, so now that he has another loss, he’ll be looked at in 1 of 2 ways. They’ll either look at him with a recent loss and say he doesn’t deserve a fight, or they’ll fight him, thinking he’s lost a step. Winky will hope for the latter of the two. I don’t see him getting any good fights unless he comes across a fighter trying to make a name for himself, or a fighter on his way down, trying to stop their career free fall. On a boxing forum I take part in, a fellow debater called Winky the Gatekeeper, and I agree 100%.
Paul “The Punisher” Williams is making a name for himself, but is now going back down to Welterweight, where he was avoided by most of the top fighters. He was said to have gone up in weight to get good fights, so I’m wondering what has changed? Does he have a deal in the workings, behind the scene? If not, he’ll have to beat up bums, like he was on the verge of doing before he went up. I hope he has a plan because he has about 6 more fights before he hits 30, and the fluctuating in weight will become more of a challenge than some of the fights he’s had. He’s won off sheer volume of punches, so if his stamina sways or his agility declines, he’ll lose his advantage and the gap between him and most fighters will disappear. I like to think that his corner didn’t get him to where he is by making bad decision, but you see what happened to Roy Jones Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya. He’s young, so hopefully for him and us true boxing fans, this will all pan out.
