By Rick Reeno

WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams (35-1, 26KOs) impressed a lot of people with his crushing first-round blowout of Andy Kolle during Thursday's VERSUS card. The Kolle bout, held at middleweight, left a lot of questions as to the weight division for Williams' next fight, scheduled for November 29 on HBO.

"What Paul is doing is not very common in boxing. It goes back to the old days. We want to get Paul the biggest fight that we can, preferably at 147 to defend his title If we can't get a challenge at the level we are looking to get, we will then address the 154-pound division," Goossen said. 

During the last few weeks, Shane Mosley has been campaigning for a fight with WBA champion Antonio Margarito in early 2009. Goossen says that Mosley should stop worrying about his chances to land Margarito, when Williams is more than willing to fight him.

"I would like to see Shane Molsey talk a little bit more about Paul Williams. It's a tremendous fight for both fighters. I know Mosley wanted a rematch with Miguel Cotto and now wants Margarito because he beat Cotto, but Williams beat Margarito. A fight with Paul Williams is as big, if not bigger than [a fight] Margarito," Goossen said.

"If he wants to fight Margarito first, we understand. He is less of a challenge than getting in the ring with Paul. I've learned that you can't make people fight even if you throw money at them in the millions. The best thing for us is to continue to do what we are doing. Paul's move gives us a much larger selection of people to fight; it also gives us a larger selection of fighters who stay away."

"I never have a problem with a fighter saying no. Just don't act like you are the best of your division. Don't go out there and say that you are the best of your division when the fight you turned down happens to be against that man. Paul has a habit of making fearless fighters fearful."