In the sense of giving the opportunity, can go out right now a win a major belt in 5 different weight classes? Most of the good fighters would take a few years to grow into a weight class. As of right now Pwill could easily go out and do the following
UD Mosley for his WBC belt at 147
Knock out Berto for his WBA belt at 147
take any title holder at 154
UD Pavlik for his 160 WBC belt
UD Froch, Bute for their titles at 168
UD chad dawson if he had the IBF at 175
What Paul needs to do is go out take the lessor % of purses and fight soley for the sake of building his name up. Take 30 to pavlik 70 % of the purse and stuff like that until he has beaten enough of the big names that he can start demanding bigger purses.
williams right now should focus on 154 and look to establish himself as the best fighter there. he should be campaigning at that weight and look to unify the titles. imo if a big fight at 147 or 160 comes along - i.e. a fight with one of the big names at a good price (60/40) then take it.
right now i think 168 might be too much for him, i think he could do a job on taylor, froch and a few others but kessler, AA and greene would all be too much for him. at 175 vs dawson or jean pascal he wouldn't know what to do, but i think johnson vs williams would be a very even fight.
In the sense of giving the opportunity, can go out right now a win a major belt in 5 different weight classes? Most of the good fighters would take a few years to grow into a weight class. As of right now Pwill could easily go out and do the following
UD Mosley for his WBC belt at 147
Knock out Berto for his WBA belt at 147
take any title holder at 154
UD Pavlik for his 160 WBC belt
UD Froch, Bute for their titles at 168
UD chad dawson if he had the IBF at 175
What Paul needs to do is go out take the lessor % of purses and fight soley for the sake of building his name up. Take 30 to pavlik 70 % of the purse and stuff like that until he has beaten enough of the big names that he can start demanding bigger purses.QUOTE]
i agree...idk about 70-30, but he should do 60-40 or 65-35.....beat pavlik's ass, then he can demand his own shares after that.....
Williams may win 3 weights, but he doesn't have the skill set of Hearns or Leonard..
cosign...
haha,beating dawson at 175-i want some of wot ur smoking
yea me too, thats some good shit! dawson would kill em.
The Punisher beats anyone from 147-160,I think 168 may be as far as he can go,his limit!!At 174 that's a whole other ballgame,I know people don't like the Punisher,but they hate because he truly is a dangerous man between 147-160,no body else,I mean no body else could have done what he did to Winky and please don't say Quintana because Quintana isnt wasnt or ever will be half the fighter Winky is,true story!!
i dont think it will be as easy as you think bro, slick boxers give pdub trouble. so imo mosley, santos, martinez,bute and dawson will be all (L) in pdubs record. :boxing:
how come he cant make 147?..Paul is fighting at his walk around weight. He actually looks bigger in the ring then he does when he is in street cloths. I mean seriously he has never struggled to make 147 and b4 this year his last 3 fights were 145 quintana rematch, 146 quintana 1st fight, and 145 Margarito fight. This was just a year ago.
at 6'3 i dont think 154 or 160 is Paul Williams walk around weight.
lol no disrespect to anyone or Paul Williams. but are you talking as easily as he beat Carlos Quintana the first time? or as easily as he beat a winky that had not fought in like 2 yrs?? Also a close decision against Margarito??
Pwill ain't fightin at 147 again. He couldn't be strong there at this point. And nobody there would fight him anyway. Nobody at 160 but Pavlik who KO's him imo. But 154 is all his.
how come he cant make 147?..Paul is fighting at his walk around weight. He actually looks bigger in the ring then he does when he is in street cloths. I mean seriously he has never struggled to make 147 and b4 this year his last 3 fights were 145 quintana rematch, 146 quintana 1st fight, and 145 Margarito fight. This was just a year ago.
Ill easily put all my point on paul williams if he ever faced Froch or Bute if they ever faced. Pavlik would be a good fight and could go either way. Dawson...I mean I like the kid but he can get got. If he can get outworked by Johnson, then It's not impossible to think Paul could out hussle him. What I'm saying is if he gets scheduled against anyone from 147-175 right now he would have a great chance of beating. I cant even say hearnes (even tho he could probable take any fighter within a 3 weight class range of himself) can do that. Guys like him would take year or so to get adjusted to a new weight. Paul could easily get prepared in 8-12 weeks and take out any of these guys.
In the sense of giving the opportunity, can go out right now a win a major belt in 5 different weight classes? Most of the good fighters would take a few years to grow into a weight class. As of right now Pwill could easily go out and do the following
UD Mosley for his WBC belt at 147
Knock out Berto for his WBA belt at 147
take any title holder at 154
UD Pavlik for his 160 WBC belt
UD Froch, Bute for their titles at 168
UD chad dawson if he had the IBF at 175
What Paul needs to do is go out take the lessor % of purses and fight soley for the sake of building his name up. Take 30 to pavlik 70 % of the purse and stuff like that until he has beaten enough of the big names that he can start demanding bigger purses.
first of, shane holds the wba belt, not wbc. wbc belongs to berto. im a fan of paul williams but i cant see him doing good at 168 or 175. wake up bro :lol1:
Pwill ain't fightin at 147 again. He couldn't be strong there at this point. And nobody there would fight him anyway. Nobody at 160 but Pavlik who KO's him imo. But 154 is all his.
In the sense of giving the opportunity, can go out right now a win a major belt in 5 different weight classes? Most of the good fighters would take a few years to grow into a weight class. As of right now Pwill could easily go out and do the following
UD Mosley for his WBC belt at 147
Knock out Berto for his WBA belt at 147
take any title holder at 154
UD Pavlik for his 160 WBC belt
UD Froch, Bute for their titles at 168
UD chad dawson if he had the IBF at 175
What Paul needs to do is go out take the lessor % of purses and fight soley for the sake of building his name up. Take 30 to pavlik 70 % of the purse and stuff like that until he has beaten enough of the big names that he can start demanding bigger purses.
Williams has quickly become one of my favorite fighters. But to say he could easily do these things.......I don't think so. After 154 his natural size advantage is negated. I wish him the best of luck, but Pavlik, Dawson and and a few of the super middles will be a tall order.
As far as who could have done this in the last 50 years.......Tommy Hearns.
Im not talking about working your way through divisions over the course of years. If at any point a champ within 5 weight classes called him out he has a great chance of winning.
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