Williams: "Im going back to 147, Im coming for Floyd and Pacquiao"

There's plenty of fights to be made at 154. No need for Williams to drop down to 147. Anyway, hasn't Paul looked better at 154 and 160? I think he looks a lot better. Fighters like Williams can't go chasing the Golden Goose. He needs to be the man at 154 or 160. I highly doubt Pac or Floyd would want to risk getting beat by a string bean like Williams. He doesn't bring the $$$ and doesn't bring the fans. Why would Floyd or Pac fight Williams for peanuts when they can fight Cotto, Margarito, Mosley, Hatton etc. for more money with less risk? PWill, do yourself a favor and forget about Pac and Mayweather.

That's such bullshit bro!!! Just like he asked Pavlik for a 50/50 split and not being the draw and risking the belts only to turn around and do his typical shit of people not fighting him. He is where he's at cause of his ass thinking he should get the bigger pot. Another thing too, I might give Margarito the benefit of the doubt and see if he wants to fight Paul Williams if he can get his license back. I will say that he did at least get in the ring with him once which is more than I can say about the other guys.

Pacquiao either takes the full Olympic testing program...or he fights Williams. He could just fight another meaningless fighter and sell 500,000 to 700,000 too.

You know, to be honest with you though I think that Paul Williams moving down in weight could come back to bite him in the ass. I think he should stay where he's at, and make those guys come to him. Because when he moves down, that's the time that they are gonna move up to get away from him. Cotto is where he is at because he isn't a gym rat. But Cotto will duck him anyway though.

Interesting fights but I doubt either one will happen.

Floyd Mayweather’s domination of Shane Mosley has created a worldwide buzz for one mega-fight: Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao. However, promoter Dan Goossen would like fight fans to add Paul Williams to that super-bout equation if his fighter is victorious against Kermit Cintron this Saturday in Carson, Calif. Mayweather and Pacuqiao are interchangeable as the sport’s top two boxers pound for pound and are also Nos. 1 and 2 in the welterweight division. Goossen wants fans to believe that Williams is the No. 3 welterweight. Not just because of his fighter’s accomplishments at 147 pounds, such as outboxing and outworking Antonio Margarito for a title in July of 2007, but because he believes that Williams is the only other welterweight that matters. “There’s only three fighters at welterweight that haven’t been recycled,” Goossen told RingTV.com. “Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Paul Williams. All the other contenders have had their shot at the top and have been knocked back down, so there’s no need for us to see (Joshua) Clottey or Margarito or (Miguel) Cotto or Mosley fight either Pacquiao or Mayweather. “Fans have already seen that. We don’t want to see our stars in the same movies over and over again. We want new stars and we want a new movie.” Goossen believes that Williams (38-1, 27 knockouts) is the action hero the welterweight division and the sport needs. Anyone who watched the 12-round barnburner Williams had with newly crowned middleweight champ Sergio Martinez in December might agree with Goossen. But here’s the problem with the Southern California promoter’s notion that his fighter belongs in the elite welterweight mix: Williams hasn’t fought at 147 pounds in almost two years. The fight with Cintron (32-2-1, 28 KOs), which takes place at the Home Depot Center and will be televised on HBO, takes place in the junior middleweight division. His majority decision victory over Martinez took place in the middleweight division, as did his previous bout against Winky Wright, who he dominated over 12 rounds. Williams’ last fight at welterweight took place in June of 2008, when he blasted Carlos Quintana out in the first round of their rematch to regain the 147-pound belt he lost to the crafty southpaw four months earlier. He jumped to middleweight after the Quintana rematch, where he scored a first-round KO of journeyman Andrew Kolle. Williams followed that eye-opening outing with an impressive eighth-round stoppage of seasoned contender Verno Phillips in a junior middleweight bout. More than a few fans and members of the media doubt whether he can still make welterweight, and it’s not just because of his recent history. Williams, who is listed at 6-foot-1 (185 cm) but is probably closer to 6-foot-3, is huge. The gangly southpaw has the bone structure of a light heavyweight and the wingspan (82 inches, 208 cm) of a heavyweight. His first 25 pro bouts took place between 148 and 160 pounds. However, Goossen and the fighter’s trainer and father figure George Peterson are adamant in their belief that Williams can make 147 pounds. “We wanted this fight to be at welterweight,” Goossen said. “We wanted Paul to fight a 147-pound titleholder or a contender who would earn him an immediate shot at a welterweight title. However, we couldn’t get any welterweights to bite. By the time we settled on Cintron it was too close to the fight for Paul to make to 147 pounds, and since both are comfortable at 154 pounds, that’s the weight we made it at.” Goossen is aware that the fact Williams needs a certain amount of time to safely make 147 pounds is part of the reason many are skeptical that the 28-year-old Georgian is a natural welterweight. However, he believes that doubt will create more interest when Williams does return to the division. “The skepticism doesn’t bother us,” Goossen said. “We think part of the story of Paul’s next fight will be him going down to 147 pounds. Everyone will question it.” Peterson welcomes the questions. “Anyone who doesn’t think Paul can make the weight is invited to join us for breakfast the day of the weigh-in,” he said. However, if Williams can’t get a top-rated welterweight to agree to fight him, there won’t be a 147-pound limit for his next bout. He will continue to fight in the divisions where the elite fighters are willing to face him. Right now that’s junior middleweight, where Cintron and undefeated beltholder Sergiy Dzinziruk reside, and middleweight, where a rematch with Martinez could take place. Peterson knows that a lot of the skepticism of Williams’ ability to make welterweight comes from the fact that he hasn’t been willing to drop down for non-elite fighters, but he doesn’t care. “That doesn’t move us,” he said. “We don’t see a reason to come down for just anyone. We want the best. We can’t gain anything from fighting just any 147-pound body. We can gain something from fighting Pacquiao or Mayweather.” Peterson isn’t shy about his opinion on how his young fighter would fare against the pound-for-pound duo. “I absolutely think Paul can beat Mayweather and Pacquiao,” he said. “Pacquiao’s so small he can only hit Paul in the private area, and the secret to beating Mayweather is real simple -- make him fight.” Williams, an aggressive pressure fighter who often averages 100 punches per round, is very good at making his opponents fight. However, his tendency to brawl almost cost him his fight with Martinez, who many observers believe deserved the decision or at the very least a draw. “I try to hold him back but Paul is a fighter,” Peterson said. “He wants to go to war. There are times I tell him not to do anything stupid before he goes out for a round, like the last round versus Wright. But sometimes he’ll abandon what I’ve taught him over the years. He’s a warrior. He just wants to fight, and sometimes I got to let him go and bang.” Peterson believes there will be a lot of banging going on in Saturday’s fight with Cintron. “It’s going to be a good fight,” he said. “Fans are going to see some blood with this fight. Some of the big fights they’ve in recent weeks haven’t been fights at all. There wasn’t a nose bleed, not a swollen eye. But Saturday, they’re going to get a fight.” The fighters don’t disagree with Peterson. “I did everything in the gym that I need to do to win this fight,” said Cintron, who held Martinez to a draw in a 154-pound bout last February. “No excuses. I’m ready. Expect a war. Fans are going to see a hell of a fight.” Williams says fans can expect him to live up to his “Punisher” nickname on Saturday. “I respect (Cintron) as a man, but when we get in the ring, I’m going to put a hurt on him,” he said. “He’s going have to fight me like I’m a dog with rabies. I don’t have any sympathy for my opponents. “I’m going to try to break his jaw, break his ribs. I’m going to try to kill him.” If looks could kill, the police of Sherman Oaks, Calif., would have been drawing chalk lines around the bodies of the two fighters shortly after their intense stare down Wednesday at the final press conference for their fight. There’s little doubt that Williams and Cintron will deliver the kind of action-packed fight that fans had hoped to see with Mayweather-Mosley. However, whether or not Williams emerges victorious, fans will doubt his ability to be a major player at welterweight until he actually makes 147 pounds. PW is so tall and rangy for the lower weights, he could concievably work his way to a points win from such distance as to parry any risk. :alucard:

That's such bullshit bro!!! Just like he asked Pavlik for a 50/50 split and not being the draw and risking the belts only to turn around and do his typical shit of people not fighting him. He is where he's at cause of his ass thinking he should get the bigger pot. So what? It's not like Pavlik is this big fuckin draw that he's made out to be. His fight with Martinez didn't sell that much more than the Martinez-Williams fight and both fights were in Atlantic City. You just always want to look at it from an anti Williams perspective. Not taking into consideration the fact that Pavlik jerked him around by pulling out of those fights costing him time and money and messing up his training.

Floyd Mayweather’s domination of Shane Mosley has created a worldwide buzz for one mega-fight: Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao. However, promoter Dan Goossen would like fight fans to add Paul Williams to that super-bout equation if his fighter is victorious against Kermit Cintron this Saturday in Carson, Calif. Mayweather and Pacuqiao are interchangeable as the sport’s top two boxers pound for pound and are also Nos. 1 and 2 in the welterweight division. Goossen wants fans to believe that Williams is the No. 3 welterweight. Not just because of his fighter’s accomplishments at 147 pounds, such as outboxing and outworking Antonio Margarito for a title in July of 2007, but because he believes that Williams is the only other welterweight that matters. “There’s only three fighters at welterweight that haven’t been recycled,” Goossen told RingTV.com. “Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Paul Williams. All the other contenders have had their shot at the top and have been knocked back down, so there’s no need for us to see (Joshua) Clottey or Margarito or (Miguel) Cotto or Mosley fight either Pacquiao or Mayweather. “Fans have already seen that. We don’t want to see our stars in the same movies over and over again. We want new stars and we want a new movie.” Goossen believes that Williams (38-1, 27 knockouts) is the action hero the welterweight division and the sport needs. Anyone who watched the 12-round barnburner Williams had with newly crowned middleweight champ Sergio Martinez in December might agree with Goossen. But here’s the problem with the Southern California promoter’s notion that his fighter belongs in the elite welterweight mix: Williams hasn’t fought at 147 pounds in almost two years. The fight with Cintron (32-2-1, 28 KOs), which takes place at the Home Depot Center and will be televised on HBO, takes place in the junior middleweight division. His majority decision victory over Martinez took place in the middleweight division, as did his previous bout against Winky Wright, who he dominated over 12 rounds. Williams’ last fight at welterweight took place in June of 2008, when he blasted Carlos Quintana out in the first round of their rematch to regain the 147-pound belt he lost to the crafty southpaw four months earlier. He jumped to middleweight after the Quintana rematch, where he scored a first-round KO of journeyman Andrew Kolle. Williams followed that eye-opening outing with an impressive eighth-round stoppage of seasoned contender Verno Phillips in a junior middleweight bout. More than a few fans and members of the media doubt whether he can still make welterweight, and it’s not just because of his recent history. Williams, who is listed at 6-foot-1 (185 cm) but is probably closer to 6-foot-3, is huge. The gangly southpaw has the bone structure of a light heavyweight and the wingspan (82 inches, 208 cm) of a heavyweight. His first 25 pro bouts took place between 148 and 160 pounds. However, Goossen and the fighter’s trainer and father figure George Peterson are adamant in their belief that Williams can make 147 pounds. “We wanted this fight to be at welterweight,” Goossen said. “We wanted Paul to fight a 147-pound titleholder or a contender who would earn him an immediate shot at a welterweight title. However, we couldn’t get any welterweights to bite. By the time we settled on Cintron it was too close to the fight for Paul to make to 147 pounds, and since both are comfortable at 154 pounds, that’s the weight we made it at.” Goossen is aware that the fact Williams needs a certain amount of time to safely make 147 pounds is part of the reason many are skeptical that the 28-year-old Georgian is a natural welterweight. However, he believes that doubt will create more interest when Williams does return to the division. “The skepticism doesn’t bother us,” Goossen said. “We think part of the story of Paul’s next fight will be him going down to 147 pounds. Everyone will question it.” Peterson welcomes the questions. “Anyone who doesn’t think Paul can make the weight is invited to join us for breakfast the day of the weigh-in,” he said. However, if Williams can’t get a top-rated welterweight to agree to fight him, there won’t be a 147-pound limit for his next bout. He will continue to fight in the divisions where the elite fighters are willing to face him. Right now that’s junior middleweight, where Cintron and undefeated beltholder Sergiy Dzinziruk reside, and middleweight, where a rematch with Martinez could take place. Peterson knows that a lot of the skepticism of Williams’ ability to make welterweight comes from the fact that he hasn’t been willing to drop down for non-elite fighters, but he doesn’t care. “That doesn’t move us,” he said. “We don’t see a reason to come down for just anyone. We want the best. We can’t gain anything from fighting just any 147-pound body. We can gain something from fighting Pacquiao or Mayweather.” Peterson isn’t shy about his opinion on how his young fighter would fare against the pound-for-pound duo. “I absolutely think Paul can beat Mayweather and Pacquiao,” he said. “Pacquiao’s so small he can only hit Paul in the private area, and the secret to beating Mayweather is real simple -- make him fight.” Williams, an aggressive pressure fighter who often averages 100 punches per round, is very good at making his opponents fight. However, his tendency to brawl almost cost him his fight with Martinez, who many observers believe deserved the decision or at the very least a draw. “I try to hold him back but Paul is a fighter,” Peterson said. “He wants to go to war. There are times I tell him not to do anything stupid before he goes out for a round, like the last round versus Wright. But sometimes he’ll abandon what I’ve taught him over the years. He’s a warrior. He just wants to fight, and sometimes I got to let him go and bang.” Peterson believes there will be a lot of banging going on in Saturday’s fight with Cintron. “It’s going to be a good fight,” he said. “Fans are going to see some blood with this fight. Some of the big fights they’ve in recent weeks haven’t been fights at all. There wasn’t a nose bleed, not a swollen eye. But Saturday, they’re going to get a fight.” The fighters don’t disagree with Peterson. “I did everything in the gym that I need to do to win this fight,” said Cintron, who held Martinez to a draw in a 154-pound bout last February. “No excuses. I’m ready. Expect a war. Fans are going to see a hell of a fight.” Williams says fans can expect him to live up to his “Punisher” nickname on Saturday. “I respect (Cintron) as a man, but when we get in the ring, I’m going to put a hurt on him,” he said. “He’s going have to fight me like I’m a dog with rabies. I don’t have any sympathy for my opponents. “I’m going to try to break his jaw, break his ribs. I’m going to try to kill him.” If looks could kill, the police of Sherman Oaks, Calif., would have been drawing chalk lines around the bodies of the two fighters shortly after their intense stare down Wednesday at the final press conference for their fight. There’s little doubt that Williams and Cintron will deliver the kind of action-packed fight that fans had hoped to see with Mayweather-Mosley. However, whether or not Williams emerges victorious, fans will doubt his ability to be a major player at welterweight until he actually makes 147 pounds. just win tonight paul then u can call out whoever you want dont look past kermit

That's such bullshit bro!!! Just like he asked Pavlik for a 50/50 split and not being the draw and risking the belts only to turn around and do his typical shit of people not fighting him. He is where he's at cause of his ass thinking he should get the bigger pot. Give me some examples. What elite WW did he run from?? "He is where he is" Hes a Top P4Pounder in the sport. Thats where he is.

Gossen is full of shit though. All those guys were fighting each other while Williams left the division. To me it seems he didn't want to take risks. Your posts are garbage regarding Paul Williams. He offered Clottey a fight and Clottey turned him down. He offered Margarito the rematch and Margarito turned him down. He offered to fight Berto, Collazo, Judah, they all turned him down. He offered to fight Mosley and Mayweather, they all turned him down. They're the ones that didn't want to take the risks. Not him. And how about Cotto? We all knew that Williams should've been next in line for that fight after Margarito. But what did Cotto do? Barely squeak by the same staminaless version of Mosley that Mayweather dominated and then went on to fight Margarito after Margarito never rematched Williams. Margarito had to go through this same kind of thing with fighters avoiding him during his career. And there were some fighters who were willing to give him a shot and he turned it down. How about a prime Winky Wright? Who has Paul Williams ducked? James Kirkland? Lol.

I want to see Floyd beat Williams, but I want Williams to earn his chance. You should want the best boxers fighting each other and earning the chance to fight the best. No fair for a guy like Berto who holds a belt for another guy to come back down 147 and get his biggest payday of his life without earning a chance to fight the best. The fight would generate more money and more buzz if Williams comes back down to 147 and beats Berto or Mosley. Why does he have to beat Berto or Mosley? Hes ranked higher P4P then both of them. And would most likely kill them both in the ring. I doubt you care about whats fair for Berto my dude. I care about getting a great fight and a great test for both fighters.

Why dont you want to see Floyd fight Williams? Me and you are fans. We shouldnt care about that. I want to see Floyd beat Williams, but I want Williams to earn his chance. You should want the best boxers fighting each other and earning the chance to fight the best. No fair for a guy like Berto who holds a belt for another guy to come back down 147 and get his biggest payday of his life without earning a chance to fight the best. The fight would generate more money and more buzz if Williams comes back down to 147 and beats Berto or Mosley.

I would laugh so hard if he loses to Kermit. Williams need to earn his chance to fight Money May or Pac. What has he done lately at 147? He should fight Mosley or Berto first. Why dont you want to see Floyd fight Williams? Me and you are fans. We shouldnt care about that.

Mayweather won't fight him because he can't generate revenue. Pacquiao won't fight him because Roach doesn't see him getting old or losing his legs yet.

I would laugh so hard if he loses to Kermit. Williams need to earn his chance to fight Money May or Pac. What has he done lately at 147? He should fight Mosley or Berto first.

Burner after watching P. Will vs. Floyd. http://pretprieel.nl/pictures/Randy_Marsh_covered_in_ectoplasm.jpg :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Burner after watching P. Will vs. Floyd. http://pretprieel.nl/pictures/Randy_Marsh_covered_in_ectoplasm.jpg

either fight would probably be fight of the year. i think he has the best chance of beating mayweather, he has a lot bigger reach, mayweather usually has a bigger reach against his opponents but wasnt to phased by mosley's reach. pwill has a freakishly high workrate, so floyd would have to defend and counter better than ever. pwill is quite quick and strong at 147. mayweather would have to fight better than ever and pac and pwill would be a very exciting brawl i think, pwill would win though imo

Winner of Berto-Williams gets a shot at the winner of Pac-Mayweather. Hell Id even like to see the losers face off too.

P-Will vs Floyd at 147 or 154. Id pay to see it However I think the Martinez rematch is a better option for Paul, So he can get some titles and earn more recognition and more respect.