Cotto-Williams, 2008

Williams makes Cotto take a knee.

The Cotto that fought Margacheato in their first fight would have beaten P-Will very convincingly, I won't say KO because P-Will was game

I think Cotto takes this, as awkward as Paul Williams was... he was a very vulnerable fighter. Cotto would have punished the body and would have stopped him late. Sure P Will had this reputation of being feared but it was mostly due to his freakish size / length. He was overrated because of it though.

Paul Williams beats Carlos Quintana in their first fight, and Cotto is matched with him rather than against Margarito. Who wins? Cotto pre Margarito beats P Will by close decision IMO... Cotto, after a round or two starts to get on Williams inside and cuts his work rate down with body shots.. I can see him slowing down mid to late rounds and be overtaken by Williams then late surge by Miguel in the Champ rounds seal the decision!

P. Williams would have the edge. P. Williams shots came from everywhere and never stopped coming. By the later rounds, Cotto would get tired out by the constant barrage. While Cotto does have a dominant left hand, P. Williama had problems with southpaws that fought in the southpaw stance and had some slickness to them too. Again, that's not Cotto. If P.Williams only had a good trainer, who knows how far he could have gone.

Williams would beat Cotto imo to much awkward movement and off rhythm speed

Cotto tenderizes his body and outboxes to a clear UD or possibly late stoppage. Two different classes of fighters.

IMO Williams takes a narrow decision in a barnburner. Pity the fight never happened.

Williams was a very hard guy to beat and I think he would overwhelm Cotto with over 100 punches a round and wear him down and knock him out.

I think Williams is too big for him to be honest. Sure, he didn't use his size well but he was gifted in many other ways. AMAZING stamina, good handspeed, solid chin...he would make you fight the whole round. I think Cotto hasn't ever had the best stamina, he likes to fight in spurts and that wouldn't work too well vs Williams. Man, I miss Paul Williams. So many great match ups for a prime P.Williams at 147-154.