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By Sammy Rozenberg - A new star was born at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California as Paul "The Punisher" Williams (33-0, 24 KOs) of Augusta, GA won a unanimous decision over Antonio Margarito (34-5, 24 KOs) from Tijuana, Mexico to win the WBO welterweight title.
The fight was a back and forth battle of big punches and big wills. Williams may be one of the most active fighters in the sport. He threw 1256 punches over the twelve round contest against the man that both Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Shane Mosley turned down to fight.
Margarito had a lot of trouble with Williams' height of 6'2 (some say 6'1), his reach of 83 inches and his southpaw style. To make matters worse, Williams was throwing over 100 punches per round, giving Margarito few occasions to jump in with his own counters.
The half of the fight was dominated by Williams' higher punch output. Not all of the punches were landing, but he was throwing so many that any official judge would find it very hard not to give him the rounds. Margarito did plenty of damage with his bodyshots, making Williams double over at times from the force of the blows.
Williams also used a lot of movement to circle Margarito with his jab and fire off that jab with quick combinations. When he began to slow down, he stood his ground and went toe to toe with tough Mexican hitter, sometimes getting the better of the exchanges.
The defining moment of the fight came in the eleventh round. Margarito sensing that he needed to close the show big, began blistering Williams with a high volume of power punches to the head and body, opening a big cut above the left eye of Williams in the process. Williams showed that he was for real by hanging on and weathering a storm that would broken down a lot of other men. [details]
The fight was a back and forth battle of big punches and big wills. Williams may be one of the most active fighters in the sport. He threw 1256 punches over the twelve round contest against the man that both Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Shane Mosley turned down to fight.
Margarito had a lot of trouble with Williams' height of 6'2 (some say 6'1), his reach of 83 inches and his southpaw style. To make matters worse, Williams was throwing over 100 punches per round, giving Margarito few occasions to jump in with his own counters.
The half of the fight was dominated by Williams' higher punch output. Not all of the punches were landing, but he was throwing so many that any official judge would find it very hard not to give him the rounds. Margarito did plenty of damage with his bodyshots, making Williams double over at times from the force of the blows.
Williams also used a lot of movement to circle Margarito with his jab and fire off that jab with quick combinations. When he began to slow down, he stood his ground and went toe to toe with tough Mexican hitter, sometimes getting the better of the exchanges.
The defining moment of the fight came in the eleventh round. Margarito sensing that he needed to close the show big, began blistering Williams with a high volume of power punches to the head and body, opening a big cut above the left eye of Williams in the process. Williams showed that he was for real by hanging on and weathering a storm that would broken down a lot of other men. [details]
I find it insulting yet comical how mexicans chant "mexico" and wave mexican flags at sporting events when mexican athletes compete here in the U.S. 
mexicans suffer harsh conditions and even die trying to leave their **** hole of a country to reach America that affords them the opportunity to make a decent living and take care of their families both here in the U.S. and send money back home to mexihell, yet no chants of "U.S.A." and waving of American Flags? 
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