Weights: Wright 159, Williams 157, Arreola 255

[Heru]

No one has said anything about McCline's 271 lbs so I guess he doesn't stand a chance winning this one?

McCline is 6'7 so I'd think he can spread out those 271 evenly, plus he is muscular and comes in shape. It's funny because he can't throw much I suspect somewhat because of the muscles. 255 is 10 pounds above what would probably be optimum condition for Arreola. He threw a ton of combos with energy to spare against Witherspoon and in his last couple fights he's had to rest or hasn't fought entire rounds; he just won't understand until he gets knocked out.

[JakeNDaBox]

[MissDeeCole]

no video? I wanna see Arreolas jiggle

[IIG]

Mccline looks terrible. Arreola will probably get a first round KO.

[Xyei]

no video? I wanna see Arreolas jiggle

I wanna see you jiggle.

[PeterinMI]

About 15lb too heavy. Oh dear ...

Just sad. He may win but how lazy. Reminds me of Sam Peter. I refuse to be in the corner for anyone who comes in that out of shape. For this fight I officially don't care who wins. Both are lazy and are in Chris' case wasting potential and in Jameel's case has wasted potential.

[DonTaseMeBrah]

Greatness = No Beer Belly

[Osirus022]

Maybe Arreola Put on some more muscle. Since Muscle weigh more than fat

"The Punisher"is gonna get embarrassed

[Dave Rado]

Nice article about the Wright-Williams fight, with interviews, here.

An extract:

About 10 years ago, there was a similar fight between two smaller prizefighters. One was known as a come-forward punching machine, and the other was known as a defensive stalwart who just couldn’t punch much. Does this sound familiar?

At the time I had some very good friends (one who died in 2000 from cancer) who did not believe me when I told them it was going to be a great fight. They all shook their heads in unison. After about a week of me insisting they go to Vegas for the fight, they finally relented.

Ironically the fight was held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino too. It was a brand new arena at the time and hadn’t staged many fights. On this particular night two bantamweights contenders entered the ring to a near full house.

The two prizefighters that night were Johnny Tapia and little-known Paulie Ayala. When the bell rang in the first round, it was like igniting a keg of gasoline because these two guys exploded on each other.

My friends Dr. Mario Perez - who passed away from cancer two months after watching Oscar De La Hoya fight Shane Mosley in their first fight - and publisher Jesus Jimenez had gingerly come along. When I looked back at them after the third round they just had these two big smiles. They knew they were witnessing a boxing gem.

Twelve rounds later, it was Ayala whose hand was raised to the astonishment of half of the crowd. That night the real winners were the boxing fans who saw one of the best fights in the last 19 years. They don’t come that often.

Williams and Wright should bring that same fiery element when they square off on Saturday. I could see it in their eyes that they were anxious to get the fight going.

“I’m going to take it to him,” said Williams with this big gleam in his eyes. “I’m not looking to wait.”

Wright nodded his head excitedly. After spending most of his career chasing opponents, he has a guy who is equally anxious to trade blows.

“I say cool, lets do it,” says Wright. “I can’t wait. It’s been a long time.”

[EL ANIMAL]

Lets go paul williams!!!!!!!!!!