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I gotta give Williams some props. In the past ive have been baffled by the praise lavished on him, and rightly so imo. However since the Quintana fight he definitely has improved as a fighter. Ive seen his all his fights from the Quintana defeat and even though i thought he had improved then i could not take it seriously, because he was fighting the likes of Kolle,Phillips etc.
Against Winky he showed me a lot more, and it just confirmed how much he has learned from that Quintana loss. Ive always said he lacked a Boxing brain and he is just a punching machine. Harsh i know, but TBH all i had seen from him upto that point was activity/punch output and him being labelled the new Tommy Hearns. He has never shown the shoulder rolls,pivoting,slipping, head movement,creating the angles to punch off etc.
I was impressed with his defence even though he still got hit solidly a few times. I mean dont get me wrong i dont fancy his chances if he gets hit like that by Abraham or Pavlik, but his defence has improved a lot more. He will never not get hit solidly though imo, because he is that tall. When you are 6ft 1 and you are fighting guys that are 5ft 10 you are always gonna find it difficult to get out the way of everything, because you present that much of a big target area.
Against Winky he showed me a lot more, and it just confirmed how much he has learned from that Quintana loss. Ive always said he lacked a Boxing brain and he is just a punching machine. Harsh i know, but TBH all i had seen from him upto that point was activity/punch output and him being labelled the new Tommy Hearns. He has never shown the shoulder rolls,pivoting,slipping, head movement,creating the angles to punch off etc.
I was impressed with his defence even though he still got hit solidly a few times. I mean dont get me wrong i dont fancy his chances if he gets hit like that by Abraham or Pavlik, but his defence has improved a lot more. He will never not get hit solidly though imo, because he is that tall. When you are 6ft 1 and you are fighting guys that are 5ft 10 you are always gonna find it difficult to get out the way of everything, because you present that much of a big target area.
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