why is segrio martinez fighting p-will at 160?????

[keepthemhandsup]

If Manny fights for the title why not Martinez. He's had a huge winning streak and it only ended cause of a controversial draw.

guess he don't want to take the risk vs paul.....i think his slick style will give paul trobule.

[Iceta]

Against who? Anyway he looked good against Cintron, but at 160 he has yet to fight consistently. We don't really know how good he might be at that weight.

I don't remember who it was against. It was against some no name bum. I know that.

[Hopkiller]

Williams and his team want an extra advantage. He could make 154 easily.

Williams weight last 3 fights:

2009-04-11 157 Ronald Wright 159 51-4-1
2008-11-29 153½ Verno Phillips 154 42-10-1
2008-09-25 157 Andy Kolle 158 17-1-0

It's hard to give any credit to fighters that are forcing others to move from their common weight class. I mean what does that prove if he wins? Divisions are made for a reason, there's a limit somewhere. For me its just another fight against someone that hasn't proven what he could do at this weight.

[flyest1]

Martinez was suppose to fight somebody in Spain sometime in Septemeber. I don't know about the weight. But he was suppose to fight

[Hopkiller]

guess he don't want to take the risk vs paul.....i think his slick style will give paul trobule.

If it was cause of his 1st showing vs Quintana I would give Martinez more of a chance, but we haven't seen any of them prove themselves in this weight.
Paul Williams was very active vs Winky Wright, but Winky is old and didn't put any pressure on him. So I don't know if Williams was actually getting better or just looked better against much slower opponent.

[IMDAZED]

Martinez was suppose to fight somebody in Spain sometime in Septemeber. I don't know about the weight. But he was suppose to fight

Martinez and Williams both planned on coming under the middleweight limit for their next bout. And I expect both to weigh 157. Two interesting notes prior to the announcement of the bout, Williams was quoted as saying he preferred Martinez because he could pick up another title. DiBella was quoted as saying he wasn't sure if they would put the belt on the line. This is the result.

[Easy-E]

Williams has been training for 160 and cant make 154 right now.
And people say he walks around at 150...

[firstborn]

How come some of you are blaming PWill for the fight weight, how do you know Martinez wanted to defend his title on such short notice? That being said how can anyone complain about 6lbs when Haye just fought a dude that had a 90lbs weight advantage. 6 lbs shouldnt make or break an elite fighter.

[jrosales13]

This fight should of been at 154. The fight matters more at 154. The fight is better at 154. But, regardless Sergio Martinez is the best opponent for P-Will from 154-160.

[Iceta]

Williams should've took a little bit less money to satisfy Martinez and fight him for his title at 154 now that I think about it. I don't think that Mosley and Cotto will keep fighting at 147, and if Williams has no title then there is no incentive in fighting him for those guys. It sounds lame, but he needs something to entice those guys if he wants to get in the ring with them. Pavlik is just a big let down right now.