Paul Williams is not shot.

[Chief2ndzOnly!]

I am a fan of both fighters, been a Paul fan a little longer. I can honestly say Paul "In my eyes" lost that fight tonight. It was the 1st fight that I've been able to see in theater, and I have said this time and time again. Paul needs ti switch trainers, plain and simple. No disrespect to Mr. Peterson, but he has brought Paul as far as he can. But it is not entirely on his camp. Look back at Paul's earlier fights even all the way up to Winky, Paul moved his head a whole lot more than he does now. He didnt effectively cut off the ring like he should have(And George made no mention of telling Paul how to correctly do so during the fight), Paul kept leaning to one side and moving back in a straight line. I did see Paul make adjustments to his defense to a degree. He was made a concerted effort to keep his left hand up, but that was all. Why didnt George tell Paul "Son, your circling right into the gotdamn left hand. Move to YOUR Left."?

But Paul is far too loyal to change trainers so this will be the extent to Paul's growth as a Boxer. But Paul seriously needs someone to take him past the level he used to be at, cause he has regressed as a fighter IMHO by keeping George Peterson on as his Chief 2nd.

[Trenchant]

I thought Paul's volume and being the agressor would possibly get him the nod and it did. Lara's potshotting with the left was very effective but it didn't really affect Paul all that much. Paul should easily be able to anticipate that punch, jab and feint a little and land some hard punches on that little squirt. He definitely fought the wrong game plan and did not adjust after he started getting potshotted, I don't see it as a robbery, Lara just did way better then anyone expected.