Paul Williams: How good is he All-Time???

[sdcluser]

Does he belong in the All-time?!

[Porter's Dad]

Thread title obviously doesn't do him any favours. He's no ATG but he's no bum either.

I was never really a fan but I appreciate him. He always came to fight, was a tough SOB, and was more willing to fight anyone than most other fighters in the sport.

It's become trendy to call him a bum and denigrate him. Fine, you think he was overrated (and I do too). Maybe it was the affiliation with Haymon, or the robberies against Sergio and Lara. Hell, maybe it was Burner riding him.

Whatever it is, I still think we should give the guy his respect. He put a lot into the sport, took a lot of punishment (and I hope he doesn't pay for it down the line after he's finished boxing) and gave us a good number of entertaining fights.

Good but flawed fighter who I will remember somewhat fondly years from now, even though I was never a big fan.

[New England]

He was a true warrior


go rewatch almost all of his fights and you'll see him taking boatloads of punishment


hell, the guy took bombs from walter friggin mathysse. he had a heck of a chin. evidenced in nearly every fight. he got hit very often.


i thought he lost the first fight to martinez by a round. close fight. could have gone either way, but the scorecards were literally bogus.

i had him down on the cards against cintron, as well.
but looking at the footage, i'm of the opinion now that cintron tried to jump out of the ring and win cheap thinking he was ahead on the cards.

and obviously the lara fight was a total jobbing
i thought he lost almost every round. he took hellacious punishment.

lara could not miss with his power punches, and he does have some pop.




i'll remember williams for being a true warrior who was all offense

and at one point in time he was the most avoided man in boxing.

terrific kid, also. very honest.

[Jack Napier]

all time?
he doesn't even qualify
he wasn't anything special in his own time

[Reloaded]

PW is nothing at any time , another title holder another contender , lots and lots are PW level when you you look back over history .

[AnimalisticMeth]

His legacy is easiest giant to hit in the history of boxing and a waste of talent. Dude is 6'1 but fights like a he is 5'4 is really sad, he is a mental midget in the boxing ring. A guy with that reach and height should be fighting behind a jab and with great defense but Paul really never had either.

[Heeb]

Paul Williams was a world class fighter. Very entertaining. All-time though, he doesn't rank anywhere on any list. He wasn't really a special talent. Still a tough fighter and a guy boxing fans should respect.

[Reloaded]

His legacy is easiest giant to hit in the history of boxing and a waste of talent. Dude is 6'1 but fights like a he is 5'4 is really sad, he is a mental midget in the boxing ring. A guy with that reach and height should be fighting behind a jab and with great defense but Paul really never had either.

Reminds me of Mark Breland just taller .