Nobuhiro Ishida: record, next fight and profile →
Paul Williams throws nearly twice as many punches per round, while Ishida lands at a slightly higher percentage. Williams threw and landed twice as many power shots as Ishida, who landed half the 154-pound average for power shots.
It could have been a unification fight. What appears to be the best-matched contest of the weekend should feature an exciting, violent IBF titlist against an exciting, cerebral WBA beltholder. The judges screwed Gabriel Campillo out of his WBA belt against Beibut Shumenov in 2010. They almost gave screwed him again in a draw last year against Karo Murat. Saturday night, he can find redemption against a man who never fights to get to the cards. Redemption isn’t a storyline contained to the title affair. At Jr. Middleweight, Paul Williams tries to bounce back from what should have been two straight defeats (no, there is no rational argument for his winning against Erislandy Lara last year) against one of the best stories of 2011. Can his opponent keep lightning in the bottle?
Paul Williams hardly knows anything about Nobuhiro Ishida. The former welterweight and junior middleweight champion knows what we all know, that Ishida scored a shocking first-round knockout against James Kirkland on April 9 in Las Vegas. Beyond less than two minutes of action in that fight, in which Ishida dropped the previously undefeated Kirkland three times, Williams hasn’t seen Ishida fight.
By Jake Donovan - The 2012 season premiere of Showtime Championship Boxing is officially underway, as all four televised fighters made weight for Saturday’s show live from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Headlining the telecast is a 12-round junior middleweight showdown between former two-division titlist Paul Williams and Japanese contender Nobuhiro Ishida. Both fighters honored the contracted 155 lb weight limit, Ishida making weight on the dot while Williams came in slightly lighter at 153.5 lb.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS – A packed crowd attended the final press conference on Thursday at American Bank Center Arena to witness the jarring between promoters Don King and Dan Goossen and the fighters participating in Saturday’s SHOWTIME Championship Boxing event, live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
A high-profile southpaw is in the rebuilding stage. He’s at the door step of title contention but still needs to show that he has enough left to rally the detractors back on his side. Along the way, he turns to a Japanese middleweight, of the belief that it’s a credible enough yet safe choice for the next step.
The Boxing Lab, BoxingScene.com's official audio show, welcomed former two division champion Paul "The Punisher" Williams to their most recent show. Williams takes on Nobuhiro Ishida in the main event of a Showtime televised card that takes place on February 18th in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Paul Williams knows what his critics are saying about him. They think that are suffering a devastating one-punch, second-round knockout defeat to Sergio Martinez and performing poorly against Erislandy Lara in back-to-back bouts that Williams’ days as an elite-level prizefighter are over. The former WBO welterweight and junior middleweight champion cannot wait to start trying to prove them wrong when he faces Japan’s Nobuhiro Ishida (24-6-2, 9 KOs) in a 12-round junior middleweight match Feb. 18 in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Japanese middleweight Nobuhiro Ishida thought he hit the jackpot after scoring a monumental upset in his first round knockout of James Kirkland last April. Then a 35-year old journeyman, Ishida was thought to be a soft touch, but instead served as a reminder that Kirkland had a long way to go in his comeback.
Japan's Nobuhiro Ishida has started the toughest training camp of his entire career. Ishida is preparing for his scheduled fight against Paul Williams, set for February 18th in Corpus Christi, Texas. Ishida, ranked #2 by the WBA at 154, and Williams, ranked #5 by the WBA at 154, will have their fight broadcast on Showtime.