Paul Williams
Paul Williams was born in Aiken, South Carolina, United States on July 27th, 1981 and is the Boxer. At the age of 42, Paul Williams biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Paul Williams (born July 27, 1981) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012.
He competed for the WBO interim middleweight title twice between 2007 and 2008, and then again in 2010, and then again for the unified middleweight crown in 2010.
Williams, nicknamed "The Punisher," and standing at 6 foot 1 inches, was considered unusually tall for the three divisions in which he competed.
After a motorcycle accident that left him unable from the waist down, his career was cut short in 2012.
Professional career
He made his debut in the year 2000. The Goossens have promoted him. Terrence Cauthen, the former Olympic bronze medalist, was named in 2005 and defeated Alfonso Sanchez in 5 rounds later this year. On Wednesday Night Fights, Sergio Rios' second-round deflection was defeated in his ESPN debut. Williams made his HBO debut against Walter Matthysse, then-undefeated, by winning by a tenth-round technical knockout. Sharmba Mitchell, the former junior welterweight world champion, was followed by a victory. Mitchell was knocked down three times while trying to get a fourth-round TKO.
Williams defeated WBO Welterweight Champion Antonio Margarito, making him the sole contender for the WBO World Championship. Williams won a unanimous decision in a close contest in which Williams' apparently better finish threatened his decision victory in the eyes of boxing experts and fans alike. Williams defeated Carlos Quintana in his first defense of his title on February 9, 2008. In what many regarded as a minor upset, Williams lost by decision to Quintana.
On June 7, 2008, Williams and Quintana rematch at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, at Williams' request. Williams got off to a good start when a left hand led Quintana to a daze when several follow-up barrages forced Quintana to be dismissed. He climbed up, but Williams opened fire with hundreds of unanswered punches as the referee leapt in to stop the fight while Quintana was knocked out again.
Williams was supposed to be battling Kelly Pavlik for the WBC Middleweight title, but instead, Pavlik decided to jump two weight classes to face Bernard Hopkins. On September 25, Williams defeated Andy Kolle. Williams dominated the fight from the start and saw a first-round knockout in 1:37 seconds.
Williams vacated his WBO welterweight title in order to face Verno Phillips for the WBO Interim Light Middleweight Championship after struggling to win another meaningful match at welterweight.
After the Doctor called the fight, Williams defeated Phillips by way of TKO after 8 rounds. He gained the WBO Interim Light Middleweight Championship in doing so.
In a 12-round middleweight contest on HBO, Williams defeated Winky Wright on April 11, 2009. Williams was defeated in a unanimous decision that was not close on the scorecards, but three of the three judges gave Williams only one round, while Williams scored all 12 rounds in Williams.
Williams was then training to face Middleweight Champion Kelly Pavlik in a fight that was scheduled to take place in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on October 3, 2009. When it was discovered that Pavlik had a staph infection in his knuckle, the match was postponed, and it had been postponed until December 5. However, the bout was postponed for a second time six weeks before the fight because Pavlik's infection had not completely recovered.
Paul Williams defeated Sergio Martnez in a battle of a twelve-round main event on December 5, 2009. Martinez was disqualified in the first round due to poor balance and a grazing left hand that landed just below the ear. Martinez had a knockdown of his own over Williams in the final seconds of the 1st round. Martinez's next two rounds were heavily in his favor, as he struck Williams with barrages of counter punches. After Martinez had ostensibly won the first three rounds, Williams returned to the head of Martinez with a landslide. Martinez confused Williams in rounds 8-10 by throwing straight lead lefts to the body, right hooks to the head, and straight lefts to the face. Martinez and Williams' last two rounds displayed a lot of exhaustion, but both warriors survived to the end, though Williams did win both of the last two rounds by being the more active boxer, despite having much less active presence in those final two rounds as a result. Martinez won by a close majority over Martinez, who was determined to have far superior attendance during those final two rounds as a result of his far superior performance during those final two rounds. Williams won 114-114, 115-113 for Williams, and 119-110 for Williams, bringing Williams as the majority decision winner.
After winning by a close match over Sergio Martnez, Paul Williams advanced to face Kermit Cintrón of Puerto Rico. On May 8, 2010, the two stars appeared on Saturday Night. Kermit Cintron fell out of the ring unintentionally and was not allowed to continue fighting due to the arena floor. At the time of the stoppage, Williams was leading on two of the three judges' scorecards and was proclaimed the champion by a split technical decision. Cintron, who felt he should have been first on the scorecards, filed a lawsuit seeking that the decision be changed to a no-contest, claiming that he was not given the five-minute recovery time allowed under California laws.
Sergio Martinez's rematch with Sergio Martinez finally appeared at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on November 20, 2010. The match was fought at a catchweight limit of 158 pounds rather than the middleweight maximum of 160, with Martinez' WBC Middleweight Championship on the line. The fight had been touted as a "fight-of-the-year," but Sergio Martnez's knockout blow left the fight early and adamantly in the second round, with 2:02 remaining. Williams was right on the chin when he tried to give him a left-hand of his own. When Williams' right hand was at his waist when the punch was delivered, rendering Paul Williams unconscious on contact.
Paul Williams fought in a light middleweight competition in Atlantic City on July 9, 2011 against former Cuban amateur sensation Erislandy Lara. Throughout the fight, Lara continued to punch Williams with hard left hands and seemed to have dominated the game convincingly in the eyes of the HBO crew and those sitting at ringside. However, the judges awarded Williams a narrow majority decision, triggering Williams' suspension by the New Jersey Athletic Control Board, which ultimately resulted in Williams' suspension.