PAUL WILLIAMS VS. WINKY WRIGHT
ROUND 1
Williams comes out firing his jab. Wright keeps a high guard. Both fighters trading jabs. Williams firing a barrage of punches upstairs and downstairs, most of them being blocked. Jab to the body lands for Williams that knocks Wright backwards. 1-2 lands for Williams. Double jab from Williams. Wright smiles at him. Nice left hand lands for Wright that backs Williams up. Williams lands a left hook upstairs. HARD right hook lands for Wright and Williams eats it. Right hand from Williams and Winky answers with a HARD left hook upstairs. Williams continues to fire his jab and land combos to the gloves of Wright and some of those punches are getting through. Right hand to the body lands for Williams followed by an uppercut. Wright lands a right to the body. Good round. Winky had his moments, but I have to give it Williams due to the enormous workrate. A lot of punches were being blocked, but a lot of them were landing too.
Williams 10 Wright 9
ROUND 2
Wright lands a jab. Williams answers with one of his own. Another jab lands for Winky. Five punche-combo from Williams. Looping left hook from Williams lands upstairs and Wright holds on. Another looping left hook lands for Williams....another ten-punch combo...right hook to the body, left hook upstairs...and another left hook blasts Wright upstairs and he staggers momentarily. Two uppercuts land for Williams...his workrate is ridiculous. I'm not sure the defense-minded Wright will be able to win rounds against a guy that throw so many punches. Jab and a nice left hook lands for Wright. They trade jabs. Wright digs two hard shots to the body. Williams answers with a four-punch combo. Wooo...nasty uppercut lands for Williams. Round to Williams.
Williams 20 Wright 18
ROUND 3
Winky lands a nice jab and a right hand. Another HARD right hand lands for Wright. 1-2 to the body lands for Williams. They trade on the inside. 1-2 lands for Williams. HARD uppercut lands for Williams and Wright holds on. Nice right to the body lands for Williams. Another uppercut from Williams blasts through the guard of Wright. Winky lands a right, but williams fires back with a combo. Another HARD 1-2 lands for Wright, but Williams eats it and fires back. Three-punch combo, upstairs and downstairs, lands for Williams. They trade on the inside again and Williams grins at him. A better round for Wright, but I still gotta give it to Williams.
Williams 30 Wright 27
ROUND 4
Williams lands a couple jabs to the body. Left hook lands for Williams. Winky lands a right, but Williams throws a flurry of punches...like about twenty of them...against the ropes. Most blocked, but some of them getting through. Williams has a look on his face as though he can do this all day. Winky lands a right hook upstairs, but again, Williams fires back. Right to the body and a right upstairs lands for Williams. Wright lands a nice 1-2 on the inside. Williams lands a HARD right hook. Left hand down the middle lands for Wright, but Williams answers back with a four-punch combo. 1-2 lands for Williams. Round to Williams again.
Williams 40 Wright 36
ROUND 5
Left hand lands for Williams. Nice right hand lands for Wright. Uppercut lands for Wright. They trade jabs. Double jab lands for Williams. Right hand from Williams bounces off the top of Wright's head. Wright lands a left hook on the inside. 1-2 lands for Williams. Wright counters with a left. HARD right hook lands for Williams. Winky covers up. Williams works the body on the inside. Winky holds on and Cortez warns him for it. Right hand lands for Wright. Williams eats it, presses forward and keeps firing back. Williams stalking now as Wright goes on the retreat. Close round, but I still gotta give it to Williams. Despite the success that Wright does have, Williams just keeps coming forward firing combos. Williams lands punches at so many different angles. At one point, as Winky was holding onto the right arm of Williams, Paul fired a left uppercut from underneath the arm that Winky had pinned. Joe Cortez actually warned him for that. Crazy. It was perfectly legal...but just crazy to see.
Williams 50 Wright 45
ROUND 6
HARD right hook lands for Williams. Winky tries to fire back, but he eats a left and a right in return. Nice right hook lands for Wright. Left hand lands for Wright. Both men trade on the inside. HARD uppercut lands for Williams. Wright answers with a hard 1-2 to the body. Woooo...hard left hand lands upstairs for Williams. Winky digs to the body again. Another HARD left hand blasts through the guard of Wright. Woooooo...big left hand from Williams snaps the head back of Wright. Left hand upstairs lands for Wright. Round to Williams.
Williams 60 Wright 54
ROUND 7
Halfway through the fight and Compubox has recorded 257 punches for Wright and 562 for Williams. Crazy. Right hook and an uppercut lands for Williams. Right hand lands for Williams. Winky digs a right to the body. Wright lands a right. Another right lands for Winky, but he eats a left in return. Both men trading jabs. The action has slowed a bit as the fight has become a battle of jabs. 1-2 lands for Wright. Two right hooks upstairs land for Williams. Left hand lands for Williams. Round to Williams.
Williams 70 Wright 63
ROUND 8
The face of Wright getting busted up in there. Some faint chants of "Let's go Winky, let's go." Both men trading jabs. HARD right hook from Williams blasts Wrigh upstairs and Winky wobbles. 1-2 lands for Williams. HARD right hook to the body lands for Williams. Winky covers up. Williams peppers him with his jab and smiles. Another crisp right hook rakes Winky across the face. Six-punch combo from Williams blasts through the guard of Wright. Williams unleashing some vicious combos on Wright. Left hand down the middle lands for Williams. Left hook to the body lands for Williams. Right hook upstairs lands for Williams. Winky just covering up and holding on. Right hand lands for Wright, but he eats a bigger right hand from Wright. Round to Williams. Wright got worked in that round. Williams isn't even breathing hard in the corner.
Williams 80 Wright 72
ROUND 9
HARD 1-2 lands for Williams. Wright falling short with his punches. Both men trade jabs. Winky lands a left and Williams smiles at him. WOOOOOOO....blistering left hook lands for Williams followed by a hard right. Winky staggers and tries to hold on, but Williams continues to blast him with left hands. Winky backs up to the ropes. Williams lands a left hook. 1-2 lands for Wright. Jab from Williams snaps the head back of Wright. Nice left hand lands for Wright, but Williams is unfazed. Nice right hand lands for Wright, but Williams fires back with a 1-2. HARD right hand from Williams lands. Winky holds on. Round to Williams. Winky is really starting to get busted up in there.
Williams 90 Wright 81
ROUND 10
Just to put it in perspective, Paul Williams has landed 119 out of 473 POWER PUNCHES through 9 rounds. Williams is just smiling and licking his chops at the start of the round. Williams comes out fast unleashing a flurry of punches. Left hand a right lands for Williams. He's still throwing. Winky just covering up. Another right and a left. Williams trying to finish it. Winky weathers the storm. Williams grins at him. Williams having a good time in there as he smiles and lands a left hook. HARD right hook from Williams blasts Wright upstairs. Winky lands a right to the body. A nice right hook upstairs lands for Wright. Williams just eats it again and fires back. Four-punch combo from Williams. Round to Williams.
Williams 100 Wright 90
ROUND 11
"We're behind in this fight. We need a stoppage," Dan Birmingham tells Wright in the corner. Right hand lands for Wright. Williams lands a 1-2. HARD right hook lands for Williams. Left hook to the body lands for Williams. Winky holds on. Another hard 1-2 lands for Williams upstairs. Left hand down the middle lands for Williams. Wright holds on. They trade to the body on the inside...Williams throwing and landing more of them. They trade left hands. Round to Williams.
Williams 110 Wright 99
ROUND 12
Williams fires a ten-punch combo. Left hook lands for Williams. Winky fires back. Both men trade a hard shots in the middle of the ring. Winky trying to get that knockout. Williams eats those punches and just keeps coming. HARD left hand down the middle lands for Williams and Wright holds on. Wright looks bad. Williams lands a right, but Winky fires a 1-2 to the body. HARD left hand lands for Williams, but Winky answers with a right of his own. They trade big right hands. Williams still throwing a ton of punches. Ten-punch combo from Williams momentarily staggers Wright and Emanuel Steward replies, "Oh my God!" Williams chases Wright to the corner still firing combos as the bell rings to end the fight. Round to Williams.
Williams 120 Wright 108
Harold Lederman scores the bout 119-109 for Wright.
Official judges scorecards: 119-109, 119-109, 120-108,
COMPUBOX
Williams total punches: 247/1086
Wright total punches: 116/511
Williams power punches: 177/667
Wright power punches: 76/271
POSTFIGHT
Ironically, despite the lopsided beatdown that Winky just took, it was probably one of the best fights I've seen him in. "Winky put up a good fight, I take my hat off to the man...I just overworked him...I proved I got in there with the best," state Paul Williams. "I would like for somebody to come out of retirement out there a 168," he continued, alluding to his desire to face retired former super middleweight and light heavyweight king Joe Calzaghe."He was real tall and awkward...it was a 21 month layoff...my timing was a little off, but it was a great fight...we did what we had to do...it definitely ain't my last fight...he throw a lot of punches, he going to be tough for anyone to beat," stated Winky Wright.
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