News - Paul Williams

BoxingScene.com has learned that heavyweight Chris Arreola will face either Derric Rossy (22-2, 12KOs) or Brian Minto (34-2, 21KOs) on December 5 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Contenders Michael Grant and Malik Scott have also been mentioned but the Rossy and Minto appear to be the two names at the top of the list read more ...

WBO interim junior middleweight champion Paul Williams (27-1, 14 KOs) will face WBC super welterweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-1-2, 34 KOs) on December 5 at Boardwalk Hall’s Adrian Phillips Ballroom in Atlantic City. The bout will be fought at middleweight poundage with no belts on the line read more ...

Saturday’s fight in Hartford, Connecticut, between “Lightning” Harry Joe Yorgey, (22-0-1, 10 KOs), of Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, and Alfredo “Perro” Angulo, (16-1, 13 KOs), of Mexicali, B.C., Mexico, has been approved for the WBO interim junior middleweight world title. No announcement has been made the WBO as to whether the current WBO Interim champion Paul “The Punisher” Williams will be stripped read more ...

WBO/WBC middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik is confident that his power will be a factor in the fight with Paul Williams on December 5. Pavlik says the possibility of a knockout win is very good. He says Williams is a very active puncher who throws a lot of punches per round read more ...

WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik and two-division world champion Paul “The Punisher” Williams, along with their respective promoters, Todd duBoef and Dan Goossen, will host a news conference on Tuesday officially announcing their world middleweight title fight. Pavlik-Williams will take place December 5 at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, and will be broadcast live on HBO read more ...

In order for Paul Williams and his promoter Dan Goossen to agree to a Decemeber 5 date against WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, an extensive medical report will need to be provided to Goossen and Team Williams for review. The fight was scheduled for October 3 and postponed after Pavlik withdrew with a staph infection in his left hand read more ...

Who will get HBO's date of December 5? All sorts of rumors are going around the industry. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has been pretty grounded on his position regarding December 5 being promised by HBO as the date set aside for Shane Mosley, with Joshua Clottey as the likely opponent on the opposite end. At the same time, BoxingScene.com has been informed by multiple sources that HBO would like to place the postponed middleweight title bout between Kelly Pavlik and Paul Williams on December 5 read more ...

Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, listened carefully when he was being told that fellow promoter Dan Goossen did not plan on waiting for Kelly Pavlik to fight Paul Williams in November or December. Pavlik, the middleweight champion, on Monday postponed his Oct. 3 fight with Williams because of a recurring injury to his left hand. And Goossen on Tuesday said he really wants to get Williams back in the ring in October because he has not fought since April read more ...

The attractive clash between between WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KOs) and WBO interim jr middleweight champ Paul “The Punisher” Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) in Atlantic City, NJ, has been postponed due to a Pavlik hand injury. Kelly suffered an injury to the middle knuckle of his left hand while training. As a result, the bout will be have to be rescheduled from October 3 to possibly November 21 or early December read more ...

BoxingScene.com has been informed by sources close to the negotiations that a deal has been reached for a middleweight war on October 3 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik will defend his titles against Paul "The Punisher" Williams. After weeks of tough back and forth negotiations, BoxingScene was informed that a deal was reached on Tuesday afternoon read more ...