11.4.09

Wright v. Williams: Round by Round

The main event is here. Winky Wright versus Paul Williams is live from Mandalay Bay. There are lots of fighters in attendance tonight: Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, Ricky Hatton to name a few. The fighters are about to make their way to the ring.

Paul Williams enters first. He's coming out to something by T-Pain and has a big smile on his face. He looks comfortable.

Before Winky enters, HBO shows a background video for him. He says he has some unfinished business in the sport of boxing. Winky comes out to "The City is Mine" by Jay-Z and Blackstreet.
The intros are finished, it's about to start.

Round 1
Winky looks to be in better shape than I thought but not the best he's ever looked. Williams starts the action first with a lot of jabs. Winky tries to establish his own jab. Winky is smiling. Williams throws an uppercut and Winky blocks. Winky still has the grin. Tons of punching from Williams. Winky lands a great right hand. Now a left. They both land cleanly. Winky has landed the better punches but Willliams has been the aggressor. Williams should be using more head movement.

Spartan117: 10-9 Wright

Round 2
Williams comes out with a smile of his own. Williams lands a jab. Williams throws a four-punch combo and lands maybe two. Williams is punching like a madman. Williams throws about a six-punch combo and lands four or five. Williams is really working Winky this round. Winky hasn't landed a meaningful punch yet in Round 2. Now he lands a jab. Paul keeps the punch output up. There is already some swelling on the face of Winky. Williams lands a great left uppercut that knocks the head back of Wright.

Spartan117: 10-9 Williams

Round 3
Williams wastes no time throwing. He throws a three-punch combo. They trade punches now in the center. Each lands one good one upstairs. Winky tries to get his jab going. Winky lands a left hook and Winky clinches. Winky lands a right hook. Winky lands a right counterpunch. He follows up with a left. It doesn't look like it hurt him. Williams goes back to his big combos. Winky isn't throwing any punches to the body.

Spartan117: 10-9 Wright

Round 4
Williams is throwing a ton of punches as usual. Williams is throwing about 10 punches for every punch that Winky throws. Winky lands a good left-right combo. Williams is busier but Winky is landing the better punches. This has been a tough round to score. Williams throws some good shots to the body.

Spartan117: 10-9 Williams

Round 5
Williams comes out firing again. Winky is blocking a lot of jabs out there. Winky lands a left hand. Williams lands a left and right to the body. This has been a good round for Winky, maybe his best. Williams is still working hard in there. Winky is landing good, meaningful shots.

Spartan117: 10-9 Wright

Round 6
Winky comes out swinging this time and Williams is ducking and dodging. Williams just landed three out of a five-punch combo and the fighters swing away. Williams got the better of the exchange. Winky goes back to the jab. Williams lands a straight left. Winky shakes his head. Williams is moving a lot now. Williams lands a left hook and a left uppercut. Wright lands a right hand to the body. Another tough round to score.

Spartan117: 10-9 Williams

Round 7
Williams throws the jab first. Williams has thrown twice as many punches compared to Winky so far. Winky lands a jab. The crowd starts to chant Winky's name. Winky lands a straight right and Williams lands one of his own. Not many meaningful shots landed so far in this round. Williams lands a double jab. Now Winky goes on the aggression and lands a left hand. Williams keeps busy and lands two shots.

Spartan117: 10-9 Williams

Round 8
For the first time, Winky doesn't come out swinging. Williams now lands a jab. Williams lands a stellar right hand and wobbles Winky. It was his best punch of the fight. Williams tries to end it. Winky is still fighting strong. He looks fine now. This has been a great round for Williams. Winky's face really looks like it was in a fight. No cuts yet though. They exchange in the center to end the round.

Spartan117: 10-9 Williams

Round 9
Williams is still grinning and he has a reason to. Williams lands two punches upstairs and one to the body. He looks very comfortable in there. Winky throws two shots and Williams laughs. Now Williams is throwing and landing like crazy. Winky holds as he usually does. Williams refuses to stop punching. Winky makes it out of there. Winky comes back and lands a left hand. Williams shrugs it off. Williams lands another left-right combo. Another great round for Williams.

Spartan117: 10-9 Williams

Round 10
More swelling forms on the face of Winky. Williams comes out stronger than he has in any round thus far. A lot of the punches have made it through and Winky is getting rocked. Winky isn't landing enough to win these rounds. Williams is dominating down the stretch. Winky hasn't given up and he throws a few punches but they miss. Williams throws a bunch of hooks and one or two make it in. Winky lands a left hook. Williams comes right back and throws six more. I can't get over how busy Williams is.

Spartan117: 10-9 Williams

Round 11
Winky throws the first jab. Williams throws a counterpunch that lands cleanly. He isn't letting up. Williams lands a great right hand. Williams throws another left-right hook combo and Winky shakes his head. Williams throws another combo but Winky blocks it. Williams winds up his left hand but doesn't unleash it. Not much happened, but it's still Williams' round.

Spartan117: 10-9 Williams

Round 12
Williams' face looks fine. Both trainers tell them to let everything go. They trade power punches in the center of the ring. Williams gets the better of Wright. Williams is, as you can imagine, throwing more punches. Wright looks a little tired. Williams wants the knockout. Williams lands a good right hook. There is about a minute left. Williams lands another left-right combo. Williams throws another great combo. They trade in the center to end the fight. That round is tough to score.

Spartan117: 10-9 Williams

Spartan117 scores it 117-111 for Williams.
The judges score it 119-109 and 120-108 twice, all for the winner by unanimous decision, Paul "The Punisher" Williams.

Williams says that he felt great and stayed with his game plan and outworked Wright. He said he's ready to fight any middleweight in the sport.

Winky says he felt good. Williams just threw too many punches. Wright said that Williams can face anyone in the sport. Wright added that this will definitely not be his last fight.
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