Paul Williams v. Sergio Martinez: Round by Round

It's time for the main event. Paul "The Punisher" Williams makes his return to the ring. He's up against Sergio Martinez.

Williams is making his way to the ring now. Both men look loose and ready.

Martinez is 44-1-2 and has 24 wins by KO. Williams is 37-1 with 27 KO's.

Here we go.

Round 1

Williams goes to work early as expected. He's throwing a ton of punches already. Martinez is moving around the perimeter of the ring and Williams is reaching him with his long jabs. Martinez catches The Punisher with a great left. All of a sudden, Williams floors Martinez with a quick right hand. Now Williams is hurt by a Martinez left. This has been a great round. Martinez clocks Paul with a huge left counter and Williams goes down hard! It's an even round.

Spartan117: 10-10
Uatu: 10-10
Franchise: 10-10

Round 2

Williams looks to have his legs back under him. Williams lands a a left hand. Martinez is landing some serious bombs. His hand speed is ridiculous. Martinez is winning this round so far with great counters. Williams continues to come forward. Martinez is swinging away, as is The Punisher. Martinez drops his hands below his waste to bait Williams. Great round for Martinez.

Spartan117: 10-9 Martinez
Uatu: 10-9 Martinez
Franchise: 10-9 Martinez

Round 3

Punisher backs Martinez up with a double jab. Martinez continues to counter. Martinez lands a left hook and complains that there was a headbutt. I didn't see anything, and neither did the ref. Williams continues to apply the pressure. Martinez lands a huge right hook. Williams just keeps walking into the right hook of Martinez. Williams lunges in but isn't landing anything cleanly. Martinez lands another left counter. Martinez wins another round by effective counters.

Spartan117: 10-9 Martinez
Uatu: 10-9 Martinez
Franchise: 10-9 Martinez

Round 4

Williams comes in firing. Martinez lands two excellent counter punches. Now Williams lands two great hooks. It's starting to get dirty in there, with some holding and hitting by both fighters. Williams eats two more fast counters. Williams gets clocked with a left. Now he answers back with a big left hook. It looked like Martinez was hurt, but now he seems fine. Williams lands a big left hand himself. Williams rocks Martinez with a huge left hand with 10 seconds left and Martinez was held up only by Williams. Great round.

Spartan117: 10-9 Williams
Uatu: 10-9 Williams
Franchise: 10-9 Williams

Round 5

Williams lands a big right hand and Martinez retreats. Martinez has been doing a lot of holding and hitting. Martinez drops his hands again. Williams is starting to string his punches well together. Now they are trading huge bombs. Both fighters land savage punches, but they continue to trade. A cut has opened over the left eye of Williams. Martinez falls into Williams at the end of the round, most likely due to exhaustion.

Spartan117: 10-9 Martinez
Uatu: 10-9 Martinez
Franchise: 10-9 Williams

Round 6

Williams goes back on the offensive. Martinez continues to drop his hands. Martinez complains about another headbutt on the inside. Williams' punches are looking more and more accurate. Williams lands a big right hand. Now another left hand. Martinez is showing off a real stiff jab that has been giving Williams problems. Williams lands an enormous left hook and Martinez takes it. Martinez answers back with a left of his own. Another great round.

Spartan117: 10-9 Williams
Uatu: 10-9 Martinez
Franchise: 10-9 Williams

Round 7

They meet in the center. The Lederman card is all tied up. Williams lands a good jab. They clinch up, and Martinez gets gets some punches in. Williams lands two right hooks while coming forward. Now we see some rare counter punching from Williams as he lands a great right and left hook. Both fighters are still bouncing on their feet. Williams lands a good right hook. Martinez lands a big right hook that Williams ducked into.

Spartan117: 10-9 Williams
Uatu: 10-9 Williams
Franchise: 10-9 Williams

Round 8

Martinez lands a counter right hand to start the round. Williams misses with a wide left hook. Now Williams makes Martinez miss with a wide right hand. Martinez is off balance now. Williams lands a great right hand. Williams mouth is dropping blood. Martinez lands another big left. Now a right hook. Williams falls due to a slip. Martinez lands a left to the body, then another. Williams lands a left hook. Now he gets staggered by a left by Martinez. Williams is hurt, but time runs out.

Spartan117: 10-9 Martinez
Uatu: 10-9 Williams
Franchise: 10-9 Williams

Round 9

Williams looks okay now. He lands a left hand that backs up Martinez. Williams gets caught with a counter left. Martinez lands a left to the body. Williams lands a good shot while he comes in. Martinez drops his hands again, and Williams tries to capitalize. Martinez backs away and dodges some big punches by Williams. Martinez lands a left hook. Williams lands some good jabs to end the round.

Spartan117: 10-9 Martinez
Uatu: 10-9 Martinez
Franchise: 10-9 Williams

Round 10

Martinez misses with a left hand counter. Martinez is dropping bombs now. He's landed three great counter left hands. They looked like they would hurt Williams, but he's still standing in there. Williams lands a good right hook. This has been a great round for Martinez. Now they trade in the center of the ring. Martinez lands another big left hand. Williams lands a left hook at the end of the round.

Spartan117: 10-9 Martinez
Uatu: 10-9 Martinez
Franchise: 10-9 Martinez

Round 11

Williams lands a good left. Martinez misses with a left of his own. A "Paul" chant starts. Williams staggers Martinez with a left hook. They trade punches at close range. Martinez buckles Williams with a straight right. Martinez falls to his knees out of sheer exhaustion. He is extremely tired. Williams scores with a huge left hand, then a right hand, then another left. Martinez is a soldier. I can't believe he is still standing. Martinez lands a left hand at the end.

Spartan117: 10-9 Williams
Uatu: 10-9 Williams
Franchise: 10-9 Martinez

Round 12

Williams comes forward again. Martinez falls into Williams, and they tumble into the ropes. Martinez lands a big jab. Williams lands a left-right combo. Martinez bowls Williams into the ropes again. They are fighting on the inside. Martinez lands an enormous right hand. Martinez goes down, but it's called a slip. Williams is swinging away trying to put Martinez down. Williams lands a right hand and staggers Martinez. Martinez lands a left hook and the ref breaks them apart. Williams bounces on his feet. This round is up for grabs. Ten seconds left. They are fighting with pure heart in there. They stay on their feet down the stretch. Fantastic fight.

Spartan117: 10-9 Williams
Uatu: 10-9 Williams
Franchise: 10-9 Williams

Spartan117: 115-114 Martinez
Uatu: 115-114 Martinez
Franchise: 116-113 Williams

The judges score the bout 114-114, and 115-113 and 119-110 for the winner by majority decision, Paul "The Punisher" Williams

In the post-fight interview, Williams says that Martinez brought the war. He says he wasn't hurt by the knockdown, and it's his job to get up.

Williams calls Martinez a warrior and says he knew they would trade big shots. His plan was to keep fighting and throwing and wear him down.

Martinez says he wasn't hurt by the knockdown in the first round. He says he was never really hurt in the fight. He also says he was never tired in the fight.

Asked about the 119-110 scorecard, Sergio's camp calls it "a travesty." Martinez says he wants a rematch.

Posted by spartan117