Sergio Martínez vs Paul Williams I & II - Highlights (Great FIGHT & KNOCKOUT of the Year)
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December 5th, 2009. Nearly 10 years ago, 2 highly skilled and avoided top notch southpaws; Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez and Paul "The Punisher" Williams collided in an explosive non title Middleweight bout which featured nonstop action by both fighters. It was named by Ring Magazine as a candidate for Fight of the Year.
In the opening round, Martinez and Williams both scored a knockdown apiece but Martinez’s knockdown was arguably more damaging while Williams’ was partially due to Sergio losing his balance.
Both fighters continued to exchange with great back and forth action with many closely contested rounds that could be scored either way. Although Martinez appeared to do the better work in the 8th, 9th & 10th stanzas as he connected with the overall harder blows but Williams was busier as he had been throughout the fight.
An accidental headbutt occurred during the final seconds of the 3rd which resulted in a horrid gash above Williams’ left eye.
In the championship rounds, the 2 warriors continued to trade despite evidently fatigued from the furious pace. Martinez slipped a few times from exhaustion due to the intense pressure applied by the rangy, towering Williams for 10 hard rounds.
As a whole, Williams connected at a higher percentage through most of the bout but Martinez connected with the more memorable and thudding blows which made the fight near even.
After 36 minutes of explosive action, William earned an MD12 with scores of 114-114, 115-113 & 119-110.
This was Martinez’s 1st career setback in 9 years. He was last defeated way back in February 2002 against Antonio Margarito.
Although the verdict was not in any way outrageous, but Pierre Benoist's 119-110 scorecard on behalf of Williams was ridiculous considering how closely contested most rounds were.
Nearly a year later, a highly anticipated rematch was set to take place.
November 20th, 2010. Billed as "The Explosive Rematch", Martinez and Williams met 11 months after their 1st meeting. Only this time was a world title fight, where Martinez makes the 1st defenses of his WBC & The Ring Magazine Middleweight Crowns.
This fight was hyped to be a possible candidate for Fight of the Year based on the strength of their previous encounter.
Prefight records; Martinez 45(22)-2-2, Williams 39(27)-1.
In April 2010, Martinez earned his 1st world title shot at 160 pounds; challenging Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik for his WBC, WBO & The Ring Magazine World Middleweight Titles. After 12 competitive rounds, Maravilla triumphed via UD12 to become the new WBC, WBO & The Ring Magazine World Middleweight Champion.
In May 2010, Williams earned a TD4 win over Kermit Cintron who fell out of the ring in the 5th frame and badly hurt his head in the process. Cintron was unable to continue due to the injury, thus the fight went to the judges in which Williams was ahead in 2 of the 3 scorecards.
With that win, Williams was set to rematch Martinez and challenged him for his WBC & Ring Magazine World Middleweight Crowns.
Entering the contest, Martinez had commendable wins over Adrian Stone, Alex Bunema & Kelly Pavlik. On the other hand, Williams earned victories over notable oppositions in Antonio Margarito, Kermit Cintron, Sergio Martinez, Sharmba Mitchell, Verno Phillips & Winky Wright.
In the opening round, both engaged in competitive exchanges were volley of shots were connected at near equal level of effectiveness just as in their 1st round of their 1st fight but there were no knockdowns this time.
However, the explosive action did not last long due to a thunderous Maravilla left hand that found it’s mark flush on the jaw of Williams which left him face first on the mat with his eyes wide open just after the 1st minute of the 2nd stanza.
Referee Earl Morton counted The Punisher out as the defending champion retained his WBC & The Ring Magazine Middleweight Titles in spectacular fashion.
This is perhaps the most memorable win in the career of Sergio Martinez as he scored an unforgettable, picture perfect 1 punch KO against the iron jawed Williams who was out before he hit the canvas.
It was named Knockout of the Year by Ring Magazine.
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He's not getting up, guys.
Brilliant quote
The referees and the judges always have a favorite,but Martinez cleared it out.
One of the most devastating knockouts I ever seen.
The argument can be made that Sergio Martinez won both fights.
This knockout was just as or more devastating than Marquez's knockout of Pacquiao.
Good night and sleep tight.
Gracias por subir La pelea de.mi boxeador favorito,saludos desde Buenos Aires Argentina
Martinez an underrated boxer
Martinez = Beast
First fight was a war!!!
Martinez won Both Fights.
@@yahushaking4367 NOPE, MARTINEZ LOST THE FIRST FIGHT. BUT NICE TRY.
@@scottieflamingo718 he definitely won the first fight with those speedy left hands that hit at will, it was an upset
@@ghillepig2 upset my ass. He lost buddy. Paul Williams landed way more punches. Look it up.
@@scottieflamingo718 well I think martinez took the punches way better at least
I'm so confused as to why the ref still gave him an 8 count while Williams was out on the canvas
To make sure the fight needed as an official KO instead of TKO I’m pretty sure
just doing his job
just doing his job
That was completely unnecessary. His job is to protect the fighters first and foremost, fight shoulda been waves off immediately and bring in the doc
Lo durmio para que no le roben la pelea denuevo
MARAVILLA 😃🥊
Que peleador sergio, espectacular; lástima que empezó tan tarde a pelear.
@Piri Reis 20 amateur
Martinez 💪🏾 in his prime the best
Sad what happened to paul williams. a damn shame.
And just before a huge mega fight with canelo Alvarez
@Rocky Couldn't Carry My Jock Strap #FIGHTNEWZ huh?
@@mikeyminit5059 typo
If you pay close attention at 7:48 you can see Paul’s soul leave his body.
My boy Paul Williams don't get the fuckin credit he deserves as an all time middleweight. I mean this man was a title holder in more than one weight class from welter to middleweight. He fought the best there was as u can see here. His 1st fight with Martinez is my favorite of his n definitely 1 of the greatest middleweight title fights of all time. His resume shows him beat Antonio Margarito in his prime in a vicious brawl that he won by split. He destroyed Winky Wright n Kermit Cintron. Then at the end of his boxing road he outclassed the mouch younger tactician Erislandy Lara by way of old school boxing fundamentals. Give the Punisher props!!
I know I sure give The Punisher mad props. The man was a warrior. I remember watching both fights live and when he got hit with that fortuitous left hook that dropped him cold, my heart broke. Paul is still one of my favs of all time.
Get the hell out with that , Lara completely outboxed him and got robbed. Martinez also got robbed in the first fight and set things straight in the rematch. Winky was shot and Cintron sucks.
I watched them live 💪 always professional
Williams lost the first fight too
At least a draw
Yea he lost
dead monk*y😂😂
Great fights.
@4:55 that was the same punch that killed him in the second fight
Brutal Knockout!!! 💥🥊😵💫😵
Why didn't team Golovkin call out Martinez after this or the Pavlik fight 🤔?
Golovkin was a still a nobody during this time
Great ko.
Aguante maravilla!!
one of the best ko i ever seen
Martinez won both fights and made sure the judges didn't rob him the second time.
One of the best knockout punches I have ever seen.
William last I heard was paralyzed in a motorcycle or automotive accident...I pray that good and decent people are watching and taking care of Williams.
Boy do I miss Jim Lampley, Kellerman and the late great Emmanuel Stewart announcing fights on HBO.
Their broadcasting was high quality as well were the fights on HBO.
All of which are not the case with Showtime and its matches and its broadcasters.
Well said there, Martinez won also the first fight altho he fought a little dirty...
Lie Paul win the first one
Look, I love a slugfest lord knows and I feel terrible about what happened to Paul Williams outside of the ring but I guess I’m a stickler because all I found myself doing re-watching this fight was screaming “Jesus Christ Martinez pick your god damn hands up!!” immediately followed by “Jesus Christ Williams pick your god damn hands up!” lol. So much for defense from either one of them. OK I’ll crawl back into my boxing dungeon now 😏 Terrific work as always Jeff.
@@jaybee6453 yo cut him some slack.. 😂 Let the man enjoy his boxing.
I love Emanuel Steward and may he rest in peace but he was so biased in favor of Williams.
Yeah it was very annoying to hear, perhaps he reminded him of Thomas hearns the way Williams looks
Seems like you're the biased one because Mr steward said Sergio was off balance when he was in fact knocked down
HBO were always blatant shameless cheerleaders.
Lol ! Martines clearly won this fight
Un gran boxeador ¡
Great description text, sometimes overlooked
Que pancada
That ref really thought he was going to get up a full 10 sec count 😅
Respect the men but watching Paul Williams fights always irked me, such physical attributes but never took advantage of them, Paul could had been better fighter that he was, his reach was even bigger than Hearn yet he used to fight like a 5,5 inside fighter, whoever trained him failed him if we keep it real
he was a bum a brawler had no skills. Martinez won both fights and exposed Him.every chin breaks at one point Hearns was One of the Best ever in every aspect Williams only had Drive no back not footwork no nothing.he was lucky he had no fight against Pavlik.
@@yahushaking4367 Martinez lost the first fight buddy. Stop putting your own spin on the fight.🙄
Que buen boxeador mrtz lastima que estaba viejo ya
Cuando un boxeador cae de narices contra la lona no hace falta contarle.
Maravilla ganó las 2 peleas
Esto si era orgullo dentro de un cuadrilatero al tu por tu sin correr.....
Tuloyan na
That's how Pacquiao got knocked out. But with. Right. 👊
Martinez timed that shot
Williams refused to pick up his damn hands and Martinez picked him off with counter punches from all angles.
La segunda la ganó Sergio por mayority Nocaut 🥊💥😂
Que Duro el negro
this is how pacman vs spence will turn out... either like the first fight (williams vs martinez) or the 2nd fight..
Williams forgot how to fight a southpaw in the second fight cause he walk right into that shot
This fight is what we'll see in Pacquiao vs Spence
Bomb hirochima naghasaki if paul can stan up he is I ronman+Hulk
Wiliams ate that punch in their first fight..
This will Pacquio vs Spence
Yeah if it was 2009
Se hizo justicia
Where you can make more money as a fighter in boxing or mma
Akshat Joshi
Boxing. The highest paid mma fighter makes less than a mid level boxer. Conor struck gold by boxing not mma.
Depends. People will say boxing because there are more highly paid guys. There are also thousands of guys making nothing. However in MMA if you get to 8-10 wins, and youre anything above average you have 29 organizations to chose from make 20k a prize fight. Also you'll take far less brain damage
Akshat Joshi Boxing. It’s larger than mma so there’ll be an abundance of low tier guys making less money than low tier guys in the mma. However, those are generally the guys that don’t take Boxing serious as a main source of income. If you’re decent and get a good promoter, you can make 30-80k a fight. And you’ll be fighting a lot until you get that major recognition where a bigger promoter can pick you up and groom you.
Boxing. There's a reason why McGrego got in the boxing ring with Floyd and not the octagon
@@deadarmd boxing is still a profitable sport. More so than MMA. Your average MMA fighter is making as nearly as much as the average boxer. Just facts
Floyd never hit this hard …
Paul Williams doesn't keep his hands up
LENI VS BBM BE LIKE
Some say Williams is still sleeping the good sleep on the canvas...
Martinez won the first fight too
Shud have been a draw at least
Legend has it that Paul Williams is still in the shadow realm to this day…
You can actually see his soul leave his body for a moment there…
Floyd ducked these fighters
Martinez had the first fight stolen
Jury no profesional
Ain't no way this dude would've beat Pretty Boy! Floyd would've pot shot Paul all night and Paul is the longest fighter in Welterweight/Super Welterweight history!
I disagree. Paul woulda been trained to fight Floyd from the outside and pick him apart. No way Floyd dictates the tempo of that fight. His only chance would be to invite Paul to fight his kinda fight and that only happens if Paul is chasing the fight and being desperate. Floyd would have NEVER taken this fight tho.
And they sed William's was going to be the next best thing in boxing just like sed about so many others. And at the end they all got there ass kicked lol
Bellissimo KO!!