Kelly Pavlik and Paul Williams, with Giants running back Brandon Jacobs, at today's press...

Kelly Pavlik and Paul Williams, with Giants running back Brandon Jacobs, at today's press conference officially announcing their December 5 bout.

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BTW, I realize Williams is listed at only 6'1"

But he looks to be a good inch taller than the 6’2 1/2" Pavlik. I’ve seen other pictures where Williams is with Cris Arreola and the two are about the same height. If Williams is really 6’3" or 6’4", as many suspect, then (a) it’s even more freakish that he was fighting at welterweight, (b) I suspect that he fudged his height a bit in the hopes of getting some fights against shorter guys and © it’s a lot more in line with Williams’ reach. Despite Williams fighting the naturally ‘bigger’ guy, Williams will still have a ridiculous 7 inch reach advantage in this one, if he chooses to use it.

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by Brickhaus on Sep 29, 2009 2:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And FWIW

Jacobs is listed at 6’4".

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by Brickhaus on Sep 29, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I suspect that he fudged his height a bit in the hopes of getting some fights against shorter guys

Yeah, it should be pretty clear now that 6’1" was a ploy by his management to try to get him welterweight fights. No one is picking up the phone for 6’3" 83"-long southpaw welterweight, who throws 80 punches per round. If they did there would be a lot of laughter on the other end of that line… there was already a lot of laughter.

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by jrok on Sep 30, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jacobs coulda been a contenda...

by FunnyBigHat on Sep 29, 2009 3:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Williams is going to Punish the Ghost.

by Haans Bishop on Sep 29, 2009 3:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well

What we might get is a true perspective of Williams punching power at the higher weight. Ought to be interesting.

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by Pops Daniels on Sep 29, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why would Williams need power to win? He didn’t have anything that slowed Margarito down at all, and he won there. The kid is just a buzzsaw. He’s just in phenomenal shape and never stops whacking you all night.

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by The Kittitas Kid on Sep 29, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

pavlik will KO him with the southpaw killer, STRAIGHT HAND SUCKAAAAAA

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by battle axe of doom on Sep 29, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Williams moves to his right pretty well and BHOP showed that that move basically leaves Pavlik with an unloaded gun because he’s clumsy with his feet.

by dervish686 on Sep 29, 2009 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Your kung-fu is weak.

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by The Kittitas Kid on Sep 30, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Joe Calzaghe didn’t punch for beans and he toyed with most opponents. Williams’ level of activity and that ridiculous reach will keep give him a perfectly good chance to succeed at 160 even against a thunderous puncher like Kelly. I REALLY like this fight, though. It could be awesome.

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by SC on Sep 29, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs