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Williams vs Ishida: Al Bernstein and Steve Farhood Preview the Fight
Over at Boxing Channel (which if you don't keep up with, you should really start), Showtime boxing analysts Al Bernstein and Steve Farhood break down this weekend's pair of cards on Showtime, including Friday night's ShoBox featuring Thomas Dulorme and Jonathan Gonzalez (Michael Oliveira is off the...
Williams vs Ishida: Paul Williams Ready to Impress, Prove Skeptics Wrong
Paul Williams told The Boxing Lab that he's viewing himself as the underdog this coming Saturday against Nobuhiro Ishida, getting himself into the mindset that he's being counted out and will prove the skeptics wrong with a good win. He also made this excuse for his performance against Erislandy...
Williams vs Ishida: Conference Call Quotes and Highlights
PAUL WILLIAMS "I'm excited to be given this opportunity and to be able to prove myself again. I love that because it's just more motivation and that come Feb. 18 I'm going to put on a helluva show for my fans and the people who aren't my fans." How long did it take you to get back in the gym...
Williams vs Ishida Undercard: Showtime Extreme Details For Chris Arreola Fight
By now you've probably heard about Showtime's idea to expand their boxing coverage with fights airing on Showtime Extreme prior to the regular Showtime broadcasts for certain fights. That was going to be the case this Saturday for the Ortiz vs Berto card, but now the debut of the extended fight...
Williams vs Ishida: Quotes From Main Eventers and Chris Arreola
Showtime's February 18 card from Corpus Christi, Texas, will feature a 154-pound main event between Paul Williams and Nobuhiro Ishida, plus a light heavyweight title fight pitting IBF titlist Tavoris Cloud against Gabriel Campillo. The show is also notable for being the first non-PPV effort with...
The Protected Fighter: Boxing's Modern Day Matchmaking and Avoiding the Best Fights
James Foley is back this evening at Bad Left Hook with his latest piece. * * * * * Five years into Sugar Ray Leonard's career, he had already beaten Wilfredo Benitez, Roberto Duran and Tommy Hearns and was universally regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport and the legitimate...
Williams vs Ishida: Paul Williams Rebuilding, Still Dreaming of Mayweather and Pacquiao Fights
In an interview with Lem Satterfield of The RING, Paul Williams says he's hungrier for his February 18 fight with Nobuhiro Ishida than he was last July against Erislandy Lara (the generally accepted worst robbery of 2011, going in Williams' favor), and that he's still looking to make a big-time...
Robbery or Close Fight? - The Failings of the 10 Point Must System in Boxing
Ryan Bivins returns to Bad Left Hook this afternoon with a look at the current, often controversial scoring system in boxing. * * * * * Background Information: Once upon a time in a galaxy not so far away boxing wasn't scored on points, but rather rounds. In the last ~100 years has scoring really...
Erislandy Lara Calls Out Winner Of Ortiz-Berto
Erislandy Lara is coming off a career-best performance against Paul Williams, but it looks like he also inherited Tall Paul's problems. The punisher used to be one of the most avoided men in boxing until Sergio Martinez shattered the myth of Paul Williams. Lara technically lost to Paul Williams but...
Williams vs Ishida, Cloud vs Campillo Set for Feb. 18 on Showtime
A double-header is officially set for the AmericanBank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, for February 18 on Showtime. In the main event, Paul Williams will return to the ring against Nobuhiro Ishida in a fight HBO turned down almost a year ago, and Tavoris Cloud will defend his IBF light heavyweight...
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