Paul Williams Will Punish Winky Wright This Saturday Night

This Saturday, on HBO, will be an amazing night for the sweet science, better known as boxing. HBO devotes a whole night to boxing with the Thrilla in Manila documentary, the Paul Williams vs. Winky Wright fight, Chris Arreola vs. Jameel McCline on the under card, and then the critically acclaimed HBO 24/7 show featuring Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton.

I was requested to do a break down of how I see Williams vs Wright playing out so here it is short and simple.

First off I highly respect Winky Wright. He was the defense guru of the sport and on top of the pound-for-pound rankings for several years, but he has been inactive for almost two whole years now.

No doubt the ring rust will surely take it's toll on Wright at this stage of his wonderful career.

Wright has had problems with taller larger opponents, such as Hopkins and Taylor. So given Paul Williams is even taller and maintains a significant reach advantage over Winky this fight is a disaster for Wright.

Williams is in his prime and seems to be getting better with each fight. By going up in weight it seems Paul now has more strength and power. He's finally able to keep throwing punches from bell to bell.

Let's face the reality of the politics of this match up as well, Williams seems to be the next poster boy for HBO for several reasons. One of the most obvious ones being Max Kellerman's repeated declaration for his biased love of "The Punisher".

So if this fight reaches the score cards, which I probably see happening because Winky is a damn hard fighter to knock out even for someone as young and hungry like Williams, I see a decision going to Williams whether it be by a rightful decision or a political decision.

KING J's Official Prediction

Williams by UD (Hopefully a stand up decision, not a shady political one)