Sergio Martinez and Paul Williams met in one of 2009’s most memorable boxing matches, a 12-round thriller that Williams won narrowly. Tonight’s rematch was expected to be a sequel better than the original.
Sergio Martinez Stops Paul Williams With ‘Knockout Of The Year’
↵And it might have been, if you like knockouts: Martinez may have scored the knockout of the year with the punch of the year, a left in the second round that sent Williams to dreamland. Bad Left Hook explains:
↵↵Martinez (46-2-2, 26 KO) tore through Williams with a single, massive left hand, knocking him out face-down on the mat in awe-inspiring fashion.
↵Williams (39-2, 27 KO) was out as soon as the shot landed. After the fight, he told HBO’s Max Kellerman that he simply got caught, and it’s hard to argue with that. Williams never saw the shot coming, and it landed perfectly. Williams appeared to be mostly all right after the fight, and left under his own power, but it was a pretty scary knockout to be sure.
↵↵That’s some high praise, but, in Scott Christ’s words, “Knockouts don’t come much nastier than the one we saw tonight.”
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