Paul Williams is a familiar boxing fans. Although his superb second round KO defeat at the hands of Sergio Martinez is what stands out most in the minds of boxing fans, "The Punisher" has a narrow victory over Martinez and the winner of Kermit Cintron, Verno Phillips, Carlos Quintana and Antonio Margarito, and victories over the stale version of Winky Wright and Sharmba Mitchell. It is too easy to read too much into Martinez '2. KO round, because then I think Martinez was set to win this battle, this move has landed in the sixth round, 11 round or not. Williams is always a difficult customer and take the first step on his return.
Unless you are a die-hard boxing fan, or follow the international amateur, you've probably never heard of Erislandy Lara. After finally reaching the Cuban national team in his early 20s, Lara won the 2005 World Summit as an amateur welterweight, then took a silver medal at the World Championships later this year. In 2006 he went to the Caribbean and Central American Games and won gold. His amateur career in Cuba ended when Lara tried to jump in 2007 Pan American Games. He and a teammate was arrested later by the Brazilian authorities, and rather than face criminal charges agreed to be deported to Cuba. Lara then fled Cuba for Mexico by speed boat and eventually landed in Miami.
Unfortunately, the story of his two defections are the most interesting of his career as a professional, once presented as the opportunity to Cuba has become somewhat 'tarnished. He stumbled badly in his last fight against Carlos Molina's boy, and I was lucky to escape a tie majority. This work, Lara looked at the ground in a large punch combo forgotten his trademark. Lara has also renewed its run in 2007 with the law in Brazil, because the battery had broken in Miami recently, in May.
Unless you are a die-hard boxing fan, or follow the international amateur, you've probably never heard of Erislandy Lara. After finally reaching the Cuban national team in his early 20s, Lara won the 2005 World Summit as an amateur welterweight, then took a silver medal at the World Championships later this year. In 2006 he went to the Caribbean and Central American Games and won gold. His amateur career in Cuba ended when Lara tried to jump in 2007 Pan American Games. He and a teammate was arrested later by the Brazilian authorities, and rather than face criminal charges agreed to be deported to Cuba. Lara then fled Cuba for Mexico by speed boat and eventually landed in Miami.
Unfortunately, the story of his two defections are the most interesting of his career as a professional, once presented as the opportunity to Cuba has become somewhat 'tarnished. He stumbled badly in his last fight against Carlos Molina's boy, and I was lucky to escape a tie majority. This work, Lara looked at the ground in a large punch combo forgotten his trademark. Lara has also renewed its run in 2007 with the law in Brazil, because the battery had broken in Miami recently, in May.
Full Card:
Akifumi Shimoda vs. Rico Ramos, 12 rounds, for Shimoda's WBA junior featherweight title
Cristobal Arreola vs. Friday Ahunyana, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Tomas Villa, 12 rounds, for Gonzalez's WBC featherweight title
Thomas Lamanna vs. Reggie Jenkins, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Cornelius White vs. Dhafir Smith, 6 or 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Denis Douglin vs. Phillip McCants, 6 rounds, middleweights
Brandon Quarles vs. Corey Preston, 4 rounds, middleweights
John Lennox vs. Donnie Crawford, 4 rounds, heavyweights