It only takes one punch to change a fight and tonight, Paul Williams learned that lesson the hard way when he was knocked out cold in the second round by middleweight champion Sergio Martinez. Relive all the action in FightHype's in-depth, minute-by-minute round-by-round coverage.
ROUND 1
Williams comes out fast looking to land heavy leather. Quick jab and a left lands for Martinez. Nice right hook lands for Williams. Both men picking up where they left off. Williams looks anxious to get this fight with over with quick. Right hook upstairs lands for Williams. Both men dig to the body. Martinez lands a right hook of his own upstairs. Quick three-punch combo lands for Wiliams. Martinez lands a left. They trade some big shots along the ropes. Both men trading their hooks. Left and a right lands for Martinez. Another hard left lands for Martinez. Right to the body lands for Williams. Short left lands for Williams. Uppercut lands for Williams. Close round, but I give it to Williams for landing the heavier leather.
Williams 10 Martinez 9
ROUND 2
Williams looks quick in there. Both men trading on the inside. It's getting a little ugly in there as the ref tries to take control. Quick 1-2 to the body lands for Williams. Big left hand upstairs lands for Martinez, but Williams walks through it and lands a nice combo. WOOOOOOOOOO...ANOTHER HUGE LEFT HAND LANDS FOR MARTINEZ AND WILLIAMS IS DOWN. Williams just crumples to the canvas face first. That's it. Williams is out cold! Holy crap. Wow! A DEVASTATING one-punch KO of Williams. That's gotta be the Knockout of the Year. Wow!
Martinez KO 2
THE WINNER BY WAY OF KNOCKOUT AT 1:10 OF ROUND 2....AND STILL WBC MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD...SERGIO MARTINEZ
COMPUBOX NUMBERS
Total punches Martinez: 23/76
Total punches Williams: 33/105
Power punches Martinez: 21/65
Power punches Williams: 31/81
POST-FIGHT
"He was coming in, he was too open; he left me a lot of room to come in and punch," stated Martinez about his performance. "I want to hear offers and see what comes my way," he added, regarding his future plans. "I would have to hear offers. 156 would be fine, but I would want to hear the offers," he continued when asked about a potential fight with Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather.
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