Lem’s latest: Retired Paul Williams still in the hunt
Two-time welterweight titleholder Paul Williams has remained active since suffering a career-ending motorcycle accident at the age of 30 in May of 2012 that rendered him paralyzed from the waist down, according to his former trainer George Peterson.
read moreLem’s latest: Chavez case review, Williams update
Julio Cesar Chavez’s positive post-fight drug test case will be reviewed in February; Plus, a Paul Williams update and a look at 6-foot-5 junior middleweight prospect Alantez Fox.
read moreWilliams: ‘The love and support is overwhelming’
Paul Williams: “I am very thankful to all of my fans and friends who have rallied around me in a time when I need them the most.”
read moreQ&A: Williams says he’s ‘blessed’ to be alive
Paul Williams: “I’m going to do this thing. My odds of walking again? You know, I control all of that.”
read moreWilliams: ‘If I can’t walk then I’ll be on the boat fishing’
Paul Williams: “They told me there is a very slight chance of walking because the spine was, like, crushed or whatever…but as far as me walking and all of that, it’s all on me. I’m going to be walking. I know that. That’s how I feel.”
read moreManager: Williams is paralyzed below waist after motorcycle accident
Manager George Peterson describes Paul Williams as being in an “excellent frame of mind” despite his involvement in a motorcycle accident on Sunday that has left the fighter paralyzed from the waist down, hospitalized and in anticipation of surgery.
read moreLem’s latest: Alvarez-Chavez Jr. go head-to-head; Williams vulnerable; Goosen shaken by earthquakes
Saul Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will make title defenses on Sept. 17, Paul Williams’ vulnerability encourages rivals and promoter Dan Goossen experiences two earthquakes in a day.
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