Preview of the Boardwalk Hall Card on December 5th 2009

In Boardwalk hall on December 5^th a nice little card takes place after the Khan v Salita card (which also features Mitchell v Prescott on the undercard). This one sees Paul Williams v Sergio Martinez as the main event (after Kelly Pavlik pulled out of the fight) with undercard fights including Chris Arreola's come back after being beaten to tears by Vitali Klitschko (who fights the following week against Kevin Johnson) and Chazz Witherspoon v Tony Thompson and a fight with Carlos Quintana.

Carlos Quintana v Jess Feliciano
This is a fight that sees a former world champion in Quintana facing a relative journeyman who has only won 3 times since the start of 2004. Quintana was the the WBO champion after inflicting the first loss of Paul William's career (before being annihilated in the rematch) and has also lost to Miguel Cotto, though is still highly ranked as a Welterweight he's not seen as being among the elite. He looks to rebuild and get his second win since the loss to Williams and to be honest he should get it with out too many worries, probably by mid to late round stoppage to be honest.

Chazz Witherspoon v Tony Thompso
This is sure to be a much better fight as the son of former world champion "Terrible" Tim Witherspoon faces former world title contender Thompson. Withspoon's record of 26-1 with 18KO's is rather padded to be honest, the only notable name is Chris Arreola who inflicted Witherspoon's only loss via DQ in the 3^rd round. Thompson is however much older (10 years age difference) and has only been beaten once in 9 years (despite being 32-2) in a KO loss to Wladimir Klitschko. Victory's over Timur Ibragimov, Luan Krasniqi and Dominick Guinn would suggest that Thompson has been in with the better quality fighters and I'd expect The Tiger's quality to show through at he takes the W.

Chris Arreola v Brian Minto
Arreola on the comeback since failing in his attempt to be WBC Heavyweight champion will face the heavily faded Brian Minto who has racked up a handful of wins since his last loss (Luan Krasniqi in 2007) though none of them are anything special. I can see Arreola becoming the first man to stop "The Beast" as he tries to show the loss to Vitali Klitschko was little more than a set back on his way to being a world champion. Heavy handed and exciting it's just a hope that we see an Arreola in some sort of shape or we may again be disappointed in the aggressive American-Mexican. Minto is unlikely to worry him to be honest and may be made to look like a 34 year old past it fighter.

Paul Williams v Sergio Martinez
The enticing battle that pits 2 of the lesser seen boxers against each other. Williams has been unable to get a fight between 147-160 since he beat Winky Wright earlier this year, saw a fight with Kelly Pavlik fall through multiple times before Sergio Martinez stepped in to take Pavliks place (Pavlik will now be fighting 2 weeks later). The fight will be fought some where between 154 and 160 though no belts will be on the line (a conversation about "interim unification" was discussed but the WBO irrationally stripped Williams without warning). Williams is regarded by some as one of the very best fighters who's just not been getting a chance to prove himself, as he's awkward (standing about 3 inches taller than most Welterweights) and has both unnaturally long arms and boundless stamina. Martinez is a sold boxer though perhaps lacks the 1 punch power to test William's punch resistance, he may how ever drag Williams into a boxing match and use his skills, like Quintana did to put Williams into a position he doesn't enjoy. Though Martinez has been stopped (Antonio Margarito stopped him 2000) I seem him going the distance but losing on a points decision, clear and unanimously.