Report: Paul Williams likely paralyzed after motorcycle accident
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Paul Williams, the former two-division world champion, is likely paralyzed from the waist down after a motorcycle accident Sunday near Atlanta, Augusta’s WRDW-TV reported on Monday.
Williams’ manager George Peterson said the 30-year-old native of Augusta, Ga., will undergo surgery Wednesday to stablilize the healthy upper half of his spine by putting a protective wall around it.
A powerful 6-foot-1 southpaw, Williams had signed a contract last week to fight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in a pay-per-view headliner on Sept. 15 in Las Vegas.
Williams (41-2, 27 KOs), who spent more than two years in SI.com’s pound-for-pound top 10, is a former two-time welterweight titleholder and former interim junior middleweight titlist. He also won a majority decision over Sergio Martinez, who went on to win the middleweight championship, and owns victories over Winky Wright and a prime Antonio Margarito.
Prayers goin up for him and his fam
Williams’ manager George Peterson said the 30-year-old native of Augusta, Ga., will undergo surgery Wednesday to stablilize the healthy upper half of his spine by putting a protective wall around it.
A powerful 6-foot-1 southpaw, Williams had signed a contract last week to fight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in a pay-per-view headliner on Sept. 15 in Las Vegas.
Williams (41-2, 27 KOs), who spent more than two years in SI.com’s pound-for-pound top 10, is a former two-time welterweight titleholder and former interim junior middleweight titlist. He also won a majority decision over Sergio Martinez, who went on to win the middleweight championship, and owns victories over Winky Wright and a prime Antonio Margarito.
Prayers goin up for him and his fam
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DAMN....what a bad one...
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Dam, that ? is crazy. Thats why I don't ? with bikes
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These athletes go learn not to mess with motorcycles
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Yea alot of these athletes need to leave those bikes alone
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damn ? crazy dude young like 30
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Man, this is tough, he was one of my favorites, he always talked about retiring early while he still had his health...
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this has been a ? up year so far for boxing ? using roids now this smh
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after jay willaims in basketball.....why are ? still ? with motocycles.....smh
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afte jay willaims in basketball.....why are ? still ? with motocycles.....smh
Couldnt agree more that Jay Williams ? was a waste of talent smh -
man this is ? up. I wanted to see how he matched up with Canelo Alvarez. After what happened to Diego Corrales & Jay Williams, I would think most atheles would leave that ? alone. Should've just did like Floyd and buy hella cars.
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he was one of my favorites..all action and would fight anybody
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Damn. Pray for'em.
I remember this biker in ATL fell of the side of the highway @ Spaghetti Junction a few years ago.
My ATL cats can just imagine how ? up a fall that had to be. -
That's why I don't ? with bikes. ? threw his life and career away just by riding the dam bike, he suffered the expected consequences tbh.
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Man, this is tough, he was one of my favorites, he always talked about retiring early while he still had his health...
that make this even crazier -
Highly disappointed and I heard about another tragedy in boxing also today. ? man.
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pray for dude, it could be ALOT worst. he could pull through like adam taliaferro did.
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i need to stop riding motorcycles, you know what im saying
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greenwood1921 wrote: »Damn. Pray for'em.
I remember this biker in ATL fell of the side of the highway @ Spaghetti Junction a few years ago.
My ATL cats can just imagine how ? up a fall that had to be.
Daaaaaaaaaamn smh, I live here and I ain't hear about that...That ? had to be wild to see.. -
Damn he was scheduled to fight in September as well....tragic way for his career to end.
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Majority of these IC posters don't know he is cause they busy ? riding Mayweather or Pac....but dude was a two time welter weight champ and was a good fighter.
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Dude was shining at one point until he started falling off.....but ? the bikes arent always the problem most of the time its the driver ? love to speed which puts them at a higher rate to get in an accident
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greenwood1921 wrote: »Damn. Pray for'em.
I remember this biker in ATL fell of the side of the highway @ Spaghetti Junction a few years ago.
My ATL cats can just imagine how ? up a fall that had to be.
Daaaaaaaaaamn smh, I live here and I ain't hear about that...That ? had to be wild to see..
I stayed off Northside drive when a bus w/ a baseball team drove over the side of the hwy -
This is a tragedy.Dude was a great boxer
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This a shame..son is a humble dude too and yeah he always talked about retiring and living off the property he owned....I hope he break's through
