Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
WBN Editor
Boxer unable to manoeuvre corner in tragic crash
Former world champion boxer Paul ‘The Punisher’ Williams was
driving too fast on his motorcycle in the moments before the American lost
control and crashed, ending up paralyzed from the waist down.
Police in Marietta, Georgia made a statement about the
accident yesterday in which they revealed that Williams’ bike had ‘slammed into
an embankment’ as a result of access speed and an inability to negotiate the corner
successfully as a result.
The 30 year-old, who held the WBO welterweight title in a glittering
ring career, severed his spinal cord in the accident on Sunday and now faces
living the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
Williams had been due to fight for another world title on
September 15th against WBC light-middleweight champion Saul Alvarez,
but compatriot James Kirkland has now been approached to take his place in Las
Vegas.