Williams and Quintana, whose rivalry officially stands even at one win apiece, have been sparring in preparation for upcoming dates. Quintana needed a good sweat in order to be ready for scrappy Jesse Feliciano, and Willams wanted another look at a style that gave him fits not too long ago. Their sportsmanship is to be admired.

We all know Williams is going in there looking to take someone out with any of the 100 punches he'll let go in a round. To counter that, I believe the underdog will have to move some and pick his spots to bite down and deliver something big. If those are met with nothing but a cold stare, then he's in trouble.

Everyone finds a way to land their best shot on Williams eventually. Maybe Martinez will be the first to catch him in one of those exchanges and make him blink.  His knock-out ratio of 24 stoppages in 44 fights doesn't sound like much for Williams to be concerned over, but stranger things have happened in this sport. Actually, stranger things have happened in the last week or two!

I'm going to play this one safe though and take the young man from Georgia on toughness alone. He'll take his usual share before ending it in 11.

Chris Arreola vs Brian Minto

I found myself more interested in Arreola's weight than the fight itself when it was officially announced. Would he back up his talk about staying in the gym and working like a true pro? Or was it more BS and excuses?

He weighed in at 263 lbs. That's a career high for him, but no one should be surprised at this point.

I've given Chris credit for the heart he showed in taking an awful beating from Vitali Klitschko as well as his fighting spirit, but he just doesn't want it enough. If a fighter enters the ring 20+ lbs overweight, they haven't done the work for one reason or another.

He'll beat Minto, who will be the much smaller man in there, but will have proved nothing in the process, other than that he still eats too much or trains too little.

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