The long awaited rematch between Sergio Martinez and Paul Williams. They last fought in December 2009 with Williams winning a controversial 12 round majority decision at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Williams landed more shots in the fight, but Martinez landed the cleaner punches throughout.

Build up

Martinez was making his first title defense. Williams had also fought once since their initial meeting, winning a four-round technical decision against Kermit Cintron

Kermit Cintron

Kermit Cintrón is a Puerto Rican boxer who is from Carolina, Puerto Rico. Cintrón is trained by Ronnie Shields and managed by Josh Dubin. He is promoted by Top Rank.-Early and personal life:...

 in a May junior middleweight bout, after Cintron fell out of the ring and injured his head.

One of the reasons it took so long to finalize Martinez-Williams II was because the Williams camp was not eager for the fight. Dan Goossen  hoped to line up a big fight for Williams at welterweight, where he used to hold a title, against an opponent such as Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...

 or Shane Mosley

Shane Mosley

“Sugar” Shane Mosley is an American professional boxer from Pomona, California who has held world titles in three weight divisions.-Amateur career:Mosley was an amateur standout, capturing various amateur titles, including:...

.

When promoter Lou DiBella

Lou DiBella

Louis John DiBella, Jr. is a boxing promoter and television/film producer. He is Founder and CEO of DiBella Entertainment based in New York City...

 ran out of patience waiting for the Williams side to accept the fight in mid-August, DiBella cut off talks and offered the fight to junior middleweight contender Alfredo "El Perro" Angulo

Alfredo Angulo

Alfredo Angulo López is a Mexican professional boxer and the former interim WBO Light Middleweight Champion. Angulo also participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for Mexico...

, a network staple in recent years. However, when Angulo turned down $750,000, a career-high purse by more than double, Martinez's camp made another run at Williams and this time accepting the fight on November 20.

The fight

The HBO-televised fight took place at Boardwalk Hall

Boardwalk Hall

Boardwalk Hall, formally known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, is an arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States...

, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...

, United States.

The fight was billed as a potential "fight-of-the-year," however the fight ended abruptly and dramatically when Sergio Martinez

Sergio Martinez

Sergio Martinez may refer to:*Sergio Gabriel Martínez , Argentine boxer*Sergio Luteca Martinéz , Spanish footballer*Sergio Daniel Martínez , Uruguayan football striker...

 delivered a knockout blow with 2:02 left in the 2nd round of the scheduled 12 round fight. The punch was a short left hook that caught Williams right on the chin, as he attempted to deliver a left-hand of his own. Williams' right hand was at his waist when the punch landed, rendering Paul Williams unconscious upon contact.

Televised

• Middleweight Championship:   Sergio Martinez
  Sergio Gabriel Martínez
  Sergio Gabriel Martínez is an Argentine professional boxer and the current The Ring middleweight champion....
  
  (c) vs   Paul Williams
  Paul Williams (boxer)
  Paul Williams is an American boxer and is the former two-time WBO welterweight champion.With a height of six-feet-one inch, Paul is considered extremely tall for the three divisions he campaigns in: Welterweight, Jr...
  
  

Martinez defeats Williams via KO at 1:10 of round 2.

Untelevised

• Middleweight bout:   Fernando Guerrero
  Fernando Guerrero (boxer)
  Fernando Guerrero, born Fernando Guerrero De La Cruz in the Dominican Republic, is a middleweight professional boxer. He was born October 12, 1986, and moved to Salisbury, MD as a youth and attended Parkside High School. His professional record is 21 Wins, 1 Loss, 16 Knockouts...
  
   vs   Willis Lockett

Guerrero defeats Lockett via TKO at 1:06 of round 4.

• Heavyweight bout:   Tony Thompson
  Tony Thompson (boxer)
  Tony Thompson is a professional boxer from Maryland, nicknamed "the Tiger".-Professional career:After his first four wins he lost against undefeated prospect Eric Kirkland on points over four rounds in 2000...
  
   vs   Paul Marinaccio

Thompson defeats Marinaccio via TKO at 2:02 of round 4.

• Welterweight bout:   Willie Nelson vs.   Quinton Whitaker

Nelson defeats Whitaker via TKO at 2:22 of round 1.

• Featherweight bout:   Luis Orlando Del Valle vs   Noe Lopez Jr.

Del Valle defeats Lopez Jr via TKO at 1:48 of round 3.

• Cruiserweight bout:   Zsolt Erdei
  Zsolt Erdei
  Zsolt Erdei is a Hungarian boxer in the light heavyweight division. He is the former undefeated Lineal & WBO light heavyweight champion, and WBC cruiserweight champion. Erdei is also the first Hungarian to win a world title in two weight divisions.Erdei boxed at the 2000 Summer Olympics...
  
  vs   Samson Onyango

Erdei defeats Onyango via unanimous decision (79-73, 80-72, 80-72). This was Erdei's first fight in a year.

• Welterweight bout:   Steve Upsher Chambers vs   Bayan Jargal