Aaron Williams is a cruiserweight  for bettors to keep an eye on after his awesome display of boxing skills and punching power in his demolition of former contender Andre Purlette on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights. BodogLife.com has Felix Strum as a -500 boxing betting favorite for tomorrow's WBA middleweight title fight against Jamie Pittman.

The 34-year old Guyana native Purlette, 40-3 (35), has always been a big puncher but on this night he was meeting a hungry and fast 21-year old fighter on his way up the cruiserweight ladder. From the opening bell Williams showed his “old school” boxing technique by shifting, counterpunching and making brilliant use of angles that made him practically unhittable. Purlette loaded up his shots and Williams easily nailed the game but hittable Purlette with a full arsenal of fast, accurate punches.

 In the second round Williams continued with his smooth and crafty boxing skills as he started to turn his attack more offensive with some digging body shots. Purlette tried to maul Williams into the ropes and he was countered with 3 hammering right hands to the temple and jaw each harder than the next that layed Purlette flat on his back. Purlette showed his heart my making his way to his feet but he stood on some wobbly pins. Williams showed his killer instinct as he cranked up some high speed hooks into Purlette’s guard and finished the job with a clean left hook that caused the ref to call a halt to the one sided action. Williams, 17-0-1(12), has plenty of talent and passed his first real test as a pro with an A+ performance. Williams is prospect that should make gamblers money in the near future in a high profile fight.

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