It wasn't always the prettiest fight nor was it ever expected to be but Deron Williams nonethele s opened some eyes in his exhibition bout against Frank Gore.The former NBA guard was the aggre sor for most of the fight, using his 9-inch reach advantage to land some heavy shots on Gore and keep the former NFL running back at bay. The highlight came during the third roundwhen he connected on a knockdown blow that sent shockwaves acro s the boxing world and sent Gore grappling with the ropes., but he insisted that he was done after his lone win."I'm
Chris Beck Jersey going to go sit my old dumb a down somewhere and let these profe sionals do their s," Saturday night in Tampa, Fla."Honestly, I probably looked terrible out there. I feel like my last five sparring se sions, I was on point, my head wasn't coming up. Soon as you get out here, you start getting touched, it's a whole different
Ozzie Smith Jersey all your training goes out the window. It was fun, I was glad I had the chance to get out here and do it. But like I thought coming into this, I'm one and done."MORE: The two fighters traded shots during the first two rounds, though Williams appeared the more skilled fighter as he evaded heavy punches from Goreand was able to connect on heavy shots of his own.There was none harder than the punch he connected on in the third round. Gore let his guard down and Williams struck, landing a power shot to the head before following with a few more blows to send Gore into the ropes and earninghimself a knockdown.. got Frank Gore's attention SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) "I knew I was going to have my advantage in a clinch and with my wrestling background, so I used that to my advantage," Williams said., Williams landed 48 punches 30 percent of his total thrown while Gore connected on 39, for only 23 percent.MORE: Before the fight, former NFL wide receiver Brandon Marshall said on the Showtime PPV broadcast
Carlos Martinez Jersey that NFL players were tougher than NBA players. Williams said there need to be a few more fights to find out whether that's true."Right now, it's 1-0 (for the NBA)," Williams said. "Brandon Marshall can get his a in here and do it against somebody and figure it out."Helwani asked Williams whether that meant he would step into the ring against Marshall, butWilliams immediately denied he'd have any interest in another bout."Did you not just hear what I said?" Williams said. "I said he can get in here and do it against somebody else."MORE: Gore saidthat, even in the lo s, he had fun during the fightand came away with a lot to learn. He did not rule out a return to boxing."When he grabbed me,
Tim McCarver Jersey locked in, I let him hit me and I didn't hit back because I'm still learning, but it is what it is," . "He came out, he fought hard and got the dub, I'm all right with it."Williams said that
Jason Motte Jersey , given the disappointing end to his NBA career, he felt happy about the way he performed."I just wanted to prove to myself that I could get out here and do this, man," Williams said. "Everybody that's talking on Instagram and Twitter, they wouldn't step in here in front of all these people on pay-per-view for their first fight, man. Hats off to Frank, man. He had a dream, he had a goal. We came out here, both of us, and did it. So in my mind, we're both winners. It's one, one."
