News - Ronald Wright

Less than three weeks before Antonio Tarver steps into the ring to continue his campaign at cruiserweight by taking on the unbeaten power puncher Lateef Kayode, the «Magic Man» held an open workout on Tuesday before a packed house of his hometown media at Calta’s 24/7 Fitness read more ...

Closing in on the end of his career, middleweight contender Ronald Winky Wright (51-5, 25KOs) returns for the first time in two years when he faces EBU champion Matthew Macklin (28-2, 19KOs) on April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The former undisputed junior middleweight champion spoke with Suge Green of OnTheGrind Boxing Radio and gave his reason for accepting a fight with Macklin after two years of being inactive, and explained why he turned Macklin down last year read more ...

Sources close to the information have informed us that former jr. middleweight champion Winky Wright is considering leaving Golden Boy Promotions in order to sign with Top Rank Promotions. Wright, who last fought in April of 2009, is apparently unhappy with the inability of Golden Boy Promotions to secure him a fight and has decided to take his career in a different direction read more ...

According to adviser Damien Ramirez, middleweight contender Winky Wright will return to action on December 11 in Puerto Rico. Wright will see action for the first time since the April loss to Paul Williams. Wright turns 37 in November and has only fought twice since 2007. "Winky has always liked Puerto Rico, and has a close relationship with (Felix) Tito Trinidad and wants to make a fight on the island," said Ramirez to Primera Hora read more ...

In an interesting post-fight press conference, two-division champ Paul “The Punisher” Williams says Winky Wright brought out his best, Wright gave Williams his due and stated that he’s not retiring, Williams’ promoter Dan Goossen commented that Williams will seek a matchup with WBA welterweight champ Shane Mosley, and heavyweight Chris Arreola, who was impressive in the co-feature, says just bring it on! read more ...

In a battle of two boxers billed as boxing’s most avoided fighters, two-division world champion Paul “The Punisher” Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) punished former unified junior middleweight world champion Winky Wright (51-5-1, 25 KOs) on over twelve one-sided rounds Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Williams’ punch output and pressure easily overwhelmed the defensive skills of Wright from the opening bell. Scores were 119-109, 119-109, 120-108 read more ...

Following the lead of Shane Mosley and Bernard Hopkins, another veteran of the game, Winky Wright, wants to dominate his younger opponent. Hopkins dominated Kelly Pavlik last October. Mosley dominated Antonio Margarito in January, and Wright wants to put on a dominating, career-defining performance against Paul Williams on April 11 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. read more ...

Ronald 'Winky' Wright just turned 37 years old, hasn't won a fight in over two years, is returning from a sound thrashing at the hands of Bernard Hopkins and is now sporting braces on his teeth. While a lot has changed with Wright there is still one thing that hasn't - he's still singing the same old song about being the most avoided man in the sport of boxing read more ...

Boxingtalk has been informed that negotiations for a potential rematch between former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor and middleweight Winky Wright have it a major snag and it now appears that Wright will mix it up with WBO interim junior middleweight champion, and one of the most avoided men in boxing, Paul Williams. If a deal is solidified, the bout would take place at the middleweight read more ...

It was a fight that had very little flow as Wright attempted to play the aggressor behind his jab and Hopkins relied on quick counterpunches and lots of holding and roughhousing. Wright, bothered by a severe gash over his left eye from a head butt in the third round and obviously not comfortable at the catch weight of 170 pounds, slowed over the final few rounds and Hopkins emerged with a unanimous decision read more ...