News - Ronald Wright

- Can you give us some thoughts on your career defining shut-out against Felix "Tito" Trinidad? Winky Wright: "I think this fight will do a lot for my career because it lets everyone know that I am one of the very best out here. He was considered one of the best and I considered him to be one of the best, so now that I beat him, they have no choice but to put me up there..." read more ...

..."I said I was going to win every round one by one, and that's what I did," said Wright (49-3). "Once I saw I could hit him with my jab and hurt him with it, I didn't deviate from my game plan." According to CompuBox statistics, Wright outlanded the Puerto Rican 262 punches to 58 and outjabbed him by more than a 12-1 ratio, 185 to just 15. There were no knockdowns but Trinidad was wobbled several times, including in the last minute of the fight. So dominant was Wright that despite overwhelming support for Trinidad among a crowd of 14,176 in the MGM Grand Garden at the start, by the end ... read more ...

Former 154lb champion Winky Wright (49-3, 25 KOs) won a surprisingly easy twelve round unanimous decision over three-division champ Felix Trinidad (42-2, 35 KOs) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Not much action in round one, which the southpaw Wright controlled. In round twom Wright landed almost everything he threw, while Tito managed to get in a few good body shots. Wright again peppered Tito with a variety of punches, while most of Trinidad's power shots were blocked. Trinidad tried a flurry to the body in the fourth, but Wright controlled the rest of... read more ...

Winky Wright: "I have waited for a fight like this my whole life. I have never felt better ever. I have been owed a fight like this and a payday for a long, long time. And when I am through with Trinidad, people will finally respect me and give me the credit that I deserve. I know how to beat Trinidad. I have watched him for a long time and I know his flaws..." read more ...

- Do you wish you were fighting for a title? Felix Trinidad: "I feel great leading up to this fight. My plan has always been to fight the best possible opponents. This has been our plan since I returned and Winky was the only one brave enough to challenge me and I give him credit for calling me out. A championship fight will come as a result of my victory Saturday night..." read more ...

And southpaw master Winky isn't exactly intimidated at the thought of the Puerto Rican's right cross and left hook. He said: "Tito Trinidad is going to find out that it's a lot tougher fighting someone his own size. He isn't fighting a blown-up welterweight this time. My only worry is that I'll beat Tito so bad, he'll retire again and I won't get that big payday I was promised for the rematch." read more ...

The MGM Grand hosted the final leg of the recent press tour to promote the May 14th fight between Puerto Rican superstar, Felix Trinidad and undisputed junior middleweight champion , Ronald “Winky” Wright . Both fighters arrived with small entourages ; managers, lawyers, promoters and trainers, although Wright’s trainer, Dan Birmingham, who recently received the boxing writers trainer of the year award, was absent... read more ...

During Gary Shaw's turn at the podium, he declared "Sometimes fighters make mistakes inside the ring, but with all due respect, Tito and Papa Trinidad have just made a mistake outside of the ring by signing this fight." He then concluded by saying that once Winky beats Tito they would come and celebrate in Puerto Rico instead of Disneyland... read more ...

- Tito, can you give us your thoughts facing Winky Wright? Felix Trinidad: "I feel great right now. I'm honored to have an opportunity to fight a great fighter like Winky Wright, I'm already training hard for this fight and it's going to be a great fight. I'm just pleased to have the opportunity to once again show the boxing fans that I am a great fighter..." read more ...

Winky when you dropped your hands vs Mosley was that inspired by Mayorga when he did it vs Forrest and Tito? Winky Wright: "Naw, I did that because Shane hit me behind the head and thought he hurt me. In the clinch I told him didn;t do nothing, he said yeah right, so I put my hands down and told him to take his best shot. You won't see none of that with Tito though. read more ...