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Winky Wright: If Macklin Wins, Maybe Its Time To Retire

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:31:00 +0300

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

WINKY MAKING THE WRIGHT MOVE TO TOP RANK

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:22:00 +0300

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

Winky Wright To Return on December 11, Puerto Rico

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:22:00 +0300

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

Williams, Wright Speak!

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:07:00 +0300

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!

Williams punishes Wright!

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:25:00 +0300

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

Winky Wright Wants To Dominate Paul Williams in Vegas

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:49:00 +0300

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.

Winky Wright Claims Most Fighters Avoid Him

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:15:00 +0300

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

WRIGHT-WILLIAMS ON HBO IN MID-APRIL

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:46:00 +0300

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

Winky Wright: "I Told You Hopkins Was Dirty"

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:47:00 +0300

Wright suffered a nasty cut above his left eye after a clash of heads in the third round. He says Hopkins used his head often, hit him with low blows and held often. He received twelve stitches for the cut and bruises that he claims were a direct result of Hopkins' using his head. He doesn't place all the blame on Hopkins, he felt referee Robert Byrd let Hopkins do

CompuBox: 132 Clinches During Hopkins-Wright

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:08:00 +0300

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

Hopkins promises Joppy-style beatdown against Winky!

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:49:00 +0300

Comebacking ring legend Bernard Hopkins says he going to put a beating on Winky Wright in their PPV clash on Saturday in Las Vegas. "He�s not the slickest southpaw that I've fought," stated Hopkins. "I've fought many of them. I think I got nine knockouts out of ten. I had one of the oldest, slickest southpaws in my camp, who�s the second trainer, John David Jackson. I�ve seen every southpaw that I could imagine on tape

Hopkins: "I'm Gonna Whoop Winky's Ass"

Wed, 16 May 2007 11:02:00 +0300

In anticipation of this summer's hottest match-up, Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright held a press conference in New York on Tuesday, to announce "Coming to Fight" July 21, as part of a 5-city press tour with following stops in Tampa, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Below please find comments from each fighter, and see photos attached

Winky easily outpoints Ike!

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:42:00 +0300

It was a typical Winky Wright performance during Wright's homecoming in front of a big crowd in Tampa after a 14 year hiatus. Wright (51-3-1, 25 KOs) completely dominated Ike Quartey (37-4-1, 31 KOs) over twelve rounds at the St Pete Times Forum. Wright was credited with knockdowns in rounds two and seven, but the first seemed to be a slip and the second was simply a blown call. Scores were 117-110, 117-110, 117-109

Weights from Tampa!

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 16:50:00 +0300

Winky Wright 159.2 vs Ike Quartey 157 Jeff Lacy 166.5 vs Vitali Tsypko 167 Rey Bautista 122 vs Giovanni Andrade 121.5

"The Heat is On" in Tampa!

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:38:00 +0300

Oscar De La Hoya hosted the final press event before �The Heat Is On� headlined by Winky Wright against Ike Quartey this Saturday night in Tampa, Florida. De La Hoya�s Golden Boy Promotions, along with Winky Productions and DiBella Entertainment, is promoting the event. Both Wright and Quartey seemed to be relaxed at the press conference, but Jeff Lacy, fighting in the co-main event against Vitali Tsypko, was all business

Winky nixed a $5 million offer

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:34:00 +0300

Meanwhile, another Jermain Taylor-Winky Wright rematch on December 9 appears to be dead after Winky nixed a $5 million offer. Jermain Taylor will face Kassim Ouma at Alltel Arena in Little Rock, Taylor's promoter Lou DiBella told the Arkansas-Democrat Gazette

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: WINKY WRIGHT

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:58:00 +0300

Before we could get a question in, Winky Wright told Boxingtalk.com, "I know I won that fight. It was a great fight and I showed the fans that I could beat HBO's Golden Child. But I had to show them that it ain't over and I'm still here." GL: Was there anything about Taylor that surprised you at all? Winky Wright: "He surprised me by how much he could take.

Taylor still world champion!

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:32:00 +0300

WBC/WBA/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (25-0-1, 17 KOs) retained his three world titles with a twelve round draw against mandatory challenger Winky Wright (50-3-1, 25 KOs) on Saturday night at the Fedex Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. Taylor got off to a good start, connecting with some good right hands and body shots to counteract Wright's jabs. Wright crowded Taylor in round two and scored well with accurate punches, as Taylor

Taylor-Wright Presser!

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:49:00 +0300

Winky Wright was a no-show at the postfight press conference Saturday night. Representing Wright was his promoter Gary Shaw, who vociferously announced that his fighter deserved to have won. He made no apologies for his fighter having stormed from the ring following the announcement of the final scorecards, but relayed Winky's statement that he believed he had given Jermain Taylor a boxing lesson. Shaw announced that Wright claimed

Taylor 160, Wright 159.5

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:12:00 +0300

Both middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (160) and challenger Winky Wright (159.5) made weight on the first try Friday in Memphis for their showdown Saturday night at the FedEx Forum. Taylor will be defending his WBC, WBO and WBA (super) titles, however Wright says he will only pay a sanctioning fee to the WBC where is is the mandatory challenger.

Grand Workout for Wright!

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:19:00 +0300

The setting for Winky Wright's public work out Wednesday evening in the Grand Casino Tunica contrasted to that of Jermain Taylor's. Wright worked out in the casino's Grand Event Center under air conditioning and for a much more intimate audience. Wright spoke to the media once he arrived in Tunica. When asked about his approach for his fight with Taylor, Wright said

Taylor-Wright Presser!

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:15:00 +0300

After Lou DiBella welcomed the crowd and thanked everyone involved, including Wright's promoter Gary Shaw and Prizefight Boxing's Brian Young, HBO's Kerry Davis boasted that "I think we (HBO) are the only network to marshal the resources to put an event like this on our network for subscribers to see (versus charging as a pay-per-view)." Kerry continued by

Taylor strong in shakeout!

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:47:00 +0300

Jermain Taylor broke a sweat at a public workout held outside Tuesday at the Pepsi Pavilion in historic Handy Park. Taylor's workout began roughly about the time that his opponent Winky Wright was scheduled to arrive in Memphis at Wilson Air Travel. Taylor arrived in Memphis last Saturday and has reportedly been training at the Memphis Police Boxing Gym at the Mid-south Fairgrounds on Hollywood. Taylor appeared on stage from a Pepsi

Taylor-Wright: NYC Presser!

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:30:00 +0300

Boxing is a sport where the best and frequently most logical things don't always occur like they should. There are bad decisions, worse rankings and frequent mismatches. The fights that are supposed to be made frequently aren't. And when they are, they occur often too late in the fighter's careers or they're tainted by a loss in a previous tune-up fight. So imagine boxing fans' (and members of the industry's) delight when all of the

Soliman odd man out!

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:37:00 +0300

The on-off-on-off-on roller coaster known as the Jermain Taylor-Winky Wright negotiations has left Sam Soliman as the odd man out. Soliman's promoter Dan Goossen had twice agreed with DiBella Entertainment for Soliman to challenge Taylor in April for his world title belts, only to have last minute maneuvers result in Soliman being passed over in favor of a deal with Wright. "What can I say?" stated Soliman from his training camp in

WBC confirms Taylor-Wright!

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:47:00 +0300

The WBC has received confirmation from Lou DiBella and Gary Shaw that they have reached an agreement for the Jermain Taylor vs. Winky Wright fight. Consequently the purse offer scheduled for today has been cancelled. "The World Boxing Council is very pleased that both promoters reached an agreement, as the fans deserve to watch fighting the best two middleweights of the world in this WBC mandatory defense,"

Taylor-Wright talks break down!

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:58:00 +0300

Talks between the camps of middleweight champion Jermain Taylor and top challenger Winky Wright have reached an impasse. "They asked for 50% of the money and 50% of the control. That is not happening," Taylor's promoter Lou DiBella told Fightnews.com. "I made them an incredibly fair deal which is better than they would get in a purse bid with the WBC. HBO offered $5 million total and wouldn't come up a dollar. I offered Winky $3 million

Taylor-Wright update!

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:02:00 +0300

Negotiations are continuing between the handlers of middleweight champion Jermain Taylor and top challenger Winky Wright for Taylor's mandatory WBC title defense. The Taylor camp wants the bout to take place in Little Rock, Arkansas, while the Wright camp wants it to be in Tampa, Florida and neither side appears to be willing to fight on the other's home turf. At this stage the bout seems to be likely headed to neutral ground in Las Vegas or

WBC Orders Taylor-Wright!

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:48:00 +0300

The fight to determine the best middleweight in the world took a major step forward today. Jose Sulaiman, president of the World Boxing Council (WBC), served notice today to the camps of middleweight champion JERMAIN TAYLOR and mandatory challenger WINKY WRIGHT "... that the free negotiations period has begun for the mandatory title defense between our champion Jermain Taylor vs. mandatory challenger Ronald "Winky" Wright

Wright: "I want Taylor as soon as possible!"

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:45:00 +0300

Fighting off the lingering effects of a severe week-long chest and head cold and a spirited battle by the IBF's top-rated middleweight contender, two time world champion and WBC/WBA No. 1 middleweight contender WINKY WRIGHT won a decisive unanimous decision over Sam Soliman Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Wright, 50-3 (25 KOs), from St. Petersburg, FL, collected a milestone 50th victory while snapping Soliman's three-year

DiBella Underwhelmed by Winky

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:28:00 +0300

Lou DiBella, promoter of undisputed middleweight champ Jermain Taylor, was left more than a little turned off by the performance of WBC/WBA #1 contender Winky Wright tonight in his fight against Sam Soliman. Wright won a much closer than expected unanimous decision in a middleweight eliminator at the Mohegan Sun. �You think Jermain is afraid of this guy?� asked DiBella rhetorically. �That fight was much too close. I applaud Sam

Soliman: I won those fights!

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:20:00 +0300

Sam Soliman (31-7) is a heavy underdog in todays twelve round bout against Winky Wright but is confident of causing an upset. Despite losing disputed decisions to Anthony Mundine in 2001, Raymond Joval in 2001 and Howard Eastman in 2000, Soliman has gone on to register 19 consecutive victories including a win over Joval in IBF eliminator. Soliman said, "No one outside my own camp is giving me a chance. But a lot of the people

Winky sick, will fight anyway!

Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:05:00 +0300

"People wanted me to pull out," Winky Wright told his hometown paper, the St Petersburg Times yesterday. "I'm fighting, trying to get it out of my system. I don't know what it is. It's just a cold. Got a stuffed up chest, stuffed nose, but hey, I'm here. It don't matter what it is, I'm here and I'm fighting." Although noticeably congested, Winky had hard workouts Wednesday and Thursday

Middleweight picture clearing up!

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:33:00 +0300

After his second straight razor-thin conquest of Bernard Hopkins, WBC/WBA/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor is eying a tune-up fight in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas. "It would be a crime to put Jermain in another tough fight without a breather after going 24 rounds with Bernard Hopkins," promoter Lou DiBella said. "We expect a fight with Winky by next summer, but Jermain deserves a rest. I'm going to line up something so his

Winky Wright: "We're going to see if Jermain or Bernard step up to the plate!"

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:51:00 +0300

WINKY_WRIGHT: what up what up what up! - Winky why are u fighting Soliman and u are already in a mandatory position? WINKY_WRIGHT: I'm fighting Sam Soliman on December 10 at Mohegan Sun. We ain't fighting for the vacant title, but that's all good, I'm just happy to be fighting on HBO.

Soliman: I can beat Winky!

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:53:00 +0300

IBF#1 middleweight Sam Soliman (31-7) is scheduled to meet WBC#1/WBA#1 middleweight Ronald " Winky" Wright (49-3) at the Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT, USA on December 10 in the biggest fight of his boxing career. Despite being a heavy underdog "Team Soliman" which includes manager Stuart Duncan and trainer Dave Hedgecock, are very confident that Soliman will defeat the classy southpaw Wright.

Winky Wright announces Winky Promotions!

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 16:07:00 +0300

What's good Wink? "Everything homey. I just got finished up a major business deal and I'm proud to announce to world through Boxingtalk, that now I have my own promotional company, Winky Promotions. This is something I've always wanted to do, and I'm real, real glad to be have business people like Chris Lighty, who's going to be negotiating for your boy, on board with my company. I'm not going to sit here and tell you what boxing needs to get better or how we going to change boxing

Winky to Mayweather: "50-50 purse split or no fight!"

Tue, 09 Aug 2005 10:53:00 +0300

Junior middleweight kingpin Ronald "Winky" Wright told Boxingtalk.com that unless Floyd Mayweather Jr. agrees to a 50-50 purse split, he can "forget about fighting me on November 12." Wright stated, "I didn't go looking for him, he's come looking for me and if he wants to fight me on PPV November 12, it's got to be 50-50." Wright doesn't want to hear about the risk Mayweather would be taking either. "People look at that and say

Wright: "If he gets in that ring, he ain't going to be Pretty Boy no more!

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:08:00 +0300

Floyd sounds like he's trying to talk himself into a fight. Trash talking is for some scared ass (brothers). I do my talking with my fists. He sees me in Vegas, he sees me everywhere. I'm not one of these cats out here talking shit with anything but my hands. I'm happy he wants to fight me, because I'd get paid a lot of money to beat up on a little guy. He could say what he wants about my punching power

Wright vs. Mayweather a Reality?

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:46:00 +0300

What may have initially sounded like a crazy boxing rumor could turn out true. Unnamed sources close to the situation are reporting that promoters Bob Arum, Gary Shaw and Don King are in deep negotiations to match former undisputed junior middleweight boss Ronald �Winky� Wright and WBC Super Lightweight king �Pretty Boy� Floyd Mayweather, possibly in late October or November of this year.

Winky Wright: "Trinidad brings a lot to the game and I hate to see him go"

Tue, 17 May 2005 13:50:00 +0300

- 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..."

Mismatched Wright and Trinidad heading for rematch

Mon, 16 May 2005 11:22:00 +0300

..."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 ...

Wright dominates Trinidad!

Sun, 15 May 2005 07:31:00 +0300

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...

Trinidad-Wright presser!

Thu, 12 May 2005 16:40:00 +0300

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..."

Felix Trinidad: "I missed big parades when I returned to Puerto Rico"

Wed, 11 May 2005 14:14:00 +0300

- 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..."

Winky: "I'll retire Trinidad"

Thu, 05 May 2005 12:59:00 +0300

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."

Trinidad and Winky Vegas presser!

Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:21:00 +0300

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...

Trinidad-Wright presser!

Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:05:00 +0300

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...

Exclusive Interview: Felix "Tito" Trinidad

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:22:00 +0300

- 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..."

Winky Wright: "There's Tito, Oscar and Benrard left"

Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:00:00 +0300

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.

Winky Wright SIGNS Contract To Fight Trinidad!

Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:58:00 +0300

Undisputed junior middleweight king Ronald "Winky" Wright has informed Boxingtalk.com that he has SIGNED on to face Felix "Tito" Trinidad on May 14 at either Madison Square Garden or the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wright's "authorized representative", promoter Gary Shaw