Winky Wright Boxing News

By Eric Thomas: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Sergio Martinez could end up fighting 38-year-old Winky Wright (51-5-1, 25 KO’s) if a fight between Martinez and undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t happen, according to Sportsillustratrated. Martinez, 35, is going to wait and see if a bout between him and Mayweather can be put together. If not, then [...]

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum will be looking to match WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) against either 38-year-old fellow Top Rank fighter Winky Wright or Paul Williams next, according to an interview by Greg Leon of Boxing Talk.. Although I wouldn’t mind seeing Pavlik fight Williams, I have absolutely [...]

By Jason Kim: Former IBF/WBA/World Boxing Council light middleweight champion Ronald “Winky” Wright (51-5-1, 25 KO’s) is looking to leave Golden Boy Promotions and sign with Top Rank, according to the latest news. Wright, now 38, has been frustrated by his inability to land fights in the past few years. Wright has only fought once [...]

On The Ropes Boxing Radio interviews former Champions Winky Wright & Vivian Harris. On The Ropes will also be discussing the past weeks boxing matches, news and the upcoming fights.

By Jim Dower: Minutes after losing a badly one-sided 12-round unanimous decision loss to Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) last night, former light middleweight champion Ronald “Winky” Wright (51-5-1, 25 KOs) said that he plans on getting back in the ring to continue his career after his loss to Williams, saying “It’s been 21 months. [...]

By Sam Gregory: Last night’s main event is a scheduled 12 round middleweight bout between 37 year old southpaw Ronald “Winky” Wright and 27-year-old southpaw Paul “The Punisher” Williams.” This will be the first time Winky Wright has been in the ring since his loss to Bernard Hopkins in July of 2007. Paul Williams is [...]

By Matt Stein: Last night, Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) showed how much better he is than the other welterweights, junior middleweights and middleweights, by defeating Winky Wright (51-5-1, 25 KOs) by a near shutout 12-round unanimous decision at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas. If you were expecting a close fight, [...]

By Jim Slattengren: Winky Wright (51-5-1, 25 KOs) ran into a fighter that he had answers for tonight in getting badly beaten by Paul “Punisher” Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) by a one-sided 12-round unanimous decision at the Mandalay Bay Casino & Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Williams unloaded a never ending amount of punches, preventing [...]

By Jason Kim: So much for Ronald “Winky” Wright’s (51-5-1, 25 KOs) so-called high guard defense. Tonight, Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) made a mockery of Wright’s once airtight defense, raining countless punches on Wright and simply overwhelming his guard, beating him by a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision at the Mandalay Bay Events center, in [...]

At yesterday’s weigh-in for the middleweight bout between Paul Williams (36-1, 27 KOs) and Winky Wright (51-4-1, 25 KOs) for tomorrow night’s bout at the Mandalay Bay Casino & Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Wright weighed in at 159, and Williams came in at 157.

By Sean McDaniel: Newly crowned WBA super bantamweight champion Bernard Dunne (28-1, 15 KOs) received an award earlier today from the World Boxing Association, who named him ‘the boxer of the month’ for Dunne’s 11th round stoppage victory over champion Ricardo Cordoba (34-2-2, 21 KOs) on March 21st at the O2 Arena, in Dublin, Ireland.

By Manuel Perez: As much as I think that 37-year-old Ronald “Winky” Wright (51-4-1, 25 KOs) is a great fighter, I predict he’s going to get knocked out on Saturday night by the younger 27-year-old Paul Williams (36-1, 27 KOs) in their 12-round bout at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. [...]

By Dave Lahr: Light middleweight Paul Williams (36-1, 27 KOs) hopes to add another name to his long list of wins when he faces his biggest test of his nine-year pro career in Ronald “Winky” Wright )51-4-1, 25 KOs) this Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The lanky [...]

Undefeated IBF middleweight champion King Arthur Abraham outclassed Lajuan Simon in Kiel on Saturday night to clinch the 29th victory in as many fights (23 KOs). Abraham connected with his trademark power punches throughout the entire 12 rounds and also knocked the brave challenger down in the third following a hard series. But Simon proved [...]

Winky Wright, Former Undisputed Junior Middleweight: “I get a lot of people asking me why I’m not fighting. I tell them it has nothing to do with negotiations, it’s because no one wants to fight me. No one wants to fight Winky Wright. They say it’s about the money, but it isn’t that. I wanted [...]

What happens when two of boxing’s most feared superstars can’t find anyone willing to step up and face them? They fight each other. On Saturday, April 11th, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, former Junior Middleweight World Champion Winky Wright will look to stop the meteoric rise of two-division World Champion [...]

By Jim Dower: WBO light middleweight and former welterweight champion Paul Williams (36-1, 27 KOs) will face former light middleweight and middleweight champion Ronald “Winky” Wright (51-4-1, 25 KOs) on April 11th in a non-title bout at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Williams, 27, has been moving around the different [...]

By Dave Lahr: Joe Calzaghe could possibly be looking at fighting one more time against either Bernard Hopkins, Chad Dawson or Winky Wright at the Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. According to The Telegraph, Calzaghe has “dreams” of fighting at the Millennium Stadium, presumably because he wants to fight in front of a huge audience which would [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to an interview on Boxing talk, Kelly Pavlik (34-1, 30 KOs) is interested in fighting the winner of the Paul Williams (36-1, 27 KOs) vs. Winky Wright (51-4-1, 25 KOs) bout which is for the interim WBO light middleweight title on March 14th. However, Pavlik, 26, remains focused on defending his [...]

By Jim Dower: After two consecutive losses to Kelly Pavlik, former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (28-2-1, 17 KOs) appears to be once again fighting well having moved up to the super middleweight division where he recently defeated Jeff Lacy by a 12-round unanimous decision in a WBC Super Middleweight Title Eliminator in November. At [...]

HOBOKEN, N.J. (October 27, 2008) – International Boxing Federation top contender and mandatory challenger, former U.S. Olympian and IBF light middleweight title-holder Raul “El Diamente” Marquez, says he will shock the boxing world November 8 when he fights unbeaten IBF middleweight champion “King” Arthur Abraham at Jako Arena in Bamberg, Germany.

By Scott Gilfoid: In perhaps a sign of wishful thinking on his part, former IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO light middleweight champion Ronald “Winky” Wright (51-4-1, 25 KOs) mentioned on Wednesday night’s ESPN boxing telecast that he’s interested in fighting only big fights, and has both Oscar De La Hoya and WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik. The main problem [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In the latest boxing news, former light middleweight champion Ronald “Winky” Wright (51-4-1, 25 KOs) is reportedly highly interested in a bout with Oscar De La Hoya, whom he feels has been avoiding him for some time. This comes to no surprise to me that De La Hoya, or any other top [...]

By Chris Thomas: So far, it’s been six months since former light middleweight & middleweight champion Winky Wright (51-4-1, 25 KOs) last fought, losing a disappointing 12-round unanimous decision to Bernard Hopkins in July 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, instead of accepting the defeat and moving on, [...]

During this past week with all the news on the old timers bout between Felix Trinidad and Roy Jones, I took another look at Trinidad’s bout with Winky Wright (51-4-1, 25 KOs), which turned out to be a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision victory for Wright in May 2005. I wondered why, a fighter with as [...]

By Brian Blackwell: On Saturday night, I watched the replay of the Bernard Hopkin vs. Winky Wright boxing fight, and once again it has proven amazing to me how different a fight can be when you get the opportunity to see it for a second time. After watching it the first time, I saw Winky [...]

It’s a special edition of HBO BOXING AFTER DARK when HBO Sports presents the exclusive replay of the light heavyweight showdown BERNARD HOPKINS VS. WINKY WRIGHT SATURDAY, JULY 28 at 10:15 p.m. (ET/PT) on HBO. The HBO Sports team, which was ringside for the live event at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas, will [...]

“Wright has waited a long time for a shot at Hopkins and this belt, and his hunger and strong right hook will prevail against the experienced “Executioner.” I’m picking Winky Wright by unanimous decision.” – Nancy Gay, The San Francisco Chronicle “Wright in a Split decision (115-113, 116-112, 113-115) that is not nearly as boring [...]