Ronald “Winky” Wright says, he wants a shot at Sergio Martinez!

By Boxing News - 11/23/2010 - Comments

By Marquise Bullock: In a Williams-Martinez post fight interview by Round1 TV at Youtube.com, When 38 year old Ronald “Winky” Wright (51-5-1 25KO’s) was ask whom does he think Sergio Martinez (45-2-2 25KO’s) should fight next he replied: “Me, me, I think he should fight me. Hopefully we could do that in March or April. Paul Williams was a tall lanky dude, Martinez is more of my size, I think he’s a sharp skilled fighter, and I want to come back and prove I’m the best middleweight out there.” Wright also mentioned how he can’t make 154, and would want to fight at a full 160 pounds no catch-weight.

I think the veteran southpaw would give Martinez a decent fight. He [Wright] probably has one or two more fights in the tank, depending on how bad he wants his popularity and star power back. Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao frames are slightly to small to take on the bigger Martinez, but most people can’t get that through their heads. Wright still possesses a pretty good name in boxing and Martinez could probably make a good $2 million or $3 million fighting him, in maybe the Boardwalk hall, in Atlantic city NJ, or the Staples Center, in Los Angeles CA.

Other than that, I don’t see no fights out there for Martinez. Martinez was totally disrespected in The Williams-Martinez rematch. The fight was tailor-made for Paul “who got punished” Williams to win. He requested the catch-weight, judges, gloves, and he came into the ring last, also receiving a bigger piece of the pie earning $2 million dollars, while Martinez only received $1 Million (Which is still a hell of a lot of money). Is that how they treat our champions in America? Martinez had no choice but to take it out of the judges hands, or we would’ve most likely been seeing a repeat of their first fight, ending with a controversial decision.

But to sum this up, if Wright doesn’t get his shot, which I think he should, I honestly think Dmitry Pirog, or maybe James Kirkland and Felix Sturm should get a crack at Martinez. Sergio Martinez is a Hot fighter right now, let’s just see what the future holds for him and hopefully he gets a big payday, so he can retire happily.



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