I havent head anything about old Winky for a while. Has anybody heard anything? Is he going to fight again?
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I havent head anything about old Winky for a while. Has anybody heard anything? Is he going to fight again?
I presume he's letting his body settle down after he packed on so much body mass to fight Hopkins.
I certainly hope he goes back to light Middle or Middle. The higher weights don't suit him physically or stylistically.
I asked him this very question 2 days ago and he said his camp were trying to get Calzaghe!! ;D
Bad idea though because it would mean Winky floating around the 168-175 mark again.
I doubt JC would fight him now after he lost to Bhop. I think he should get back to light middle and fight Vernon Forrest. That would be intresting...
True statement. Dan Birmingham told the BBC as much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Althugz
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7129688.stm
Once more, I feel 154 is his weight. At that he's not particularily strong, but he can pull it off.
Upwards at SM he just doesn't have the speed to compensate for his lack of Power.
I'd say it's a 20% chance he'll ink a deal with Calzaghe and if it happens it's definitely in Cardiff. Winky has little to no pull now, he's older, unproven at the higher weight, isn't known for knocking guys out and just lost to a fighter everyone is convinced is an inch away from retirement. IF Calzaghe fights him and that's a big IF it will be for his name alone and Wink loses handily. His peek-a-boo style is good for defending against heavy hitters who'll drain themselves trying to get to him. Joe will be throwing from all angles, especially after Hopkins showed how to get around his guard. Joe is too active for Winky's style to be effective. And, like I said before, his initials are JC for a reason.
Have to agree that I would rather Winky fight a light middle or middle he didnt look anywhere near his usual self fighting BHop. His movement was nowhere near what it usually is at middle.
Mayorga would be a good restart for him :)
Haha, I finally found something we disagree on! 160 is his best weight. His peek a boo style could work against Pavlik. I'd love to see that fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Yeah maybe. Pavlik would havea big adavantage in terms of height tho and even if he landed on the gloves it would still have reprecussions. Winky does have a great chin tho so as i debate it in my head i definitely see where your coming from.Quote:
Originally Posted by nfkzb
A fight with Pavlik would be terrible. Taylor was able to blast through his guard, Pavlik will do the same and more. And Pavlik doesn't have Taylor's problem of retreating to the ropes once he stops punching. He'll go toe to toe with Wright. I don't know who would win, necessarily, though. Depends on how good Wright's chin is.
Winky is never goin back down to 154, I can see that. I wouldn't want him to anyway, not that I care much, cus he sucks and bores the hell outta me. But he should think about fightin the Pavlik vs. Taylor winner or just Taylor regardless and retirin. He's had a great career spoiling exciting fighters and boring us all to death the bastard. ;D
What about Winky v Forrest ???
I said that one b4 ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by OwnedbyICB
Sorry bro, didn't realise. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
Oscar will try and get him a fight with Mayweather ;D them GBP boys want Floyd beat
I am tired of Wright getting robbed all the time. Pisses me right off. The best boxer in the sport gets lured up into some bullshit wieght class then doesn't get even fair treatment when he is there. Gets a bullshit draw with Taylor that should have been a W. >:mad
Well all that is opinion and the bottomline is that he lost and that is that. He lost to B hop but hey he went up the weight so that is his Fault and the fight with Jermain was close and they gave the Champion got the benfit of the doubt so that is that tuff shit for Winkey he should try to go 154 and fight Mayweather i am sure he would win that fight and i would not want to see it but he would win the fight though.
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Originally Posted by OwnedbyICB
That would pretty much give Forrest the option of losing his title to Winky or Mayorga....,Mayorga is gunning for Forrest...He has stated several times that is his next fight come hell or high water
You think for a minute that PBF is going to fight Winky OR Cotto? HA ha hA HA HA HA HAQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr140
Well to be honest i think Cotto will be close ui think Cotto can pull off a UD like 115-113 but for PBF Winkey fight i think Winky beat PBF pretty easy and makes him look human but to be fair Winky is alot bigger then Floyd Winkey vs Williams be a fun fight at LM to watch might happen.
Winky was asking for a RIDICULOUS $6million to fight JC,it;s over on ESPN.CON in Rafael's P4P lists. Same thing he did with Taylor-priced himself out of a rematch. I used to like Winky alot but I think there's way too much sympathy for him. People make out as if everytime he loses,it's a robbery. The Simon,Vazquez,Vargas AND JT fights were all close and were in no way shape of form robberies. I had him losing most of those.Oh and the B Hop fight too. He was effective at 154,I don't think he can do that well at the higher weights with his style. We';ll see. I think he'll stay at 160-68
its alrite mate, i think it would be the best fight for him to get his name back and justify that at 170 he was too far out of his weight class.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwnedbyICB
I do wish in my heart that Winky could make 154 again and fight OScar (Oscar will make 140 just to avoid Winky as Always) And for some reason he(Oscar) finds the COJONES and fight him like TITO, Mosley, JT, and B-Hop have or had.
Hmm I just remember that B-Hop pulled a Mayweather making a small fighter to come "Too big for him" weight Div.
Oscar making 140!? are you having a scream!? he would be lucky to make 147 without having to chop of both of his arms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Puya
LOL read the post again why I might thing he could make 140.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
It's a joke. Me telling people how SCARE Oscar is of Winky
I rekon Oscar-Winky would be pretty close at 154 it would also draw in a lot of attention. It will be harder for winky to make 154 now than Oscar IMO, and still feel comfortable as he would have done if he didnt leave the weight class. 154 needs big names and Winky and oscar would fit in well there. Cotto will eventually go there and maybe floyd.
OScar fails to do a good fight against somebody with a good jab like Winky. Do you remember Felix SturnQuote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
160 was pushing the boundaries for ODLH and he didnt take Sturm seriously IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Puya
Yea i agree i think its bit unfair to say that, considering how badly out of shape Oscar De La Hoya was. But remember people say the only fighter Oscar De La Hoya ducked was Winky Wright, lets see it happen :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
At 154 he had a chance but he opted not toQuote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
I rekon it would happen now to be honest. The money would be right for both of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Puya