Quote Originally Posted by boozeboxer
Quote Originally Posted by Ice Cold Boxing
The last real good fighter Wright beat was Tito back in 2005 unless you count blown up Welterweight Ike Quartey. I really don't understand Wright at all not many fans find him exciting as it is, plus he always complained that he never got the chance to be a big star because he was ducked etc, yet he is turning down fights with Kessler, Abraham, that would do his career good and set up other big fights, instead he is still whining instead of being active. I think fighters should take a leaf out of Margarito's book even after the loss to Williams he is still keeping himself busy and keeping himself as a top contender at Welterweight and he has now set himself up for title shot vs Cintron. The way i see it is if Wright is going to keep turning down fights either he should retire or just stop whining and just get his a** in gear and start fighting and keeping himself active, so he can set up a big fight with Pavlik or etc.
Take a page out of Margarito's book? You mean taking high risk, low reward fights and have yourself on the outside looking in at the big money fights?
Well its better than not fighting at all, thats the name of the game Booze. You keep yourself busy with a few gimme fights to set up bigger fights in the future. And in Wright's case he had a perfect chance to get right back amongst the top fighters fighting Abraham or Kessler and set himself up for bigger fights for the future.

Quote Originally Posted by El Gamo
Quote Originally Posted by boozeboxer
El Gamo you are correct about the B-Hop fight being a foolish move. But he cares about his legacy. (Comparable to SSM fighting Winky instead of ODLH a third time.) While foolish in hindsight, I think that both fighters are concerned about legacy. I don't think you can pick on a fighter whose wants to leave a legacy beyond their abilities...
Well,I think a fight with Taylor would have been excellent for his legacy too and it was a far more winnable fight than a fight with B Hop at a new weight where he most likely would not fight again. At his age,what 34,packing on the weight, then losing it,it's not smart. He should have rematched JT at 160.

Even if I did agree with you, who exactly would there be to fight? The winner of JT and Pavlik, which could mean he would fight JT again, making his move to not rematch him instantly look even more foolish. BTW,IF Pavlik wins and Winky fights Pavlik, we have a SIG bet,deal? I'm taking Kelly via stoppage.
If Pavlik goes to the body i favor Pavlik stopping Wright, if he doesn't then he could be in for a very tough nights work.