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Last update: 01-04-2009 Read more by Rick Reeno

Paul Williams-Winky Wright Not Finalized, Says Peterson

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By Rick Reeno

George Peterson, manager and trainer for WBO interim-junior middleweight champion Paul Williams, has advised BoxingScene.com that a fight with Winky Wright has not been finalized. As we reported yesterday ( Click Here To Read ), a member of Team Winky advised BoxingScene that an agreement was reached�with 50-50 split between the fighters. The fight, should the contracts get signed, will move forward in April on HBO at the�middleweight limit.

While the terms may have been met on the side of Winky, Peterson indicates the terms have not been met on the side of Williams. Negotiations are ongoing and Peterson doesn't see any issues that would immediately cause the fight to fall apart, but�certain terms [likely money] have to be met before the fight is�considered a�done deal on their end.�

"It's getting there. Negotiations are ongoing. The fight is not done on our end. It may be done on Winky's end, but the terms are not done on our end. Paul wants to fight. Any fighter from 147 to 160. Other fighters play hide and go seek. We don't play those hide and�go seek kind of games.�We play a game called spank butt. This guy loves to fight. I try to tone him down, but he just wants to go in there and bang. If a guy is a dancer, he dances. If a guy is a artist, he does art. Paul Williams is a fighter, and he fights," Peterson said.

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Williams should win this one

on 01-06-2009 by MASSMAN

Williams has been more active and is probably more hungrier than Winky at this point in their careers. Winky has squandered away the tail end of his career!

on 01-05-2009 by elmillon

[QUOTE=Scott9945;4555641][I][B][FONT=Arial]#1) Williams and Forrest are both managed by Al Haymon. I can't ever recall two of his fighters being matched against each other.[/FONT][/B][/I] [I][B][FONT=Arial][/FONT][/B][/I] [B][I][B][FONT=Arial]#2) Forrest has said he is only looking for big fi...

on 01-05-2009 by kswizzy99

[QUOTE=FaustoGeraci;4556758]Yeah...Williams calls the shots, not Haymon. Stick to hockey geek. You know nothing.[/QUOTE] so I have a different opinion than you on a boxing forum where everyone voices their opinions and you start blasting me? lol. I'm guessing you are not very well liked and ...

on 01-05-2009 by FaustoGeraci

[QUOTE=kswizzy99;4556708]I didn't argue the point of them having the same manager because I didn't really know if that was true or not so I just took your word for it. But usually managers don't pit their fighters against each other so that is probably true. But p-will seems like to me that he is...

on 01-05-2009 by FaustoGeraci

[QUOTE=kswizzy99;4553549]if p-will loses to a 38 year old boxer who is coming off of a 2 year layoff and has only 1 win in his last 3 fights then he should retire.[/QUOTE] If Paul Williams loses to a guy who has been inactive, is a HOF and lost a very close fight to Hopkins at 170 (a weight he h...