Comments Thread For: Farewell Winky: Weekend Review and Ratings Update

BIGPOPPAPUMP

The idea of four fights can be better executed on paper than in the ring. Even if all of the fights go the distance, there can be enough action to make it worth the marathon. Saturday night on Showtime, we got four distance contests that occasionally brought about the question:

[Click Here To Read More]

nycsmooth

others guys could have made this telecast good...the Sho event was garbage, especially the Trout bout, Canelo will have his way w/him...Wright knew he had nothing left & took it 4 the $$ ...mayb he, Mosey (it was announced last night) stay retired & take hopkins & Tarver w/them...

sksports

Santa Cruz would agree with this assessment. He said himself that he was too young but he came to fight. Dude put o
n a clinic.

ShoulderRoll

Showtime didn't pass on Froch-Bute for this. They were hoping for Ward-Bute.

-Kev-

I enjoyed the Winky-Quillin fight. Winky was very aggressive and tried to make a fight out of it.

I think Winky Wright has basically been retired for 5 years now, right after the Hopkins fight. Popping in and out after 2-3 year layoffs is not good for a fighter in his late 30s.

Winky should have fought in 2008, 2010, 2011 instead of taking those years off.

crold1

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShoulderRoll

Showtime didn't pass on Froch-Bute for this. They were hoping for Ward-Bute.

That was a terrible call. You take the bird in hand, especially when Bute is fighting a proven commodity and Ward is being courted by HBO. They saved some money. I guess that's good.

BIGPOPPAPUMP Big Bad Booty Daddy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: New York Posts: 20,457 Rep Power: 200000 Points: 2,062,866,668.61 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 2,062,866,668.61 Donate	Comments Thread For: Farewell Winky: Weekend Review and Ratings Update The idea of four fights can be better executed on paper than in the ring. Even if all of the fights go the distance, there can be enough action to make it worth the marathon. Saturday night on Showtime, we got four distance contests that occasionally brought about the question: [Click Here To Read More]

nycsmooth Undisputed Champion Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,247 Rep Power: 10 Points: 31,662.55 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 31,662.55 Donate	others guys could have made this telecast good...the Sho event was garbage, especially the Trout bout, Canelo will have his way w/him...Wright knew he had nothing left & took it 4 the $$ ...mayb he, Mosey (it was announced last night) stay retired & take hopkins & Tarver w/them...

sksports Amateur Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0 Points: 430.38 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 430.38 Donate	Santa Cruz would agree with this assessment. He said himself that he was too young but he came to fight. Dude put o n a clinic.

ShoulderRoll Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,291 Rep Power: 0 Points: 12,058.39 Bank: 268,890,455,812.39 Total Points: 268,890,467,870.78 Donate	Showtime didn't pass on Froch-Bute for this. They were hoping for Ward-Bute.

-Kev- Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Caribbean Posts: 17,870 Rep Power: 0 Points: 448,746,222,629.42 Bank: 1,174,034,275,629.72 Total Points: 1,622,780,498,259.14 Donate	I enjoyed the Winky-Quillin fight. Winky was very aggressive and tried to make a fight out of it. I think Winky Wright has basically been retired for 5 years now, right after the Hopkins fight. Popping in and out after 2-3 year layoffs is not good for a fighter in his late 30s. Winky should have fought in 2008, 2010, 2011 instead of taking those years off.