Some things that may help:
Winky is 32 years old; Tito won't be until January next year.
Tito has a 72.5 reach to Winky's 72.0 reach
Tito is taller at 5'11 to Winky's 5'9
Inspite of his two-year hiatus, Tito has fought only 7 times less than Winky. Trinidad: 42-1-0 (35); Wright: 47-3 (25)
Trinidad's victims include Campas who was 56-0 when they met, Oba Carr who was 32-0 going into their match and the master defensive tactician, Pernell Whitaker (then, 40-2) who went down in the 2nd round, picked himself up and went on to lose by UD.
Winky and Trinidad had a common foe in Fernando Vargas. Tito TKO'd Vargas in the 12th in a WBA-IBF title fight; Winky lost to Vargas through a Majority Decision when Judge David Hess submitted a draw score card.
Winky has had three losses, Tito one. In one of those few losses (to the then 50-1-0 Julio Cesar Vasquez), Winky went down once each in the 2nd, 7th and 9th rounds, and then twice more in the 12th. Winky lost by UD. His only other loss (aside from those to Vargas and Vasquez) was to Harry Simon (then 16-0) for the WBO LightMiddleweight Title (MD).
Winky has never been totally stopped; Tito, once, by Hopkins, and tasted canvass a number of times on KD.
Winky met Bronco McKart twice and won both meetings. In the second encounter, McKart was DQ'd in the 8th after the ref deducted 5 (!) points for excessive low blows.
Now, fellas, you figure... :) But remember, a Glenn Johnson with a lousy record met Roy Jones, Jr and.... ;) :D
I think Tito has problems with fighters who move but, then again, who doesn't? Name one fighter who doesn't have a stylistic mismatch with a pure boxer, I dare you!
I believe Tito walks right through the feather-fisted Wright en route to an 11th round TKO. Wright will make him look foolish for the first four or five rounds but then Tito will see that Wright can't hurt him and will walk him down with style. Winky has a good chance to beat Tito if he (Tito) reverts back to his old style but he showed good foot movement and counterpunching skills (better than he had before retirement) against Mayorga.
I know people will argue that fighting Mayorga is like fighint a tree because he doesn't move around, but you would be wrong. I saw Mayorga use skills I didn't think he had against Tito but he just got too tired from those three DEVASTATING Tito left hooks he allowed Trinidad to connect in the first round. Had he not done that I don't think the fight would've ended so soon.
Winky is too good for his own good. Only Mosley has the jewels to fight him. Oscar will never fight Winky, unless he(wright) loses to someone else first. I feel Winky Wright is probably the best fighter in Boxing. I see a Tito fight as a nice one, but it won't happen. If it did, I would pick Wright by decision.
he's not the best by far. Winky up until Mosley had done nothing whatsoever to even deserve a shot at DLH. Wright had lost every single time he had ever stepped up and his biggest win came over Bronko McKart.
Wright had chances against Vasquez, Simon and VBargas to prove he was foreal and couldn't do it. You not ducked if you recieve shots at 2/3 of the belts in your division.
Didnt he fight Pernell Whitaker? And win? Dont tell me he doesnt move.
DLH and Hopkins were the best hes fouhgt but I wouldnt say he wasnt competitve with both. Either way, your theory that he cant beat people who move in the ring doesnt hold water.
The guy has beaten:
William Joppy
David Reid
Pernell Whitaker
Oba Carr
Héctor Camacho Sr.
If you hate the guy you hate the guy but dont paint with such a broad brush and say its a fact that he cant handel guys who move because that just bullshit. He had trouble with TWO guys who both happen to be great.
Pay attentiuon cause its obvious your not getting me here. Im judging him when fighting world class competion here, guys who are oin his level and not pushovers. In the two biggest fights of his life and against the two best figyters he's fought he wasn't competative. DLH nearly outlanded him at a 2-1 clip and didn't even make an attempt to fight the last 4 rounds.
Whitiker was an old man who was coming off a year long suspension for cocaine. How come Tito didn't fight Whitiker back in 94 when Whitiker was still good?
are you really bringing up 2nd and 3rd rate guy like Camacho and Carr to try and prove a point?
William Joppy tried to go right in and out muscle Tito and it failed miserably.
As far as Ried goes. Have you actually watched the first 5 rounds of that fight? Ried made him look flat out silly. Ried swept the first 5 rounds and scored a knockdown in the 3rd. In the 6th Tito finds his weak chin and the fight is over. To say he didn't have his problems with Ried is crazy.
To say he doesn't have problems with guys who move is flat out laughable.
AGAIN Its not a knock on
him its a style flaw just like James Toney, everyone has them and this is his.
Winky is too good for his own good. Only Mosley has the jewels to fight him. Oscar will never fight Winky, unless he(wright) loses to someone else first. I feel Winky Wright is probably the best fighter in Boxing. I see a Tito fight as a nice one, but it won't happen. If it did, I would pick Wright by decision.
I think Winky should have been awarded the decision against Vargas too. In my book he only has 2 losses.
I never really heard Winky talk before DLH/Hop fight. He sounds like Tone Loc. Its funny as all hell.
Didnt he fight Pernell Whitaker? And win? Dont tell me he doesnt move.
DLH and Hopkins were the best hes fouhgt but I wouldnt say he wasnt competitve with both. Either way, your theory that he cant beat people who move in the ring doesnt hold water.
The guy has beaten:
William Joppy
David Reid
Pernell Whitaker
Oba Carr
Héctor Camacho Sr.
If you hate the guy you hate the guy but dont paint with such a broad brush and say its a fact that he cant handel guys who move because that just bullshit. He had trouble with TWO guys who both happen to be great.
It's not really effective to use Pernell as an example. Sweet Pea was already old, slow , and really feeling the effects of his cocaine addiction at the point he fought Tito. He couldn't use his greatest tools which were his quickness and reflexes (much like RJJ) and it really showed. I think Tito has trouble with movers but not as much trouble as some would make it seem.
im a blind Hopkins fan, read my first post on this thread
OK, I see you favor Trinidad but because Borikua was writing about Trinidad-Wright and you have a Winky avatar,I thought you were referring to him instead of the Hopkins W over Trinidad.
:D :D just hope that he doesn't fight Winky our I'll have an avatar of him on the canvas! :D
same here having an avatar of tito on the canvas would be the best one
Those are the two BEST fighters he has ever fought and he wasn't even competative with both
Didnt he fight Pernell Whitaker? And win? Dont tell me he doesnt move.
DLH and Hopkins were the best hes fouhgt but I wouldnt say he wasnt competitve with both. Either way, your theory that he cant beat people who move in the ring doesnt hold water.
The guy has beaten:
William Joppy
David Reid
Pernell Whitaker
Oba Carr
Héctor Camacho Sr.
If you hate the guy you hate the guy but dont paint with such a broad brush and say its a fact that he cant handel guys who move because that just bullshit. He had trouble with TWO guys who both happen to be great.
So hes only fought 2 guys that move in his career? Who besides Bernard and DLH did he not clearly beat?
Those are the two BEST fighters he has ever fought and he wasn't even competative with both
I think Tito wins this fight also, Winky has one great win against Shane Mosley, and thats it, he still has to prove to me he is a great fighter. I don't think he could pull off a Hopkins or De La Hoya type game plan because Winky doesn't have the power or the completeness to get the job done. I say Winky would be toast in a Middleweight match-up with Trinidad.
--myself, I'd like to see Winky get past Kassim Ouma first. If he can beat Mosley a second time.
Im not putting him down. Its a fact he cannot deal with guys who move.
Neither can James Toney, it doesn't mean he sucks its a style matchup problem.
So hes only fought 2 guys that move in his career? Who besides Bernard and DLH did he not clearly beat?
This is a fight I really want to see, but I think Tito wins by KO.
Jose, Tito has lost ONE fight. He had problems with Bernard and DLH, both all time greats. The guy isnt perfect.
Im not putting him down. Its a fact he cannot deal with guys who move.
Neither can James Toney, it doesn't mean he sucks its a style matchup problem.
This is a fight I really want to see, but I think Tito wins by KO.
Jose, Tito has lost ONE fight. He had problems with Bernard and DLH, both all time greats. The guy isnt perfect.