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By Bob Canobbio - Winky Wright, 51-3-1, 25 KOs, a 6-5 favorite over Hopkins, 47-4-1, 32 KOs in this non –title light heavyweight fight, to be fought at a 170-lb catch weight.
After turning down a lucrative offer from Team Taylor for a rematch of their 6/17/06 draw, Winky stayed busy with a ho-hum twelve round decision win over former welterweight champ Ike Quartey. Winky controlled the fight, throwing a career high 1,011 total punches (14 of his fights tracked by CompuBox)- an average of 84 per round. He mixed in 41 jabs per round, preventing the counter-punching Quartey to mount any attack, as Ike averaged just 54 total punches thrown per round.
In his draw with Taylor, Winky outlanded Jermain 226-163 in total punches, bolstered by a 103-41 edge in jabs landed. Respecting Taylor’s punching power, Wright averaged just 54 total punches thrown per round, to 59 per round for Jermain, who landed the harder shots. Wright landed 123 of 308 power shots (40%) to 122 of 395 (31%) for Taylor. Wright landed 31% of his 28 jabs thrown per round. Thinking he had the fight won, Wright threw just 32 total punches in the last round, to 37 for Taylor, who won the round on two judges cards to cop the draw. Had Wright won the last round, he would have won the title via majority decision. He made a similar tactical blunder in his fight with Fernando Vargas on 12/4/99, throwing just 25 total punches in round twelve. That was Wright’s last loss (by majority decision)- he’s 12-0-1 since, with his last eight fights (and 12 of last 14) going the 12-round distance.
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After turning down a lucrative offer from Team Taylor for a rematch of their 6/17/06 draw, Winky stayed busy with a ho-hum twelve round decision win over former welterweight champ Ike Quartey. Winky controlled the fight, throwing a career high 1,011 total punches (14 of his fights tracked by CompuBox)- an average of 84 per round. He mixed in 41 jabs per round, preventing the counter-punching Quartey to mount any attack, as Ike averaged just 54 total punches thrown per round.
In his draw with Taylor, Winky outlanded Jermain 226-163 in total punches, bolstered by a 103-41 edge in jabs landed. Respecting Taylor’s punching power, Wright averaged just 54 total punches thrown per round, to 59 per round for Jermain, who landed the harder shots. Wright landed 123 of 308 power shots (40%) to 122 of 395 (31%) for Taylor. Wright landed 31% of his 28 jabs thrown per round. Thinking he had the fight won, Wright threw just 32 total punches in the last round, to 37 for Taylor, who won the round on two judges cards to cop the draw. Had Wright won the last round, he would have won the title via majority decision. He made a similar tactical blunder in his fight with Fernando Vargas on 12/4/99, throwing just 25 total punches in round twelve. That was Wright’s last loss (by majority decision)- he’s 12-0-1 since, with his last eight fights (and 12 of last 14) going the 12-round distance.
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