Winky Wright vs. Arthur Abraham in Early 2009?

[MELLY-MEL...]

i would like to say it's finally a good test for arthur, but winky is now old, and his legs looked shot vs bhop. i guess it would still be arthurs best win if he beats wink. about time abraham finally fights an elite guy, and is starting to venturre off his home turf. good for him.

[T-97]

Sorry T. I misread your post.

It's OK Bat. It's my first post in the thread:

Wow, good to see Winky might finally fight again, but..

I think this fight will be pretty dull. Abraham will probably take it, But I wouldn't bet on it just yet.

After thinking about it a little more, I would bet on it. But I think it will be competative.

[Xyei]

i would like to say it's finally a good test for arthur, but winky is now old, and his legs looked shot vs bhop. i guess it would still be arthurs best win if he beats wink. about time abraham finally fights an elite guy, and is starting to venturre off his home turf. good for him.

I think that might partly be because of the extra pounds he was carrying. He went ape**** with the ****ing Krispy Kreeme before that fight I remember in the countdown show on HBO they were showing footage of him mowing down on those ****ing donuts... I couldn't understand why they were showing that ****.

[MELLY-MEL...]

I think that might partly be because of the extra pounds he was carrying. He went ape**** with the ****ing Krispy Kreeme before that fight I remember in the countdown show on HBO they were showing footage of him mowing down on those ****ing donuts... I couldn't understand why they were showing that ****.

you may be right. a in shape, with good legs winky that has some gas left will be a good test for artie. like the pavlik-bhop fight, this will most likely be ugly!

[The Hammer]

This would be an interesting matchup.

But Winky should first take a warm-up fight in the fall.

[MELLY-MEL...]

This would be an interesting matchup.

But Winky should first take a warm-up fight in the fall.

yeah he needs to shake alot of ring rust i'm sure.

[-Swizzy-]

It appears that Winky Wright (51-4-1, 25 KOs) may finally get back in the ring, but not until next year. HBO is holding a January date for Wright, and the opponent he seems to want is IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (27-0, 22 KOs). Wright has not fought since last July's decision loss to Bernard Hopkins. [details]

god damn it. I thought winky was one and done. I didn't want to see his boring ass in the ring again. Abraham is so much better than winky but winky's style is so spoiling that he could squeak out the win.

[Steak]

what the hell? how does Winky get a title shot when he aint fought in over a year?

and this is gonna be a dull fight. Abraham can crack, but the guy has pretty horrible punch output.
but I guess you never know.

[Boofdatruth]

yeah he needs to shake alot of ring rust i'm sure.

Yeah, going into a fight with a guy like Abraham with no tuneup can ruin any future fights he wants, and Wink does not want to be a stepping stone fighter.

[-Swizzy-]

Yeah, going into a fight with a guy like Abraham with no tuneup can ruin any future fights he wants, and Wink does not want to be a stepping stone fighter.

winky doesn't have the kind of fighting style that requires the shaking of any ring rust. winky will be winky. he can fight like that till he is 50 years old and still get wins against top fighters.