winky wright appreciation thread

[Larry the boss]

Winky is definitly a hof

[jrosales13]

If winky isnt hof caliber in your opinion than no one should take your opinion seriously, he is one of the best of his generation, way better than marquez

I'm with IronDanHamza and Mak on this one as well. I wouldn't vote for him into the HOF.

He might be better than JMM(I don't think so but whatever) but being skilled doesn't get you into the HOF. Is what you do with it. And, JMM has accomplished more so and has the better resume and is not even debatable than what Winky Wright has.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

I would absolutely hesitiate.

If you look across his resume it's pretty light. I mean his only extraordinary wins at 154 are his wins against Mosley. Which by all means are good wins but Mosley is an average Jr Middleweight.

Other than that he has solid wins during his reign but nothing remotely special.

Above that weight, pretty much the only decent win he has is his win over Tito.

I really struggle to see him in the HOF to be honest.

solid points...aside beating a 'decent' JMW in Shane, all i see is the Tito win...a Tito that was coming off retirement...a draw with Jemaine? a loss to Feroz? loss to Bernard?

doesn't really scream 'HOF resume' for this fight fan

[jrosales13]

Winky is definitly a hof

Larry no offense, but lets be real. You have very low standard. You would vote for damn near everybody into the HOF.

[Larry the boss]

Larry no offense, but lets be real. You have very low standard. You would vote for damn near everybody into the HOF.

2 wins over shane
win over tito
Ike Quartey
shouldve got the nod over taylor
unified lineal 154 champ...

top p4p

he gets my vote

[IronDanHamza]

solid points...aside beating a 'decent' JMW in Shane, all i see is the Tito win...a Tito that was coming off retirement...a draw with Jemaine? a loss to Feroz? loss to Bernard?

doesn't really scream 'HOF resume' for this fight fan

I mean, he has solid wins at 154 like; McKart X3, Coucil and Mulling but they are solid defences at best.

I wouldn't be completely suprised if he was inducted but as Jro said I woudn't vote for him.

[IronDanHamza]

2 wins over shane
win over tito
Ike Quartey
shouldve got the nod over taylor
unified lineal 154 champ...

top p4p

he gets my vote

You're counting Quartey who isn't even remotely close to one of his best wins.

Coming off a loss, last fight of his career and wasn't ranked in the Top 10.

You could argue he deserved the descion against Vargas or Taylor. But both could have easily gone either way.

Other than that, from your list we are left with a faded Tito which was a good win.

And 2 wins over Shane, which were good wins most definitely but Shane really is an average Jr Middleweight and has always looked dead average at that weight.

Really nothing to shout about.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

2 wins over shane
win over tito
Ike Quartey
shouldve got the nod over taylor
unified lineal 154 champ...

top p4p

he gets my vote

when you're forced to put a 'should've won' comment, it means you're limited on points for your argument

[jri9d0]

Larry no offense, but lets be real. You have very low standard. You would vote for damn near everybody into the HOF.

Homey, I LOL at this.

[IronDanHamza]

2 wins over shane
win over tito
Ike Quartey
shouldve got the nod over taylor
unified lineal 154 champ...
top p4p

he gets my vote

Let's not forget that he beat Mosley for the Lineage at 154. A Lineage that Mosley shouldn't have even had because he should have lost to Oscar.

And Oscar, as we know, was turned down by Winky Wright.