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In the latest edition of the Tampa Tribune, middleweight Winky Wright expressed his anger and disappointment over picking up a draw in his bout with middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, which took place this past Saturday in Memphis. The judges scores it a draw, but Wright feels he won by a wide margin. [details]
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Wright already said he didn't want a rematch. I wouldn't give him one based on the way he acted after the decision alone. The fool acted like he was winning every round the way he kept throwing his gloves out. Get real, Winky. Crybaby. You didn't see Taylor crying over the decision and saying how he was royally robbed. Wright is a sore "loser". -
Taylor's camp should shell out a huge offer.
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Wright's a *****,cry babyComment
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Wow, after reading this article I've lost mad respect for Wright.Comment
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Who is the champion again?
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I know,Me 2Originally posted by DiegoFuegoComment
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Wright would never turn down the rematch. No matter what he says.Comment
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Man people are making way too much of this.Winky went all of those years with no respect losing bull**** fights like Simon and Vargas and never really complained just kept on showing people........Which he did the same sat night.You have to be on crack to think Taylor actually won that fight.Winky fought better than I even thought he woul,pressed the action most of the fight which nobody thought he would do and just showed pure proffesional skillz in that ring.Yes it was a close fight but Taylor did not win.....It was not even as close as Taylor/Hopkins I, I mean Winky clearly won that fight.He is pissed off and emotional right now and I think his tune will change.......we gotta see this fight again.
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Forgive me for copying my post from another thread; but I feel real strongly about this:
Winky Wright won that fight, end of story.
I had it 117-112 or in rounds, 8-3-1; yes, one or two rounds early on could have gone either way, but not enough to make a difference. Taylor was very active in the beginning, as he was with Hopkins; but landed only about 1 in 7 punches, due to Winky's high guard and excellent defence. Boxing is supposed to be scored on "effective" aggressiveness...not just aggressiveness. If you throw a lot of punches, that's great; but if you don't land any, it's as effective as pushing agaainst a wall: you expend a lot of energy; but get no work done.
True, Jermain was strong enough that on several occasions Winky's whole body would move from the foce of the blow that landed on his glove; but, in the end, Jermain didn't do enough to win or even earn a draw, IMO.
Winky began pressureing Taylor into corners as early as round 2, where Jermain was looking to counter or time him with a right hand coming in; but while Jermain was looking for the opening, Winky was tattooing his left eye with that right jab and was landing it as evidenced by the fact that Taylor's left eye was swollen completely shut by the end of the match....and don't give me that head-butt B.S. In addition, in the 8th...I believe it was the 8th...Winky had Taylor in serious trouble and if he had applied more pressure, could have dropped and potentially stopped Taylor.
Winky completely dominated the fight with the exception of a couple of rounds here and there...particularly the first four, where it was nip and tuck. However, even in those first four, Winky was blocking most of Taylor's shots where Jermain seemed to be under the impression that if he blocked a shot, he would hurt Winky's feelings.
You can't win a fight laying in the corners and taking a beating for 2/3's of the round and rallying occassionally to the cheers of your hometown fans....that's not boxing.
Winky landed 226 punches to 163 for Taylor/ 103 jabs to Taylor's 41, dictated the pace, and showed more effective aggression and ring generalship. Taylor fought not to lose while Winky fought to win.
Wright got screwed.....
If Wright had won the fight (officially), there was a rematch clause in the contract. In the post fight press conference (I was there) it was obvious that Jermain did not really feel he won the fight; he was very apologetic and did not have the body language of a man who had just successfully defended his belt as much as a man who received an early Christmas present and was humbled by it. Jermain's a good kid and a gutsy fighter; but the expressions of his manager and Steward of not wanting to "deal with this fellow"...aka Winky...any more, told me that they don't believe they could ever convincingly defeat Wright.
Given the controversy of the decision, Winky Wright deserves a rematch. Jermain didn't "cry" about wanting a rematch because he knows how lucky he was to get a draw.
On a side note, I don't blame Winky for leaving the ring and not going to the post fight presser. This decision was as bad as Chavez-Whitaker and Lewis-Holyfield I. If I got ****d on National television, I'd want to get the hell out of Dodge as well.
Winky got screwed.Comment
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