Winky Wright interview...still pissed

[King Jaffe Joffer]

because the people that paid attention to the fight and not the commentary notice that it wasnt as close as others make it out to be(good matchup none the less). its easy for someone who clearly lost to accept a draw but hard for a person who won to accept anything but a w.

[Left2body]

My first post on this thread. I personally scored it a draw, it is a hard fight to score because you know some of Taylors punches are getting through (just look at Winky's face) but you dont know how many went through and/or how hard when it went through.

I dont have a problem with someone saying that Winky won, I understand there argument. However what I dont understand is when people say Winky Clearly WON . Dude it was a close fight, yeah he possible did win but it was close no clear thing about it. Even Winky's own corner told Winky to him "you win the 12 and we got this fight"...IIRC. I'm not sayng he lost or won the 12 just used that to illustrate that Winky's own people knew it was close.

Therefore I believe his reaction is unwarranted and his decision to not fight Taylor again is also an exaggerated reaction.

[Jus]

My first post on this thread. I personally scored it a draw, it is a hard fight to score because you know some of Taylors punches are getting through (just look at Winky's face) but you dont know how many went through and/or how hard when it went through.

I dont have a problem with someone saying that Winky won, I understand there argument. However what I dont understand is when people say Winky Clearly WON . Dude it was a close fight, yeah he possible did win but it was close no clear thing about it. Even Winky's own corner told Winky to him "you win the 12 and we got this fight"...IIRC. I'm not sayng he lost or won the 12 just used that to illustrate that Winky's own people knew it was close.

Therefore I believe his reaction is unwarranted and his decision to not fight Taylor again is also an exaggerated reaction.

i agree that he should rematch (even tho lou dibella doesnt) and that his reaction was not that of a professional but you have to keep in mind that he is still a man and that he still gets upset just like anyone else. to him that was his big night to silence critics. honestly, he handled it much better than i woulda.
but my margin widens everytime i see the fight and i dont pay too much attention to what dan birmingham told him about taking the 12th because i still give him the 12th and hell if thats the deciding factor then you could argue that tito was beating the dog**** out of him cus he once again told winky that he has to win big and cant slack up or he will lose.

[GunStar]

i would have to disagree with that. even fighters have complained about hbo and their contracts. showtime is the better network to watch a fight on because the fighters are paid by the fight. hbo makes fighters sign contracts to fight a certain number of times. and these same fighters are indirectly promoted by the hbo commentators during fights. they dont wanna see their own house fighters lose. simple example mayorga forrest 1, they even mentioned in the fight that forrest had a 6 fight deal and that he was having to fight for it. he was losing and they still were trying to keep hope alive. then there is de la hoya and mayorga. the buildup would be all about de la hoya and mayorga just looked like a ****in idiot that was more likely to bring a gun into the ring and try to pop the "golden boy". they could at least make opponents look credible if only for the entertainment aspect.
look at hbo's website, see who their contracted fighters are and listen closely to lampley and merchant next time they mention those fighters. then listen to how they discribe the opposition. they make the contracted fighters sound like hero's and opposition always sounds like another mountain to climb for the house favorite.

You see if that was the case, then why Forrest was robbed against Mayorga in the rematch, Forrest was fighting under HBO. Forrest def won the second fight against Mayorga.

[guru]

because the people that paid attention to the fight and not the commentary notice that it wasnt as close as others make it out to be(good matchup none the less). its easy for someone who clearly lost to accept a draw but hard for a person who won to accept anything but a w.

yes HBO cheerleads and root for their fighters, but to suggest that they bribe or control outcomes of fights is unfounded...

[FightNight32]

What is Winky so pissed about? He should of lost that fight. He should be happy that the fight ended in a draw.

[RAESAAD]

Winky won.........period.He beat taylor more than taylor beat Hopkins in both otheir fights combined.

[Jus]

yes HBO cheerleads and root for their fighters, but to suggest that they bribe or control outcomes of fights is unfounded...

i said nothing about any bribes or controlled outcomes. what the do is influence the audiences and hype their man before the fight. i honestly wouldnt be too suprised that their influence doesnt leak over to the judges. as far as the mayorga forrest 2 outcome. mayorga simply has more star quality than forrest.. better investment just so they can later build him up to get crushed by someone like dlh.

[guru]

i said nothing about any bribes or controlled outcomes.

you didnt, but that other clown guy did...

[GasPed]

its easy for someone who clearly lost to accept a draw but hard for a person who won to accept anything but a w.

I think you mean it's easy for a class act to accept a draw, but hard for a whiner to accept anything but a w.