Winky Wright..a defensive fighter..? really..?

Elaborate.I think you might be taking things a bit too literally.


For example...
Pernell Whitaker is not slicker than Mickey Ward, both in fact probably had similar levels of sweat on their bodies when fighting.Why should Whitaker be called slick and not Ward?.

 

Because his style stands and falls on those high held pillows. Due to his lack of power, he must shut his opponents out, landing cleaner punches whilst not allowing his opponent to do so, as Winky does not have an 'eye catching' style.

As far as I can se. He dust implement his style as effectively against Vasquez. As hw got more and more experienced he made his quality defence one of the main staples of his arsenal.

His style relies on not getting hit. IMO that makes him a 'defensive' fighter even if e isn't doing the classic 'jab and move' backfoot slickster stuff.

Lad.

 

This.

But the funny thing is, if Winky had had a modicum of power, he wouldn't have automatically gotten the "defensive" label. By and large people are going to remember him for shutting down a blown up Mosley and a past it Tito, but he's also got some fire fights on his ledger like Vargas, Taylor, and to a way lesser extent Sam Soliman, that an "elusive" defensive genius probably would have avoided.

Trade Wink's right jab for Arthur Abraham's left hook, and I wonder how many people would call him completely defensive.

 

Good post BA :good

 

You talk a lot of ****. Lad.

 

I agree Winky Wright is an offensive fighter....I take offense to his boring style.

 

I really liek Winky Wright think hes a good wee fighter.

 

Right, but I will add he did have a heck of a power right jab, One of the best in recent history, but thats pretty much where his power ended. He wasnt this elusive target moving around, he blocked everything off his gloves and did stand his ground and shuffle forward, but he did a lot more blocking than he did punching.

 

I love his style

 

<P>Most definitely, because he has truly mastered the fundamentals of defense such as blocking and parrying. He may be boring but he's one of the best defensive masters to come along in years because he just fustrates the hell out of his opponents, his tight guard making for a long fight.</P>

 

Me as well!

 

Abraham´s defence is as good as Wright´s but he never is called a defensive fighter just because of his power. You are right here.

I don´t like how you play down his wins over Mosley. Mosley wasn´t blown up, he held two belts at the weight when he faced Wright and was a genuine jmw. Not a big one though. Tito was past it but still very good and Wright beat him as impressivly as Hopkins. I thought he beat Vargas and Taylor. Saliman gave him problems because he threw even more than Winky and is so damned awkward. Look at the punch stats for that fights, those are crazy, Winky thre slightly over 1000 punches and Soliman over 1200.


Winky is a rare breed. He is a pressure fighter who has his priority on his defence. But he basically copied his style from Ike Quartey - remember both him and Quartey often fought on the same cards in Europe/France. In the beginning of his career Winky was more of a cuty. Until he got labeled a boring fighter and didn´t get any big fights, so he started to change his style to stand his ground and make for more exciting fights - even so that didn´t work out that well. He was the best jmw since Norris with his biggest assets beeing his ring intelligence, defence, stamina, great jab and strength. I always liked him but he should hang them up now.