Winky Wright Headed For Deal With Top Rank

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  1. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    Within the past 24 hours several websites reported that Winky Wright is leaving Golden Boy, and moving to Top Rank.

    It was foolish for Winky to fight Williams immediately after a 21 month lay off. He should have had a good tune up before he tackled a top guy.

    Now it sounds like Arum has a very sensible plan to get Winky back in the mix. He needs to win two fights. The first one will be a main event on Top Rank Live. The second one will be on the undercard of Cotto/Foreman. If Winky wins those fights, he'll get a shot at KP by the end of the year.

    I'll be pulling hard for Winky to win, and look good doing it. I have no idea if he can get back to top form, but Pavlik/Wright is a fight I've wanted to see for years.
     
    booradley, Feb 15, 2010
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  2. ekar

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    Good fight, but not as good as williams/Pavlik
     
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  3. Pavlik is Champ

    Pavlik is Champ PDub is RUNNING scared Full Member

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    Its kinda hard to have that fight when paul is in protective custody. His own mother cant find him.
     
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  4. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    Another high risk/low reward outing for KP.
     
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  5. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    I hope this is sarcasm.
     
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  6. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Oh god not Pavlik/Wright.
     
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  7. Lampley

    Lampley Boxing Junkie banned

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    Winky is beyond finished. I'd much rather see Pavlik move up than fight him, if KP/PW can't be made.
     
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  8. aceshigh

    aceshigh Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pavlik vs Wright coming soon on pay per view for only $39.95

    Start saving your money now rednecks.

    No more Monster Truck Rallies for awhile.
     
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  9. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    Nope. Winky is diffficult to look good against, and is hardly a jackpot draw. Pavlik wins well, he just fed off PW's left-overs. He looks remotely troubled in winning or loses, he gets crucified.
     
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  10. Bajingo

    Bajingo Boxing Junkie banned

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    I think he means the "another high risk" part. Since the two Taylor fights, Pavlik has taken exactly one high risk fight, and he lost. I wouldn't call Gary Lockett or Espino high risk. Winky certainly is you're right.
     
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  11. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    Oh right. Well, I was referring to the possible fights out there. Martinez - a difficult fight, which he'll get **** all credit for winning. Bute - a fight which he'll probably lose. Only real option is to start clearing out 160. Forget big money.
     
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  12. Bajingo

    Bajingo Boxing Junkie banned

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    160 is not a great division, and those defences were mandatories. There are some good prospects, but in terms of top contenders there aren't many. Guys like Sylvester, Gevor, David Lopez would be easy fights for Pavlik. Rubio is still a legit top 10 MW despite Pavlik beating him easily. Aside from Sturm (who is walking round as a heavyweight right now) it is difficult for him to get good opponents PW aside. Pav hasn't looked great north of 160, so moving up in weight won't do much good. Assuming he gets past Martinez and looks better than Williams did (which is going to be very difficult), Williams is his only option.
     
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  13. Mr. HU

    Mr. HU KP vs BHop anniversary Full Member

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    I hate to admit it on a Booradley thread but I see Pavlik winning a fairly close UD 115-113
     
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  14. Kelly green

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    Golovkin and pirog would give pavlik the fight of life.
     
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  15. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    disagree n Pirog, agree 100% on Gennady.
     
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