I find Winky Wright far more exciting today than I ever did when he was active...

I remember back in the day I used to always defend him from guys who found him boring. He is underappreciated

 

He has the reputation of being a boring fighter but i dont think he was boring at all sure he had some snoozefests but what fighter didnt. My fav fight of him is his fight with Vargas i think it was a briliant fight. Others i liked were against Jermain Taylor, Shane Mosley 2, Harry Simon, Robert Frazier, Ike Quartey and Vazquez.

 

I always thought the Vargas fight was his coming out party and an entertaining fight. The first figjt with Bronco Mckart was pretty good as well although he hadn't fully embraced his high guard walk people back style. The Ike Quartey fight was another good one because Quartey was who he got his style from. They were good friends and he gave Ike one last good payday. He basically took Ike's style and made it his own.

 

Never been my fave to watch.

 

His fights vs Harry Simon, Fernando Vargas, Julio Cesar Vasquez, were all entertaining fights. He lost all these fights 2 of them by debatable decision, but they were entertaining fights where Wright was offensive and shows heart.

As for underrated performances apart from the ones you've mentioned..... then i'd watch Quartey, Mullings, Dodson, Council.

 

I just rescored the Wright vs Hopkins fight. I had Hopkins winning 6 rounds to Wrights 5 and 1 round tied. Hats off to Wright though for moving up to 170 to make the catchweight.

 

I always enjoyed watching Winky, he was tough & clever in there and perhaps a bit stronger physically than he gets credit for.

 

I can understand why he perhaps wasn't the most exciting fighter around, he was a bit (did I say a bit?) plodding and his punches were without much explosiveness & venom. I believe the fact that he was a southpaw greatly helped him, with the style he chose.

 

I honestly never understood the notion of Wright being a boring fighter. It’s not like he ever fought in a negative style where he constantly retreated on the back foot. Even in his early days before he molded his style into what we know now he tended to throw lots of punches. He had a style that was very efficient and possessed one of the best southpaw jabs. Some of his fights are also very watchable such as the fights mentioned. His flawless performance against Trinidad is still one of my favorites to watch.

Seems like Wright is the kind of fighter that is an acquired taste.

 

I am a fan

 

Nah he won a decision vs Wright but it was a very close fight, both fights vs Simon and Vargas were razor thin close that Wright was unlucky to lose TBH.

I had Wright edging Vargas in their fight, I thought that was a very good performance from Wright a coming out party for him if you will. Wright may of lost but was very impressive in the fight and was the aggressor coming forward for the entire fight which is out of character for him normally.