Ronald “Winky” Wright has become even closer to a potential re-match with middleweight ruler Jermain Taylor after he beat Ghanaian old hand Ike Quartey. Wright once conquered the light middleweight division between 2001 and 2005 but after a great triumph over Felix Trinidad in his first fight at middleweight he drew with Taylor when they clashed back in June.
Wright out-pointed Quartey in his hometown of Tampa, Florida, after unbelievably throwing more than 1,000 punches and scoring a knockdown in the second round. The one time welterweight world champ Quartey harassed Wright throughout and made a bid for the win in a topsy-turvey final round.
But Wright managed to hold him off and the judges scored the bout: 117-110, 117-110 and 117-109 all in his favour. The 35-year-old Wright said after the fight: “He’s as tough as nails. He’s a good friend. I didn’t want to hurt him, but I still wanted to win the fight.” The 37-year-old Quartey said: “He was harder to fight than I thought because he’s a southpaw and he has good defence. He didn’t really hurt me and I thought I did enough to win the fight, but he’s a good fighter.”
Wright is an excellent fighter and I feel that when the opportunity arises he will be able to beat Taylor and continue his middleweight regime.
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