Winky Wright vs Jermain Taylor

6/17/06. Ronald 'Winky' Wright vs Jermain 'Bad Intentions' Taylor for Taylor's undisputed middleweight title.

[@Halo1783]

This was one of the most greatest underrated fights of all time, this fight was crazy to me as a kid

[@michaelmoon8415]

Trui to max Out.

[@martytdd1606]

Im only 2 years younger than Winky, you're making me feel old 😔 😂.

[@BoxingFan4Life]

I was 15 when this fight happened. Watched it on hbo with my dad. We was rooting for Taylor but we both thought he lost

[@YourPlug1]

Only find true boxing fans here

[@JOTAERRE1MILLION]

💯🙌

[@masterj4777]

👍👍👍

[@matthewzizzo4586]

Improve boxing skill as long as I'm alive...

[@lockout88]

Seen it live bud

[@jeffrailey]

Correct observation, YourPlug. Also, may I include personally, southpaw boxers such as me who study one of the most underrated champion boxers, Ronald “Winky” Wright are watching and studying this awesome fight. Ronald “Winky” Wright is fundamentally sound, strong, has an excellent jab, and is defensively responsible (peek-a-boo/high guard defense). Eventually, Jermaine Taylor’s (excellent champion) weakness of keeping his hands down caused him to get knocked out by King Arthur Abraham. Not a coincidence, but Arthur Abraham utilized the same peek-a-boo/high guard defense. Abraham’s vicious power resulted in JT getting knocked out in the 12th round of their bout in the Super Six.

[@jmarra07]

Underrated fight, I assume because there's no knockdowns or anything. This was a banger though

[@Capecrusader79]

I remember watching this fight live and it was a classic bout. No knockdowns, but both guys were throwing bombs. Neither man was holding back.

[@KalenVsMyllz]

Remember this being the fight that made me love boxing as a pre-teen

[@threerings1345]

I believe Wright won 115-113, but his strategy in the shockingly dull 12th cost him the bout. Regardless of how well the fight had gone through 11, Winky was experienced enough to realize that in the champion's backyard he needed to take last round convincingly.

[@Alderak1]

Made the same mistake against Vargas.

[@b3bparker88]

He lost this fight

[@troydixson1394]

Draw my bad

[@longbeachmaumba7059]

I agree. Crucial mistake. Similar to what Oscar De La Hoya did against Trinidad. Although that was much worse.

[@jacobhartmann1050]

​@@Alderak1 the EXACT same mistake he made vs Vargas

[@jaysharp789]

This was one of the greatest middleweight fights in modern history. Both these guys are phenomenal fighters, hall of fame caliber. Each round was so competitive, tough to score - Draw probably right decision

[@troydixson1394]

Actually a lookalike was attended that fight

[@simonhernandez2678]

There's only one hall of famer in there

[@killah_disciple1]

Winky was robbed.

[@joeygomez5561]

Literally the first full boxing match I ever watched!

[@sergiosanchez6927]

Watch Felix tito Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas full fight. Amazing fight.

[@James_744]

Wright is severely underrated.. was avoided his entire career. Not until he was in his mid thirties did the top guys fight him 😤 still I think he edged this fight. Beat Mosley 2x and Tito. Had a great career but could’ve been an all time great

[@brianticas7671]

Yeah but he got tito when tito was done already. Do you think winky could have beat the tito that bhop and Joppy fought?

[@matthewanthony4606]

@@brianticas7671 easily.

[@irvinmorales1409]

@@brianticas7671 Yeah he would've. Even Emmanuel Steward admitted that Tito would've never been able to beat Winky.

[@thegreatestfinesser2338]

@@brianticas7671 Winky beats Tito regardless of circumstances Tito was literally a punching bag for Wright and Wright is older than Tito

[@matthewnikitas8905]

@@brianticas7671 Hopkins beat the fuck out of Tito 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JOTAERRE1MILLION]

Winky Wright beat Taylor!

[@killah_disciple1]

A lot of fighters beat Taylor, Hopkins included. His team bought fights.

[@matthewzizzo4586]

Fair draw... I never seen winky get hit that hard.... if Taylor had started with Emanuel Steward ? ... he would have been a different fighter.... much more effective use of his talent...

[@raasputin]

@@matthewzizzo4586 I had it a draw too when I watched it live. Wright wasn't comfortable with Taylor's power in second half of the fight. Taylors problem was he had terrible stamina. Great fight

[@longbeachmaumba7059]

I would edge it to Winky but this is definitely not a robbery though. Extremely close fight. A draw was fair.

[@James_744]

@@killah_disciple1 come on Taylor had Hopkins number man.. not sure how considering how b-hop schooled Pavlik but styles make fights

[@OlVeil]

Two of my favorite fighters. Excellent fight! Underrated for sure. Thank you for posting!

[@deangeloandrews6204]

Winky right was my favorite fighter when I was a teenager

[@IndoorHydroponix]

If you like fighting - this isn’t your fight. If you like boxing. This is your fight. I don’t like boxing. I love boxing.

[@tonypaella]

Lol damn you had me at the first sentence. Then at the second I was like ok I got it now. Then the third and fourth and then BAM the fifth and I'm like all confused now

[@mrknuckles5269]

Winky was somthing else! What a unique champ. And Taylor was a good champ that ended up badly

[@JOTAERRE1MILLION]

BRO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ENTIRE FIGHT UP💯🔥💥 THIS WAS MY SHIT 💯💯💯💯

[@jaysharp789]

Such a shame they never had a rematch. Elite level boxing match

[@trilltaz3448]

Taylor ducked

[@jag5014]

@@trilltaz3448 Wrong. Winky rejected it despite all the talk of him being an avoided fighter. Taylor was the champ with the titles and offered him a 60/40 split which was more than generous but Winky demanded 50/50 or nothing. Winky didn't want the smoke period.

[@dantedlane2]

​​@@jag5014but look at the war winky and taylor had,this could of the last of their career

[@kingtolen3331]

Winky won this fight

[@charlesbr7684]

Very underated fight. Winky was and still is a hugely underrated champion. What a shame it was that the rematch was never to materialize. One fight, both guys in their prime, a draw (fair decision though I had Wright winning 115-113) no rematch 😫!!!! Loved both these guys as fighters. God bless them both.

[@shaunbei]

They were buildin taylor at the time couldn't risk him losin

[@charlesbr7684]

@@shaunbei Yes that is exactly the reason. It's a shame it never happened.

[@brianticas7671]

It was a draw. One of the best fairly called fights.

[@68majortom]

@@shaunbei Taylor looks huge, well compared to Winky and what power, I love Winky he's got a great Defence and he's always coming forward it's a pity he's not got that Middleweight power like Taylor but if he did he'd be a monster!

[@b3bparker88]

Winky lost

[@dltguitar6532]

Winky would embarrass both the Charlo brothers on the same night, he was outstanding. He would beat Castano too

[@FCBchr1s]

let's not go there

[@mattbrousseau]

Thanks for the uploads.

[@petierican6079]

Thanks for this classic boxing War its crisp clear sounds 👌 the whole program is a real good copy...and missing my idol manny was the whole knowledge on BAD ..manny was a walking history course met him in paterson nj at a Lou duva roast

[@charleslowe522]

Too me, I scored the first 115-113 for Winky but I was ok with a draw. Winky should've been proud of his performance as he took it to a bigger, stronger much harder punching opponent. He needs to realize that if he did win it was close and by taking the last round off he cost himself the fight. He would've won on the Melvina Levthan scorecard and won the fight. I guess coming with a draw in a second fight he thought he clearly won, maybe he thought luck was going to be on his side.

[@masterj4777]

Going down in the books as a classic 👌

[@a-station-]

Winky is rocky loll. He walks thru bricks. Chasing down power punchers

[@charleslowe522]

Which is surprising because in 1994 Winky lost his first title shot against Julio Cesar Vasquez by going out and fighting. He was ultimately overpowered by Vasquez and dropped 5 times. In some of the rounds Winky was landing his jab and straight left, but when he didn't hurt Vasquez and Vasquez started walking through Winky's punching and knocked Winky down once in the 2nd, 7th, 9th and twice in the 12th. In those rounds Winky started slugging with Vasquez. Had there been more time in the 12th Vasquez would've stopped Winky. Here though, Winky took some big punches from Taylor and never backed down and never appeared hurt.

[@sergiosanchez6927]

Winky was known for his legendary defensive. He kept getting better later on in his career. He was a very bad style fighter for many of the top 10 fighters in the divisions he fought in. Even was avoided for more then 10 first years of his career for that reason. He was a nightmare

[@Mr.MikeBarksdale]

I remember watching this and thinking to myself, "Both of these guys will never be the same". It was so beautifully violent to watch. You could make an argument that Kelly Pavlich was the biggest beneficiary of the beatdown Wright inflicted upon the young Taylor. (And that was why I had money on him to win a year later). And on the other side, Wright was never hit this hard, by a naturally bigger man. Not by Mosley, Vargas or anyone else. This was really the end of his run as a Top P4P candidate. It was brutal, it was breathtaking, and God bless both of these two warriors and keep them safe in the future.

[@01olracman]

impressive performance by wright, personally i thought he dominated

[@stephonjames1038]

Loved this fight!!

[@slide4180]

Might have been fascinating to see Wright against Pavlik. Oh, well...

[@AlexG-tp2ik]

Wink probably outboxes him.

[@tirellv4938]

Only reason this fight is so underrated with views is because both men, more so jermaine taylor were not highly promoted. It has to be against a big name for people to view it. But true boxing fans no this fight was as big.

[@donavonhoward114]

Taylor landed some good shots, but a lot of the shots he was getting credit for were taken on Winky's guard. It goes to show that simply throwing more punches is usually more eye catching than defending them. It's a shame that judges don't have a way to see what truly lands, and what doesn't. This was another Winky defensive masterpiece, but he was relatively unknown compared to Taylor at the time, and Taylor had the more appealing style. Personally, I love watching Winky. He was a walking textbook of how to utilize a high guard in professional boxing. He probably had the most versatille high guard I have ever seen. The way he used subtle adjustments with his guard to catch punches, and parry while using head movement only as a last barrier of entry made his defense like a walking fortress. That's not even considering his counter punching which was more offensive than most because he usually counter punched while moving forward instead of waiting and setting traps. Such a unique fighter. It's no wonder why so many guys avoided fighting him, and it's a shame. He easily could have been one of the absolute greats of the sport, but he was still great non the less.

[@oldironsides4107]

You probably won’t see this but do you have Felix Trinidad vs David Reid? I can’t find that anywhere. Just highlights v

[@OldChanCharlie]

I always used these two in fight night

[@jaysharp789]

Not only 2 of the very best fighters in the sport at the time, but also 2 of the nicest. . . Yes, I know about Taylor's outside the ring issues, but he was always a gentleman in the ring and in the interviews, always respectful. He was troubled, for sure, but deep down he was a nice dude

[@alexisirreplaceable]

All Wink fights are classics

[@petierican6079]

Thanks great fight

[@terrykirk6951]

WRIGHTS TRAINER ACTUALLY LOOKS YOUNGER THAN WHEN THEY STARTED..✌️

[@rampage5609]

I scored it for the Taylor first time watching it live and I still do after rewatching it. I had it 8-4 for Taylor. At best Winky did win 6rds and it was a draw but he didn't beat Taylor. Too bad Winky turned down the rematch and a career high payday.

[@timothyrouse9164]

Winky's career high payday was against Trinidad ($4 million). This was his 2nd highest purse though at $2.25 million and next highest was his fight against Hopkins at $2 million.

[@shaned7158]

He saying if he did the rematch with Taylor he would of got a big payday

[@DmoneymightyC]

Winky Wright putting in a master class for the young fella Jermain Taylor

[@robertg305]

Kinda funny both of these guys have a reputation of being in boring fights, but this was a really really good fight

[@fightfannerd2078]

Normies

[@brianticas7671]

Jermaine Taylor was never in boxing fights that were boring. Did you see him vs joppy? Did you see Taylor vs Pavlik? Did you see Taylor vs bhop? Taylor vs froch? Taylor vs spinks?

[@matthewanthony4606]

The only boring fight I remember from Taylor was vs Corey spinks , other than that he’s been in some action packed fights

[@AlexG-tp2ik]

@Brian Ticas Taylor vs Spinks is the most boring fight I've ever watched. Ever.

[@lankey6969]

What's Taylor's ring walk song? Damn good tune.

[@outlawboxing1923]

Simple man by the legendary Lynryrd skynyrd

[@matthewanthony4606]

@@outlawboxing1923 simple man by shine down is the version he came out to

[@matthewanthony4606]

@@outlawboxing1923 simple man by shine down is the version he came out to

[@outlawboxing1923]

@@matthewanthony4606 family i didn't even know lol i just remember loving this entrance from years ago one of the best songs to come out to for a fighter

[@marcusgilmore5211]

@@outlawboxing1923 Me too been watching some old boxing fights mainly Floyd Mayweather. And then all of a sudden this fight popped in my head along with the ring entrance…

[@jaysharp789]

Lennox Lewis: Great Boxer, Horrible commentator. He never had anything to say of any substance

[@Thosekidsfather504]

Watching this in 2023

[@Ricksta19811]

Awesome back and forth action. Ive never had a fight so even the whole way through the fight. At the start of every odd round I had an even score.

[@GreatMewtwo]

9:56 "DON'T DO THAT AGAIN! YOU DON'T WIN A BIG FIGHT THAT WAY!"

[@mopjames464]

114-114 is fair. No robbery. Winky shot himself in the foot by selling the last round

[@longbeachmaumba7059]

100% agreed.

[@michaelmoon8415]

Long time?

[@jessyleppert2]

5:23 EXCEPT when you were fighting Mike Tyson

[@jimmywiegand5395]

🥊What a fight!!!

[@dwharton8983]

this was a pretty damn good fight alot of ebbs and flows

[@Shaqlife]

Chris Lighty 🙏🏽

[@deangeloandrews6204]

Now it's Demetrius Andrade and terrace Crawford

[@GD-1982]

I had jermain 6rds-5rds 1rd even....if winky wouldve pressed the issue more n the middle of the ring like he did when Jermain kept goin to the ropes couldve been better results for winky but he didnt take advantage of jermain bad habits he developed n the ring

[@JamesASharp]

I don't care what anybody says, Wright won this close fight. He should've fought harder in the 12th Round (because of those stupid Judges), but he won. Taylor is unique. He has all of the tangibles to be a great fighter, but none of the intangibles. Not even the great trainer Manny Steward could fix him.

[@brianticas7671]

Taylor lacked heart and condition. Other than that he had qualities. Decent power, bravery, a good jab.

[@emmettnorthjr]

Another great fight,after looking at the last two rounds i thought it might be a draw and it was,Emmett aka Emilio***

[@edwardbravo611]

Wright is a true boxer,im salute this guy,the boxer is one in only ronald wright

[@user-ld9vd8uc9p]

Ограбили настоящего чемпиона!!

[@stalevyy_shchur]

Wonderful fight and great sportsmanship between these two fighters. Yeah its definitely a draw, Taylor literally punched his way to the draw, he wasnt as accurate as Winky, but he just outworked Wright (in late round it was obvious that Wright was very tired). And thats a shame that there was no rematch, apparently Taylor figured out that he cant pick the key to Wright defense. Still Ronald "Winky" Wright is very underrated and undeserved forgotten boxer

[@blaneduncan1142]

Great fight! Taylor won

[@edprince9848]

Jt was a good fighter but I hate the way he keeps his guard so low 🥊

[@68majortom]

I've noticed that with Winky he tends to take it easy in the 12th, but tbh I thought Wright done the best work & threw the better Punches in the last Round

[@urielalva2949]

Never liked how the guy at the end interviewed the fighters after the fight

[@DaveTheDopeFiend]

116-112 Taylor

[@timothyrouse9164]

Hell naw, maybe 116-112 Wright.

[@raheemsalaam9117]

Winky won that fight

[@raheemsalaam9117]

And got robbed against vargas

[@JOTAERRE1MILLION]

Real shit 💥🔥💯 and he beat Hopkins

[@kelvinessel2604]

JOTA ERRE He didn't beat Hopkins. Stop making excuses because you're a fanboy. Hopkins landed the more power punches. He won that fight

[@raheemsalaam9117]

@Daniel Vazquez I respect your opinion but I'm going to leave it like this short and simple you can't win a fight if your getting hit three four punches to one no matter how good looking that one punch is and taylor took a lot of power punches look at his face and the the glove thing you brought was lame winky just had good defense fundamentally sound

[@ralphdupas6179]

Wow, just realized that Taylor fought 3 (reigning/former) undisputed world champion in 3 divisions: welterweight Cory Spinks, Super Welterweight Winky Wright and Middleweight Bernard Hopkins. No boxer could claim that.

[@dltguitar6532]

the guys back in the early 2000's were warriors. Even a guy like Taylor who was not the greatest showed tons of guts fighting guys like Hopkins, Wright, Pavlik and then going up to super middle and taking on Froch, Abraham etc.. and most of the fights were brutal wars. These spoiled "champs" of today are all about strategy to make money and keep their 0's

[@Storm-uo3wr]

Taylor was in too many wars as a young fighter just like Fernando Vargas

[@AlexG-tp2ik]

The fight vs Spinks is probably the worst fight I've ever seen. I remember falling asleep in the middle of it.

[@brandonbrown1757]

Was that Chris Lighty?!?!? RIP🙏🏾

[@kingleo8048]

Yeah

[@mikeyyyyyy3312]

Jermain is so fun to watch

[@sshaty08]

Winky won that

[@omoowobhd]

Winky should have pressed Taylor whenever he was in the corners & fought actively in all the rounds. Never leave it in the hands of the judges or anybody especially in a competitor's home town. The rule by & large is that u must defeat the champ convincingly! Winky gave away the last 3 rounds by coasting and Taylor should have gotten the decision b/c he was the agressor...

[@manuelsoto9238]

Winky winky # 1 champion

[@genevasgarden5430]

Close but Winky won but they didn’t want to take away Taylor’s Belts

[@jaysharp789]

No fighter ever had an easy time with Taylor

[@proudamerican7662]

Stats say Wright won the fight.

[@VersatyleTV1]

Winky Wright definitely won this fight

[@troydixson1394]

The loss to the 43 year old affected him he had it

[@hermes7330]

what a robbery, wright clearly won 1-5, Taylor won 6 and 7, wright got 8, Taylor 9 then wright 10-12, very clear wright blocked 90% of Taylors shots and landed very clean jabs on Taylor throughout the fight and pushed him around the ring, defence striking and ring generalship very clearly went to wright for majority of the fight, and if u believe in compubox stats, wright landed 60 more punches whilst throwing 60 less shots, including more powershots. A big thing people aren't realising is that in round 12, winky landed a few shots at the beginning of the round then nether party actually landed anything whilst Taylor proceeded to get a few shots blocked and dodged, people act as if winky was inactive when in reality he held onto the round by defending himself after landing the first shots.

[@kingtyomama6564]

Wright won fairly easily.

[@erikmurray3661]

What dumb advice he told winky to basically run the last round.

[@joediaz9833]

Both great fighters,I think Taylor is real good fighter but I seen to many flaws in him,don’t get me wrong I appreciate a good fight but I’m sure he beat Hopkins cause B-Hop,was at the end of his time I don’t think Taylor could have beaten B-Hop if he was younger,, Jojo dee

[@the1317]

He should have never switched coaches cause it was all down hill from there for real real just like Tyson you dance with who got you to the party

[@kaybanda8280]

Taylor definitely won this fight but I agree with draw great fight though

[@jasonbantle]

Ray Hawking should be fired for giving round 12 to Wright

[@timnavarrette6932]

Winkey suit styling

[@user-ld9vd8uc9p]

Судьи старики были ничего не видели ,все удары тэйлора пришли райту в блок в перчатки по плечам по поясу и шее. Посмотрите на тэйлора от джеба глаз заплыл какая ничья ,это грабёж

[@joediaz9833]

Oh yeah B-Hop didn’t get enough credit as a fighter and champ,, Jojo dee

[@nealgreg1]

Man they robbed Winky again damn

[@dindoasgar]

i think winky won the fight,tsk tsk tsk its sad

[@HalJohnsen]

my home state ....ARKANSAS

[@12_3s]

I love the old HBO you tube re broad cast because I get no commer***s

[@jhogg9944]

Gud fight, winky won. Lambey need to stop comattaing.

[@tytiger7176]

Let winky tell it, he's always robbed and never lost a fight.Close the show with a KO and stop crying every time ! Boring fighter !!!

[@LoyalGanGLuke]

Winky cleary won tf 🤦🏿‍♂️👎🏿

[@williamdelaine1048]

man high way robb,punch numbers showes.st.pere u lose

[@Marcelo83uk]

Remember staying up here in the uk to watch this... always thought Winky edged it

[@robgrant5272]

Winky won that fight