Winky Wright

Career, Record, Stats
Winky Wright

Ronald Wright (Winky) is a 52-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former super-welterweight world champion with 5 world-title wins. In a career spanning 21 years, 7 months, and 17 days, Wright amassed a record of 51-6-1, which includes 25 wins via KO, 3 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2018.

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LEGEND

Winky Wright's Boxing Career

Winky Wright was born in Washington, D.C., U.S. on November 26, 1971. He made his professional debut at the age of 18 years on October 16, 1990 against Anthony Salerno. Wright defeated Salerno via 4-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Wright got his first shot at a world title at the age of 22 after 25 professional fights. On August 21, 1994 Wright challenged Julio César Vásquez' WBA super-welterweight title but lost via 12-round unanimous decision.

He became a world champion on May 17, 1996 at the age of 24 years, after by defeating Bronco McKart, the then-reining WBO super-welterweight champion, via 12-round split decision. This was his 36th fight as a professional.

Wright then went on to successfully win the IBF, WBA, WBC, and The Ring super-welterweight world titles as well.

Wright's last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Peter Quillin at age 40, on June 2, 2012.

Some of Winky Wright's best fights have been against Félix Trinidad (HOFer), Jermain Taylor, Shane Mosley (HOFer), and Ike Quartey. For a complete list of Wright's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Winky Wright".

Wright has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Winky Wright Losses".

Winky Wright's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
58
Jun 02, 2012 40 Peter Quillin Peter Quillin 28 26-0
loss
UD
10
57
Apr 11, 2009 37 Paul Williams Paul Williams 27 36-1
loss
UD
12
56
Jul 21, 2007 35 Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins 42 47-4-1
loss
UD
12
55
Dec 02, 2006 35 Ike Quartey Ike Quartey 37 37-3-1
win
UD
12
54
Jun 17, 2006 34 Jermain Taylor Jermain Taylor 27 25-0
draw
SD
12
53
Dec 10, 2005 34 generic fighter pic Sam Soliman
win
UD
12
52
May 14, 2005 33 Félix Trinidad Félix Trinidad 32 42-1
win
UD
12
51
Nov 20, 2004 32 Shane Mosley Shane Mosley 33 39-3
win
MD
12
50
Mar 13, 2004 32 Shane Mosley Shane Mosley 32 39-2
win
UD
12
49
Nov 08, 2003 31 generic fighter pic Angel Hernandez
win
UD
12
48
Mar 01, 2003 31 generic fighter pic Juan Carlos Candelo
win
UD
12
47
Sep 07, 2002 30 generic fighter pic Bronco McKart
win
DQ
8
46
Feb 02, 2002 30 generic fighter pic Jason Papillion
win
TKO
5
45
Oct 12, 2001 29 generic fighter pic Robert Frazier
win
UD
12
44
Dec 16, 2000 29 generic fighter pic Keith Mullings
win
UD
12
43
Sep 09, 2000 28 generic fighter pic Bronco McKart
win
UD
12
42
Dec 04, 1999 28 Fernando Vargas Fernando Vargas 21 17-0
loss
MD
12
41
Mar 27, 1999 27 generic fighter pic Derrick Graham
win
KO
3
40
Aug 22, 1998 26 generic fighter pic Harry Simon
loss
MD
12
39
Dec 19, 1997 26 generic fighter pic Adrian Dodson
win
TKO
6
38
May 03, 1997 25 generic fighter pic Steve Foster
win
TKO
6
37
Nov 09, 1996 24 generic fighter pic Ensley Bingham
win
UD
12
36
May 17, 1996 24 generic fighter pic Bronco McKart
win
SD
12
35
Mar 05, 1996 24 generic fighter pic Andrew Council
win
UD
12
34
Jan 06, 1996 24 generic fighter pic Jean Paul D'Alessandro
win
UD
8
33
Oct 23, 1995 23 generic fighter pic Young Dick Tiger
win
TKO
9
32
Aug 23, 1995 23 generic fighter pic Anthony Ivory
win
UD
12
31
Jul 25, 1995 23 generic fighter pic Larry LaCoursiere
win
TKO
1
30
Apr 11, 1995 23 generic fighter pic Leon Cessiron
win
PTS
6
29
Apr 01, 1995 23 generic fighter pic Anthony Ivory
win
PTS
8
28
Feb 04, 1995 23 generic fighter pic Tony Marshall
win
UD
12
27
Nov 11, 1994 22 generic fighter pic Ernesto Rafael Sena
win
RTD
2
26
Aug 21, 1994 22 generic fighter pic Julio César Vásquez
loss
UD
12
25
Jun 04, 1994 22 generic fighter pic Orlando Orozco
win
TKO
1
24
Mar 19, 1994 22 generic fighter pic Armando Herrera
win
KO
1
23
Dec 04, 1993 22 generic fighter pic Tony McCrimmion
win
TKO
5
22
Oct 16, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Gilberto Barreto
win
TKO
2
21
Aug 21, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Leon Rouse
win
KO
1
20
May 28, 1993 21 generic fighter pic James Stokes
win
KO
1
19
Mar 20, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Eric Holland
win
UD
8
18
Jan 31, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Roland Commings
win
UD
8
17
Jan 02, 1993 21 generic fighter pic Darryl Lattimore
win
TKO
1
16
Jul 30, 1992 20 generic fighter pic Carlos Santana
win
TKO
2
15
May 28, 1992 20 generic fighter pic Delfino Marin
win
TKO
1
14
Mar 27, 1992 20 generic fighter pic Mike Howard
win
TKO
4
13
Feb 28, 1992 20 generic fighter pic Persephone Van Reenen
win
TKO
3
12
Dec 13, 1991 20 generic fighter pic Lennell Strohman
win
UD
6
11
Nov 15, 1991 19 generic fighter pic Gary McCall
win
RTD
1
10
Oct 18, 1991 19 generic fighter pic Glenn Major
win
TKO
2
9
Sep 17, 1991 19 generic fighter pic Jeff Johnson
win
UD
6
8
Aug 30, 1991 19 generic fighter pic Edison Martinez
win
TKO
1
7
Aug 13, 1991 19 generic fighter pic Rocky Fabrizio
win
UD
6
6
Jul 26, 1991 19 generic fighter pic Lorenzo Bouie
win
UD
6
5
Mar 29, 1991 19 generic fighter pic Glenn Major
win
RTD
3
4
Jan 25, 1991 19 generic fighter pic Stedroy Bolus
win
TKO
3
3
Dec 14, 1990 19 generic fighter pic Tony Graham
win
TKO
2
2
Nov 28, 1990 19 generic fighter pic Christopher Conrad
win
TKO
1
1
Oct 16, 1990 18 generic fighter pic Anthony Salerno
win
UD
4
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