Ronald Lamont "Winky" Wright (born November 26, 1971 in Washington, DC)  is an American boxer, the former junior middleweight Champion and a current #1 middleweight contender. Due to his defensive, southpaw style and quick jab, Wright is considered one of the best fighters in the world.

Wright was an underlooked fighter for many years, for a time fighting 20 fights in seven countries across three continents. Wright would later joke that he couldn't pronounce some of the names of the places he was fighting in. After his 2nd round knockout of Carlos Santana on July 30, 1992 in St. Petersburg, Florida, the ring announcer called him "Winky" Wright, the name given to him by his grandmother when he was 18 months old. The nickname stuck for the rest of his career.

Big time promoters like Don King and Lou Duva would not promote Wright in the early part of his career. His first big time promoters were the French based  Acaries brothers, who struck a deal for Wright to fight Darryl Lattimore in Luxembourg on January 1, 1993. Wright knocked Lattimore down three times, and the fight was stopped. Wright went on a tear during his tour of Europe, winning 8 straight in France, Germany, Monte Carlo, only fighting in the United States once over the next year.

As the age of 34, Winky is a 14-year pro. A two time world champion at 154 pounds, he held the WBO world title from May, 1996, to August, 1998. He won the IBF world title in October, 2001, and has made five successful title defense, two of the last four against No.1 contenders. In his most recent title defense, against former WBC/WBA super welterweight champion Sugar Shane Mosley, Wright won a 12 round majority decision to retain his titles. Wright became the division’s first undisputed world champion in 29 years and the first ever to old all three major world titles – the WBC/ WBA/IBF champions when he won a 12 round unanimous decision overWBC/ WBA super welterweight champion Mosley. After 14 years, Wright is now a consensus member of the elite “Pound-for-Pound Champions” top-five.

Winky has fought some of the best in the 154-pound division over the last nine years and scored several impressive wins.

He said, “I’m the type of fighter that wants to fight for the people. I just want to fight, and when it’s over, people will say that he fought and at the best and should be considered one of the best.”


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