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Great to see my boy Sam get a well deserved Big fight... shame it will be a non title affair.....

Sam will start as underdog but i reckon he can surprise a lot of people in there....

knockout wrote:Great to see my boy Sam get a well deserved Big fight... shame it will be a non title affair.....

Sam will start as underdog but i reckon he can surprise a lot of people in there....

How, by winning 1 round!

numpty wrote:

knockout wrote:Great to see my boy Sam get a well deserved Big fight... shame it will be a non title affair.....

Sam will start as underdog but i reckon he can surprise a lot of people in there....

How, by winning 1 round!

he ain't got no chance against wright.

only the very best beat winky and even then winky makes it close. kingsley ikeke would have been a more interesting test for winky than this one.

Shame Sam never got the world title shot, he run of form did warrant one. He is facing, IMO, the best Middleweight out there in a non title fight - that is rotten luck.

Will Winky Wright be the first fight to hold the #1 spots with the 3 major governing bodies.

stujones wrote:Shame Sam never got the world title shot, he run of form did warrant one. He is facing, IMO, the best Middleweight out there in a non title fight - that is rotten luck.

Will Winky Wright be the first fight to hold the #1 spots with the 3 major governing bodies.

wright definitely deserves to fight the taylor-hopkins winner. i think wright beats both of em as well.

Soliman is going to do a hell of a lot better than Tito that's for sure. Don't expect Winky to look as sharp this time.

sam can not hit hard enough to trouble winky,but he is a super fit and is a spoiler .i thought he beat mundain and he gave eastman a good fight ,he will be up for this but i put my money on winky.but there could be a surprise if winky takes sam lightly.

To be honest, this fight is going to be horrible - can't believe HBO are screening this. Is this the best they can offer their new star, an exhibition match?

Soliman is a very unorthadox fighter and will put up a good fight against Winky. It will be interesting as Soliman is a counter puncher and Winky is very defencive so it could be a close fight.

Winky will winnnn.

Max Molyneux wrote:Winky will winnnn.

And very easily at that UD to Winky Wright.

numpty wrote:

Max Molyneux wrote:Winky will winnnn.

And very easily at that UD to Winky Wright.

Hell Yeah!

Even Eastman beat Solimen.

Eastman was probably at his best versus Soliman and Sam has definately improved a lot since then....

Sensible money is on Winky UD but trust me it wont be easy payday for Winky and i will be putting some cash on Sam....

The Trinidad result has flattered Winky in my opinion.... as good as Winky is, Trinidad was a shell of the 2000 model and was tailor made for Winky.

Soliman is an awkward fighter.

But lets be honest with ourselves here.

Ok, you first.

Haha

Winky W12 Unanimous.

What's on the undercard - John Ruiz v Huggin' Henry Akinwande?

Winky needs big fights to perform in, HBO's Larry Merchant had him losing to Angel Hernandez, don't write off Soliman, i don't back him to win but i don't think this will be as one sided as some people think.

In related news from http://www.boxingtalk.net
"World middleweight champion Jermain Taylor has vacated the IBF title as of yesterday evening. Taylor's promoter, Lou DiBella wrote to the IBF saying, "pressure with respect to multiple mandatories and the payment of 12% of his purses in sanctioning fees makes retaining all the titles a near impossible proposition." DiBella told Boxingtalk today, "you cant fight four mandatories at one time." Given that Taylor's status as the top 160-pounder in the world is unassailable, he is fighting Bernard Hopkins next, who is a far more worthy challenger than IBF #1 Sam Soliman, and that the IBF, WBC, WBA and WBO all have rules calling for 3% of a boxer's purse to be collected for sanctioning fees, Taylor decided to save himself some money and allow others to compete for the IBF belt. Previously, Taylor offered in writing to make Soliman his next defense should he defeat Hopkins on December 3, 2005, but after years of saying he wanted the chance to win a world championship, Soliman instead opted to face Winky Wright with no title on the line. Soliman-Wright has not been formally announced, but Boxingtalk's sources say the IBF is prepared to sanction Kingsley Ikeke, its #2 contender, against a lower-rated contender, possibly Felix Sturm or Arthur Abraham, for its now-vacant trinket."

Max Molyneux wrote:

numpty wrote:

Max Molyneux wrote:Winky will winnnn.

And very easily at that UD to Winky Wright.

Hell Yeah!

Even Eastman beat Solimen.

Soliman took that fight on short notice.

hey, at least WW's fighting a middleweight. ok, Sturm turned him down, but who did camp WW want as a replacement: Quartey, Jantuah, Ouma!!! we should be pleased for Winky-Soliman, and btw, WW won't dominate every middle out there, you can't just assume after the tito fight

Freiheit wrote:In related news from http://www.boxingtalk.net
"World middleweight champion Jermain Taylor has vacated the IBF title as of yesterday evening. Taylor's promoter, Lou DiBella wrote to the IBF saying, "pressure with respect to multiple mandatories and the payment of 12% of his purses in sanctioning fees makes retaining all the titles a near impossible proposition." DiBella told Boxingtalk today, "you cant fight four mandatories at one time." Given that Taylor's status as the top 160-pounder in the world is unassailable, he is fighting Bernard Hopkins next, who is a far more worthy challenger than IBF #1 Sam Soliman, and that the IBF, WBC, WBA and WBO all have rules calling for 3% of a boxer's purse to be collected for sanctioning fees, Taylor decided to save himself some money and allow others to compete for the IBF belt. Previously, Taylor offered in writing to make Soliman his next defense should he defeat Hopkins on December 3, 2005, but after years of saying he wanted the chance to win a world championship, Soliman instead opted to face Winky Wright with no title on the line. Soliman-Wright has not been formally announced, but Boxingtalk's sources say the IBF is prepared to sanction Kingsley Ikeke, its #2 contender, against a lower-rated contender, possibly Felix Sturm or Arthur Abraham, for its now-vacant trinket."

Thats flaming rediculous, you have the longstanding IBF #1 against the WBC/WBA #1 and former IBF Light Middleweight champion (who was dearly loyal to the organisation) and the fight will not be sanctioned by them.

Have to go for Winky by UD

stujones wrote:Thats flaming rediculous, you have the longstanding IBF #1 against the WBC/WBA #1 and former IBF Light Middleweight champion (who was dearly loyal to the organisation) and the fight will not be sanctioned by them.

u feel like banging there heads together sometimes don't ya. ikeke is a decent fighter, but his time will come soon anyway.