Winky Outpoints Ike; Lacy Struggles but Wins
Sunday December 3, 2006
Winky Wright (51-3-1) returned to Tampa for the first time in 14 years and gave his hometown fans something to cheer about with a solid unanimous decision over veteran Ike Quartey (37-4-1). Wright was credited with questionable knockdowns in rounds two and seven but it was simply his size and work rate that made the difference. If Quartey intends to continue fighting, he should return to 154. All three judges gave the fight to Wright by scores of 117-110, 117-110 and 117-109.
For two rounds, former IBF super middleweight champ Jeff Lacy (22-1) looked like he would simply overwhelm unranked Vitali Tsypko (19-2). However, Lacy began complaining about pain in his left shoulder following the second round and absorbed a lot of punishment over the remaining eight rounds as Tsypko seemed able to penetrate Lacy's guard with straight, crisp shots whenever he wanted. Lacy was on wobbly legs on a few occasions but, to his credit, fought hard throughout and earned the decision by simply outworking Tsypko. One judge had it a draw at 95-95 but was overruled by two cards, which read 96-94 Lacy.
Comments
Yes! Another great win for Winky! Congratulations Winky! Way to go!!
I believe Winky is going to go for the money after all! Congrats to him for earning some fans. I thought the fight was way closer than the cards though. Then again, I didn’t score the “knockdowns” as knockdowns and I thought Ike won those rounds.
Winky was impressive though. He deserves another borefest with JT. Maybe JT can retire after that. Tiff!
You had the Winky-Ike fight right on the money. Shame Ike got away for 5 yrs and tried coming back at #160. Did not see Lacy-Vitali but have to believe from your write up Vitali got a raw deal.
jeff lacy is a real good fighter,but he reminds me of tyson now,his aura of invinsibility has gone,fighters aint gunna be scared of him lke they wouldve been in the past.