Who do you think will go down as the greater fighter?

Question

Fernando Vargas or Winky Wright?

I think both are going to be measured not by their wins and losses in their mega fights, but HOW they performed in them...I can't really decide on who.

Answer 1

Lets compare their biggest wins and see who beat the better opponents:

Fernando Vargas:

-Luis Ramon Campas (Win by stoppage); Vargas won his first world title in this fight and beat a pretty good fighter in Campas.  He also dominated the fight and got a 7th round TKO.

-Winky Wright (Win by majority decision); Vargas got the close win in this fight when he was still undefeated and in his prime.  Many felt that Wright should have won, but Vargas put more pressure on Wright, which is probably what won him the fight.  Wright also was not as motivated back then because he was still an unknown fighter to many.

-Ike Quartey (Win by unanimous decision); This is probably Vargas' biggest win.  Quartey was coming off a very close fight with Oscar De La Hoya that many felt Ike should have won.  Vargas put in his best performance and outworked Quartey to get the deserved win.

Winky Wright:

Shane Mosley (2 wins by unanimous and majority decision); The first Mosley fight proved that Wright was a major player in the pound for pound rankings.  He won the fight very handily against the much smaller Mosley and put in one of his best performances.  The second fight was closer, but it was still a clear win for Wright.  It wasn't as impressive as the first win, but still impressive nonetheless to beat Shane twice in a row.

Felix Trinidad (Win by unanimous decision); This has got to be Wright's best performance.  He came into the fight as a heavy underdog and most felt that Tito's power would be far too much for Wright.  Boy, were they wrong- Wright dominated from bell to bell with his piston-like jab and never allowed Tito to get into the fight.

Ike Quartey (Win by unanimous decision); After getting a draw against Jermain Taylor, Wright fought Quartey in a fight that pitted two very good defensive fighters against each other.  It was a good win for Wright, but I think that this fight showed that both Wright and Quartey had begun to slip.  Wright has not won a fight since then.

So, Vargas beat Campas, Wright, and Quartey, while Winky beat Mosley twice, Trinidad and Quartey.  Keep in mind that the same Mosley that Wright beat was the one who beat Vargas twice, and in the second fight, completely dominated and knocked out Vargas.  And, Wright completely dominated Trinidad, while Vargas lost a grueling brawl against Tito.  Couple that with his devestating loss to Oscar De La Hoya and his recent loss to Ricardo Mayorga in which Vargas looked extremely out of shape in and compare that to Wright's losses- all close defeats to Julio Cesar Vazquez, Harry Simon, Vargas, and Bernard Hopkins- all respectable opponents and all competitive fights.  When its all said and done, I think that Wright performed better in his mega fights then Vargas did.  His wins were against better opposition and his losses were close and a few of them could have gone his way.  Wright was never stopped while Vargas was stopped 4 times and Wright won more titles against the higher level of opposition.  I would have to say that Winky Wright will be remembered as the better fighter than Fernando Vargas.

Answer 2

Winky easy. Vargas is an overrated steroid head!

Answer 3

winky wright is going to go down as the better fighter.Vargas has prooven to have the chin of a 5 year old.

Answer 4

Winky

Answer 5

In peoples eyes it will be Fernando Vargas because of his never give up attitude and heart that he took a lot of punishment from Tito, Oscar, Mosley, Mayorga and he never backed down he wanted to win so much but he didn't.

However Winky Wright was and still is the better boxer he has fought lots of fights but nobody gives him the recognition he deserves Winky beat Trinidad which is his greatest win and he also beat Mosley twice which is his best wins but if he would've fought Oscar, Mayorga etc... and all of these other fighters Winky would've won all those fights but nobody wants to fight him and Winky would've been regarded as a great boxer he doesn't fight he boxes and he is great at it. In my eyes Winky Wright is and will be the better boxer than Vargas. Winky is also in the middleweight division and the best boxers right now are in Welterweight so they wouldn't go up in weight to fight Winky as Vargas was a Junior Middleweight he could get fights that Winky couldn't.

Vargas won but it could've gone either way Winky could've won the fight and most experts believed that Winky should've won their fight but Vargas was given the win because they saw Star potential in Vargas like Oscar De La Hoya.

Answer 6

thats an interesting comparison. winky is a more accomplished fighter, a better fighter and has a great reputation among other fighters. many would not fight him due his ackward style and southpaw stance- a major rule in boxing is never fight a southpaw unless you have to. on the latter vargas was a legitamate contender, until his loss to oscar and has a super strong fanbase of mexican loyalty. winky hands down! more fights, better fights, better showman!