- Born
- 1971
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- USA
- Career
- 1990–2012
A tight-guard southpaw who beat Shane Mosley twice.
Titles & Honours
- Undisputed Light Middleweight Champion
Career Timeline
1990–2012- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Anthony Salerno · W UD
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Orlando Orozco · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Shane Mosley
W UD · Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Signature fight
vs Félix Trinidad
W UD · MGM Grand Garden Arena , Paradise, Nevada, U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Sam Soliman · UD. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Ike Quartey
W UD · St. Pete Times Forum , Tampa, Florida, U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Peter Quillin · L UD. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Title wins · dates not yet documented
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
No freely licensed photographs of Winky Wright are available in this archive.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-10-16 | W | Anthony Salerno | UD | 4 | Hyatt Regency, Tampa, Florida , U.S. |
| 1990-11-28 | W | Christopher Conrad | TKO | 1 | Hyatt Regency, Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| 1990-12-14 | W | Tony Graham | TKO | 2 | Diplomat Resort & Spa , Hollywood, Florida , U.S. |
| 1991-01-25 | W | Stedroy Bolus | TKO | 3 | Diplomat Resort & Spa, Hollywood, Florida, U.S. |
| 1991-03-29 | W | Glenn Major | RTD | 3 | Convention Center , Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| 1991-07-26 | W | Lorenzo Bouie | UD | 6 | Hyatt Regency, Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| 1991-08-13 | W | Rocky Fabrizio | UD | 6 | Hyatt Regency, Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| 1991-08-30 | W | Edison Martinez | TKO | 1 | Marriott's World Center , Orlando, Florida , U.S. |
| 1991-09-17 | W | Jeff Johnson | UD | 6 | Marriott's World Center, Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| 1991-10-18 | W | Glenn Major | TKO | 2 | USF Sun Dome , Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| 1991-11-15 | W | Gary McCall | RTD | 1 | USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| 1991-12-13 | W | Lennell Strohman | UD | 6 | USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| 1992-02-28 | W | Persephone Van Reenen | TKO | 3 | USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| 1992-03-27 | W | Mike Howard | TKO | 4 | USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| 1992-05-28 | W | Delfino Marin | TKO | 1 | USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| 1992-07-30 | W | Carlos Santana | TKO | 2 | Hyatt Regency, Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| 1993-01-02 | W | Darryl Lattimore | TKO | 1 | Differdange , Luxembourg |
| 1993-01-31 | W | Roland Commings | UD | 8 | Levallois-Perret , France |
| 1993-03-20 | W | Eric Holland | UD | 8 | Philips Halle , Düsseldorf , Germany |
| 1993-05-28 | W | James Stokes | KO | 1 | Charlotte County Memorial Auditorium, Punta Gorda, Florida , U.S. |
| 1993-08-21 | W | Leon Rouse | KO | 1 | Salle des Etoiles , Monte Carlo , Monaco |
| 1993-10-16 | W | Gilberto Barreto | TKO | 2 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan , Levallois-Perret, France |
| 1993-12-04 | W | Tony McCrimmion | TKO | 5 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France |
| 1994-03-19 | W | Armando Herrera | KO | 1 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France |
| 1994-06-04 | W | Orlando Orozco | TKO | 1 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France |
| 1994-08-21 | L | Julio César Vásquez | UD | 12 | Jai Alai, Saint-Jean-de-Luz , France |
| 1994-11-11 | W | Ernesto Rafael Sena | RTD | 2 | Club Caja Popular, San Miguel de Tucumán , Argentina |
| 1995-02-04 | W | Tony Marshall | UD | 12 | Palais des Sports, Castelnau-le-Lez , France |
| 1995-04-01 | W | Anthony Ivory | PTS | 8 | La Palestre, Le Cannet , France |
| 1995-04-11 | W | Leon Cessiron | PTS | 6 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France |
| 1995-07-25 | W | Larry LaCoursiere | TKO | 1 | Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France |
| 1995-08-23 | W | Anthony Ivory | UD | 12 | La Palestre, Le Cannet, France |
| 1995-10-23 | W | Young Dick Tiger | TKO | 9 | Great Western Forum , Inglewood, California , U.S. |
| 1996-01-06 | W | Jean Paul D'Alessandro | UD | 8 | Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France |
| 1996-03-05 | W | Andrew Council | UD | 12 | Scope , Norfolk, Virginia , U.S. |
| 1996-05-17 | W | Bronco McKart | SD | 12 | Stock Arena , Monroe, Michigan , U.S. |
| 1996-11-09 | W | Ensley Bingham | UD | 12 | NYNEX Arena , Manchester , England |
| 1997-05-03 | W | Steve Foster | TKO | 6 | NYNEX Arena, Manchester, England |
| 1997-12-19 | W | Adrian Dodson | TKO | 6 | London Arena , London , England |
| 1998-08-22 | L | Harry Simon | MD | 12 | Carousel Casino, Hammanskraal , South Africa |
| 1999-03-27 | W | Derrick Graham | KO | 3 | Jai-Alai Fronton , Miami, Florida , U.S. |
| 1999-12-04 | L | Fernando Vargas | MD | 12 | Chinook Winds Casino , Lincoln City, Oregon , U.S. |
| 2000-09-09 | W | Bronco McKart | UD | 12 | Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort , Chester, West Virginia , U.S. |
| 2000-12-16 | W | Keith Mullings | UD | 12 | David L. Lawrence Convention Center , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , U.S. |
| 2001-10-12 | W | Robert Frazier | UD | 12 | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino , Indio, California , U.S. |
| 2002-02-02 | W | Jason Papillion | TKO | 5 | American Airlines Arena , Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| 2002-09-07 | W | Bronco McKart | DQ | 8 | Rose Garden , Portland, Oregon , U.S. |
| 2003-03-01 | W | Juan Carlos Candelo | UD | 12 | Thomas & Mack Center , Paradise, Nevada , U.S. |
| 2003-11-08 | W | Ángel Hernández | UD | 12 | Mandalay Bay Events Center , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 2004-03-13 | W | Shane Mosley | UD | 12 | Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 2004-11-20 | W | Shane Mosley | MD | 12 | Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 2005-05-14 | W | Félix Trinidad | UD | 12 | MGM Grand Garden Arena , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 2005-12-10 | W | Sam Soliman | UD | 12 | Mohegan Sun Arena , Montville, Connecticut , U.S. |
| 2006-06-17 | D | Jermain Taylor | SD | 12 | FedExForum , Memphis, Tennessee , U.S. |
| 2006-12-02 | W | Ike Quartey | UD | 12 | St. Pete Times Forum , Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| 2007-07-21 | L | Bernard Hopkins | UD | 12 | Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 2009-04-11 | L | Paul Williams | UD | 12 | Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 2012-06-02 | L | Peter Quillin | UD | 10 | Home Depot Center , Carson, California , U.S. |
Showing 58 of 58 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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