Former boxing champion Winky Wright says Mayweather/Pacquiao didn't save boxing ... but the UFC can ... telling TMZ Sports the future of the ring lies in how Dana White does things in the octagon.
We spoke to Wright -- the former light middleweight champion of the world -- and he says that the UFC is so far ahead of boxing when it comes to public interest, that the only way to close the gap ... is to rip off their swag.
"The reason UFC is where it’s at right now is because Dana White controls everything. He makes it happen."
Winky says there are simply too many promoters in the sport of boxing and no one makes the fights that anyone wants to see ... while the UFC constantly pits their best fighters against each other.
"Dana White doesn’t care about records. It’s all about you fight the next top guy. If you think you're the best … we are going to match you up with the best."
http://www.tmz.com/2015/05/11/boxing-legend-winky-wright-the-future-of-boxing-is-the-ufc/#ixzz3ZrUPhOzZ
Oh Winky stop it lol. I feel asleep when he fought Trinidad, he threw nothing but jabs for 12 rounds lol
Barry_BondsMVP - Oh Winky stop it lol. I feel asleep when he fought Trinidad, he threw nothing but jabs for 12 rounds lolWhat does that have to do with the article?
Rudi -Do you like salsa?Barry_BondsMVP - Oh Winky stop it lol. I feel asleep when he fought Trinidad, he threw nothing but jabs for 12 rounds lolWhat does that have to do with the article?
Rudi -Barry_BondsMVP - Oh Winky stop it lol. I feel asleep when he fought Trinidad, he threw nothing but jabs for 12 rounds lolWhat does that have to do with the article?
Nothing. It's called deflection.
Winky Wright is an idiot 
So the guy who is killing MMA slowly year after year and never got a good idea about it (he was against TUF for exemple) is gonna save boxing.
INTERDASTING!!!!!
ThatKickDidntHurooooooooohhhhhhhh -...Rudi -Do you like salsa?Barry_BondsMVP - Oh Winky stop it lol. I feel asleep when he fought Trinidad, he threw nothing but jabs for 12 rounds lolWhat does that have to do with the article?
I love salsa.
MrFluffyHippo -I think you guys just like saying 'salsa'ThatKickDidntHurooooooooohhhhhhhh -...Rudi -Do you like salsa?Barry_BondsMVP - Oh Winky stop it lol. I feel asleep when he fought Trinidad, he threw nothing but jabs for 12 rounds lolWhat does that have to do with the article?
I love salsa.
winky talking crazy
Dana runs nothing
How's he going to save boxing when he's ruining mma?
only Don King can save MMA
I like Winky's peekaboo defense. You're obviously not boxing connoisseurs.
Solid D, best performance was against Mosley
Winky couldn't run his own career.
He set his price WAY too high. Sure, guys didn't want to fight him stylistically but Wright and his demands were absurd.
I'd not listen to him on anything related to how to improve business.
Now, tips for defensive boxing?
I'll listen to Winky Wright on that one.
seems like for the last couple of years, every month has faetured at least one good fight that people want to see, with new ones on the horizon. not sure what winky is talking about. right now in the 'new' generation, there is at least 4 guys who emerged in last 2 years that everyone is watching. stevenson, kovalev, golovkin, crawford.
Winky's not the only one who thinks this way...
Boxingscene.com:
"There are many in the boxing industry who strongly believe Haymon is attempting to replicate certain aspects of the UFC’s business model – based on the obvious pattern of staging PBC cards that are entirely comprised of fighters contracted to Haymon Boxing. Like the UFC, Haymon’s company has set up their own website with a variety of professional writers providing articles and coverage on Haymon-managed fighters and PBC events.
Dana White, President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship [UFC], applauds what he calls a “very ballsy move” by Haymon.
“First, that’s a huge compliment [that Haymon Boxing is being accused of attempting to replicate the UFC’s business model] because when we first came out everybody was just sh*tting on us and saying ‘this is ridiculous, this will never work, that will never work,’ etc. I don’t like to be negative but if I had to be negative about something I would say that the time buys on TV is tough because it’s hard to go in that direction and then go the other way - unless the fights rate through the roof, and then he’ll do well,” White told BoxingScene.com.
http://www.boxingscene.com/ufcs-dana-white-applauds-ballsy-haymon-on-pbc-move--87944
Hope boxers like 8/8k pay.
Billyj - Hope boxers like 8/8k pay.
never happen with al haymon in control. he's the most ethical fight promoter is history. his whole thing is to cut out middlemen and make sure his fighters get every contracted dollar.
he did it in the music indsutry and made second run r and b acts into millionaires and taught them how to invest. he turned pretty boy floyd the kid who can't stop smiling and cracking jokes into the scowling money mayweather. haymon beleives in a business model where the talent gets paid first and the most. he has a 30 year track record across 2 industries to prove it
Someone's fishing for a Matt Hughes type job. He'll prolly get one too