Whats the Wright move?
Call it the counterpuncher’s conundrum: If an opponent won’t come to you, you can bore everybody stiff waiting, or you can suck it up and go to him. Winky Wright is, by nature, a counterpuncher. He doesn’t just put the earmuffs on; his guard is like a full ski mask: high, tight and nearly impenetrable, designed to pick the other man’s punches off until Wright is ready to throw counter shots. Like any good counter-punching artist, Wright turns his opponent’s attacks into his own offensive opportunities. But the former undisputed junior middleweight champion has shown he can take the fight to his opponent when he has to. Wright pressed forward in his 1999 fight with Fernando Vargas. He brawled in ’03 with the overmatched Angel Hernandez. He followed Jermain Taylor to the ropes in ’06, doing his best work when he chose to lead rather than counter. And when he fought fellow boxer/counterpuncher Bernard Hopkins last July, there was no mistaking who forced the fight. Wright came forward, doi
