Winky Wright to Return Against Matthew Macklin on April 9
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Winky Wright to return against Matthew Macklin on April 9 Dan Rafael of espn.com is reporting that former Jr. Middleweight champion Winky Wright will return after more then two years out of the ring on April 9 on the televised undercard of a proposed lightweight title fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales. “The winner clearly is set up for a middleweight world championship fight,” said Golden Boy Promotions Schaefer said. “For each guy this is an extremely important fight.” “We are meeting this week with Marquez,” Schaefer said. “We met late last week with Morales, and he is on board. He wants to do this fight. Now we’re going to meet with Juan Manuel and work things out with him and get him on board. What we want to do is put together another ‘Fight Freak’ card with great fights, entertaining fights and fights where there is a storyline behind it.” “We are meeting this week with Marquez,” Schaefer said. “We met late last week with Morales, and he is on board. He wants to do this fight. Now we’re going to meet with Juan Manuel and work things out with him and get him on board. What we want to do is put together another ‘Fight Freak’ card with great fights, entertaining fights and fights where there is a storyline behind it.” Schaefer was hoping to finalize a lightweight bout between top contenders Robert Guerrero and Australia’s Michael Katsidis for a March 5 HBO card headlined by junior middleweight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, who will probably face Matthew Hatton, the younger brother of former junior welterweight champ Ricky Hatton. However, Schaefer said Katsidis told him he would be unavailable for March 5 because of the massive flooding near his home in Australia. “The floods have really affected him,” Schaefer said. “His focus and his mind aren’t there. He won’t be mentally ready. He said the floods are absolutely devastating. So we will see if he will be ready for a month later.” Another fight Schaefer mentioned for the pay-per-view is a lightweight bout involving Jason Litzau, who is coming off a major upset of Celestino Caballero in November. Schaefer said he has talked to Square Ring CEO John Writ, Litzau’s promoter, about Litzau facing either Golden Boy blue chip lightweight prospect Adrien Broner or former junior featherweight titlist Daniel Ponce De Leon, a featherweight contender who would move up to junior lightweight. “It would be a big step up for Broner, but we believe he is ready,” Schaefer said of the 21-year-old from Cincinnati, who scored a first-round knockout on Saturday. “I think Adrien is one of most exciting young fighters in boxing. We spoke to Writ and made an offer. Whatever fights we make for the April 9 card, we’re going to make some great fights. I am really pumped.”.