Winky...Who Are You Going to Fight???

Ronald Winky Wright is one of the top pound4pound fighters in the world and he has no plans for a fight thus far in 2008. He last fought in July 2007 losing a UD to Bernard Hopkins at a catch weight of 170. There was no shame in Winky losing to Bernard at a higher weight but it surely did not help him. As 2008 kicks off and you hear all the fights being made there is one name you just do not hear... Winky Wright. You may wonder why that is, EASY because no one has to fight him. He is a 36 year old, strong, defensive southpaw who is hard to hit with clean punches and makes you look bad in the ring. So with a less than exciting style and not a huge draw; the interest in fighting him is very low. He currently is not a mandatory for any fighter which means he can continue to be avoided and on top of that, Winky tends to price himself out of fights like he did with Jermain Taylor for a rematch. A few weeks ago he had an offer to possibly fight Joe Calzaghe and when he asked for $6 Million he pretty much got a dial tone. Right now the real hot division is Welterweight which is 147 but Winky has never fought below 154. So who does Winky want to fight... Oscar De La Hoya of course because that is the biggest fight ever for him both literally and financially. Problem is Oscar wants to fight bigger name opponents and says he wants to fight at 147 only. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is on hiatus and probably will not fight above 147 again himself. Jermain Taylor and Kelly Pavlik have a rematch date on February 16, Joe Calzaghe looks to be moving up to Light Heavyweight to challenge Bernard Hopkins in April. So who is left for Winky? Well the feasible opponents left for him are Vernon Forrest at Junior Middleweight (154) and Mikkel Kessler at Super Middleweight (168) but neither them nor Winky are calling each other's name. So as time keeps ticking and his youth continually leaving my only question is, Winky... Who Are You Going to Fight???