Story and Photo by Damon “Latinbox” Gonzalez

The “Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya wrapped up his final press conference
at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa. Winky Wright will be out to prove that he is the best fighter pound for pound. The only person standing in his way is his once roommate and friend Ike Quartey.

Golden Boy promotions in association with partner Winky Promotions and DiBella Entertainment looks to bring a great night of boxing this Saturday night in Tampa. Wright believes that it will be a very exiting fight and everyone should tune in to it, Quartey clearly expects nothing less then a war in this fight, He believes that Winky learned most of his style of defense and fighting from him and it should be very easy to control the pace of the action.

In the co-main event Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy declared to bring the pain this Saturday night to Vitali Tsypko, It is a re-match from a short 4 round clash of heads they had that ended their first face off.

A new star was introduced and Oscar De La Hoya claims he will be the next Manny Pacquiao. Fighting out of the Philippines young Bantamweight Rey Bautista (20-0, 15 KO’s) ranked #1 with the WBO will test his power against Giovanni Andrade.

Port Richey, Florida’s featherweight Carlos “El Rayo” Rivera will fight a re-match with Jose Hernandez.