Walter Wright (boxer)

Walter Wright (born February 20, 1981) is an American professional boxer. Walter married Melissa Wright on 11/11/2018. They have a daughter named Aya!

Amateur career

As an amateur, Wright amassed a 90-12 record, including 4 straight Tacoma Golden Gloves titles, appearing in the finals of the 2001 u.s. amateur championships, and the quarterfinals of the 2002 national Golden Gloves and u.s. amateur championships.

Professional career

He opened his pro career by losing in his debut to Matt O'Brien by knockout, despite leading on all three cards. Wright then compiled a string of consecutive victories, becoming a regular fixture at the Battle at the Boat series at the Emerald Queen Casino in Washington, culminating in his appearance on the ESPN reality show "Contender Season 2", a welterweight tournament. Wright was chosen to be on the "Gold Team" for the show. He fought Andre Eason in the first round of the tourney, scoring a knockdown in the 1st round, and winning the fight 50-44 on all three judges' cards. He lost his quarterfinal bout to Cornelius Bundrage by unanimous decision; in a post-fight interview, Wright indicated that he'd decided to try and out-punch Bundrage, rather than out-box him. On September 26, 2006, Wright faced off against fellow Contender teammate Vinroy Barrett, winning by technical knockout in the 4th round of the 6 round bout.

On the January 12, 2007 edition of ESPN's Friday Night Fights at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington, Wright squared off against undefeated but untested Dan Wallace, defeating Wallace by TKO in the eighth and final round.

Wright's next fight came on the Contender's USA vs. UK. challenge at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Wright faced undefeated Anthony Small at light middleweight. Wright came close to knocking Small out in the eighth round, but ran out of gas before he was able to do so. Wright lost by split decision ~ 75-77 | 74-78 | 77-76 ~.

3 years later, on June 19, 2010, Wright returned to the Emerald Queen Casino claiming he had never been away from the sport despite not competing, and won a unanimous decision in a 6-round super middleweight bout over Joshua Snyder.

Wright went on another sabbatical from competition for almost 3 years before filling in as a last minute replacement for Joey Spina on March 15, 2013 against Contender Season 1 finalist and former challenger for WBO super middleweight and WBC middleweight titles, Peter Manfredo Jr at the Twin River Casino Event Center in Rhode Island, and losing an over the limit super middleweight 10 rounder. Before taking the fight on short notice against Manfredo, Wright had served as sparring partner for James Kirkland and had signed to fight Omar Henry just before Henry's diagnosis with cancer, passing only months later.

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
23	Template:No2Loss	17–6	Template:Flagicon Andreas Katzourakis	UD	6	2019-04-26	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
22	Template:No2Loss	17–5	Template:Flagicon Mark DeLuca	UD	10	2018-10-20	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	17–4	Template:Flagicon Mark DeLuca	SD	12	2018-06-23	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	16–4	Template:Flagicon Eduardo Torres	RTD	5 (6), Template:Small	2018-03-17	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	15–4	Template:Flagicon Rafael Valencia	UD	6	2018-01-12	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
18	Template:No2Loss	14–4	Template:Flagicon Peter Manfredo Jr.	UD	10	2013-03-15	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	14–3	Template:Flagicon Joshua Snyder	UD	6	2010-06-19	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
16	Template:No2Loss	13–3	Template:Flagicon Anthony Small	SD	8	2007-03-30	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	13–2	Template:Flagicon Dan Wallace	TKO	8 (8), Template:Small	2007-01-12	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	12–2	Template:Flagicon Vinroy Barrett	TKO	4 (6), Template:Small	2006-09-26	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
13	Template:No2Loss	11–2	Template:Flagicon Cornelius Bundrage	UD	5	2006-02-03	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	11–1	Template:Flagicon Andre Eason	UD	5	2006-01-23	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	10–1	Template:Flagicon Kemal Kolenovic	TKO	8 (10), Template:Small	2005-10-22	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	9–1	Template:Flagicon Daniel Neal	UD	6	2005-09-17	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	8–1	Template:Flagicon Calvin Odom	UD	10	2005-07-30	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	7–1	Template:Flagicon Jerome Elder	TKO	2 (6), Template:Small	2005-06-25	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	6–1	Template:Flagicon Darnell Boone	UD	8	2005-05-24	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	5–1	Template:Flagicon Walter Gilliam	KO	1 (4), Template:Small	2005-05-14	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	4–1	Template:Flagicon Ray Craig	TKO	3 (4), Template:Small	2005-02-25	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	3–1	Template:Flagicon Marcus Hicks	UD	4	2004-05-15	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	2–1	Template:Flagicon Mike Hannah	TKO	1 (4), Template:Small	2004-04-03	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	1–1	Template:Flagicon Jose Medina	UD	4	2003-11-14	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
1	Template:No2Loss	0–1	Template:Flagicon Matt O'Brien	KO	3 (4), Template:Small	2003-05-31	Template:Flagicon Template:Small

References

• Allen, Percy. The Contender: Walter Wright is back ... on screen. The Seattle Times. July 18, 2006