Bronco Billy Wright wants to be the oldest to win a world heavyweight boxing championship. (Photo : wbcboxing.com)
Bronco Billy Wright, 50, hopes to surpass George Foreman as the oldest man to win the world heavyweight boxing championship.
Wright said he really believes that if he can put together a few more wins that he can become the oldest heavyweight champion.
He went on to challenge all "young bucks" to get it on with him as there nothing to be scared of a 50-year-old man.
Foreman was 45 in 1994 when he knocked out Michael Moorer to win the WBA and IBF belts and the lineal distinction as the real heavyweight champion of the world.
Wright recorded his 30th first round knockout and 15th straight knockout last week in Bolivia against late sub Esteban Hillman Tababary (25-16-2) in a defense of his WBC Latino and FECARBOX heavyweight titles.
The win pushed his record up to 48-4, 39 KOs.
He also inched closer to Shannon Brigg's all-time record of 33 first round KOs.
However, the 6'4", 325 pounds Wright outweighed the 5'11" Tababary by 110 pounds.
In March, Wright crushed promising 29-year-old Gilberto Domingos (22-3, 20 KOs) in the opening round with a body shot.
Wright, currently ranked #16 by the WBC, says he is ready for a top level opponent.
He boasts that he's been knocking out guys with winning records and that he fights constantly.
Wright said that he is very grateful to the WBC for honoring his ranking and sanctioning all his title defenses.
He added that defending his WBC Latin American and FECARBOX titles is a pretty big deal for him and he uses it as a leverage in cracking the top ten in the WBC.
He added that he is counting on the WBC to force someone in the top 15 to fight him.
Wright turned pro in 1986 but has taken hiatuses from boxing in 1988-89, 1996, 2000-06 and 2008-10.
