Former undisputed junior middleweight champion Winky Wright's return to the ring against Grady Brewer was canceled Monday.
Wright (51-5-1, 25 KOs) was scheduled to fight Brewer (26-11-15KOs), a former winner of "The Contender" reality series, in a middleweight bout on Dec. 11 that was to headline a pay-per-view card from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
However, the card was called off when co-promoter San Juan City Knockout withdrew its support, Wright adviser Damian Ramirez told ESPN.com.
"The local promoter canceled the show after he completely paid in full all the PPV expenses, travel, advertising, marketing, commercials," Ramirez said in an e-mail. "Don't know why."
Wright hasn't fought since dropping a lopsided decision to Paul Williams in April, a fight that followed a nearly two-year layoff after his decision loss to Bernard Hopkins in a light heavyweight fight.
"Winky isn't happy right now," Ramirez said. "He's at 162 [pounds] right now. He's been working his ass off. He wanted to make a statement and stop Brewer."
Ramirez said Wright, who turned 38 last week, will look for an alternative fight but eventually wants to face middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik.
The entire card was scrapped, causing fights involving former junior flyweight titlist Alex "Nene" Sanchez, heavyweight Fres Oquendo and twins Juan and Carlos Velazquez, all of Puerto Rico, to be called off also.
Dan Rafael is ESPN.com's boxing writer.
Source: sports.espn.go.com
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