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Talk about a tough fight to score. Saturday night’s Junior Middleweight Championship rematch between Ronald “Winky” Wright and Shane Mosley was much closer than the one sided Wright victory last March. Mosley looked sharp and active under the tutelage of new trainer Joe Goossen, but it was Winky who was ultimately stronger and better defensively who did enough to win the fight.
In a rare majority decision, two judges scored the bout 115-113, or 7 rounds to 5 awarding Wright the victory while on judge scored the bout even.
Winky’s was thowing the harder shots and landing more punches. Mosely did hit Wright a lot in the middle rounds, but many of those were pitter pat punches that may have helped him win rounds, but didn’t do significant damage.
Overall Winky was throwing the harder shots and landing more punches. I gave rounds to Winky for his defense, his style of keeping his elbows inward protected his midsection and didn’t allow Mosley to land many clean body shots.
But what a tough fight to score. I scored the fight 115-113 for Wright. A friend on my couch had the fight 116-112 for Mosley, while another guy on the couch had the fight 116-112 for Wright.
I could totally understand the judge that had the fight a draw. I had the fight 6 rounds to 5 going into the final round, but I believe that Wright did enough in the final round to retain his title. Had Mosely done more in the final round, I would have had the fight a draw as well.
So what’s next for Winky? Well he said after the fight that he wants to fight Trinidad, and secondly Hopkins or De La Hoya. Well guess what Ronald? Trinidad would pick you apart all night and Hopkins might knock your head clean off. My advice? Fight De La Hoya. He consistently brings the biggest pay days of any fighter. There is a good chance that losing the weight to fight Wright could have an adverse effect on him, much like it did for Roy Jones Jr. after he dropped weight to go from heavyweight and looked sluggish in his first bout against Antonio Tarver. Another reason that De la Hoya is a good match is because of Winky’s defense. The style of keeping the elbows inward killed De La Hoya as he couldn’t get a clean punch on Felix Sturm in the fight before Hopkins, and De La Hoya got away with a cheap win.
Winky the attention. He’s has been flying under the radar for years now, and at the age of 34 he is an undisputed champ. He only was allowed into boxing’s mainstream with the chance to fight Mosley. The boxing fraternity was tough for Winky to crack, and a loss to a Hopkins or Trinidad would be devastating to his future earning potential, but a win against De La Hoya could keep him earning millions into his late 30s.
As for Mosley, he should go back down to 147 and fight a bum. He has 4 losses in his last 6 fights, but he still has a name large enough to carry an HBO card. Fighting a nobody would get this confidence up, and if he was impressive, his name would again start to carry weight.
Something else was odd about this fight. HBO commentators, who I hail as the most unbiased and accurate in any sport really didn’t see the fight that I saw. They had Winky Wright well ahead from the early moments of the fight, and they never looked back. I don’t think it was bias but rather I think that by round 3 or 4 they got caught up in talking about how great Wright was doing, and they forgot to accurately score the fight. Its tough to get on HBO because they do an amazing job, but they should take a second look at their scoring of the fight.
Congrats again Winky, enjoy the Big Money.
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