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Wright Decisions Mosley
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Surprisingly Close Decision!
By Will "The Thrill" Trillo
Photos: Bret "The Threat" Newton
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| From our ringside seat it
appeared the Wright was dominant and in control of most
of the rounds, but judges scorecards seemed to reflect a
much closer fight took place than most at ringside
observed. Winky Wright received questionably close
scores in the rematch with Shane Mosley, where Wright
seemed to have a wide edge. Scores which read an absurd
114 to 114 on one card and the 113-115 on |
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still too close for comfort. The only rounds that Shane
clearly won were rounds that were seemingly given away
by Winky, who decided to fight one stanza with his hands
at his side, daring Shane to tee off, and in round 8
Winky took on a peek a boo posture allowing Shane to
land many hard but non threatening punches. |
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By the 3rd
Winky had taken on the look of a Champion and with that,
he puts some hurt on Shane who for the first time
appears hurt, choosing to back peddle his way through
most of the round that went the way of Wright again!
Wright keeps up the work in the 4th round starting out
with a hook followed by a sharp one-two combo.
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Mosley again turns the gears into a retreat fighting a
good potion of this fight with his back to the ropes.
The sweat was flying, and a nice combo in the last
seconds puts another notch in the Wright scorecard.
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Now, you can
call it bravado, or machismo, I think some might call it
just down right foolish, but after Shane lands a nice
hook at the start of round 5,Winky decides to show off
his grit by letting Sugar tee off on him like Vijay
Singh on a par 5. And with what proved to be a near
costly mistake Winky gets clocked and hurt, but somehow
survives a round that he clearly threw away! |
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Winky gathers his senses in
number 6 and with a nice jab he gets Mosley to retreat
to the ropes once again, and although Mosley lands some
pity pat punches, they are not enough and Winky takes
another round!
In 7 the pace slows again and although it looks as
though he is just trying to land the one big punch, he
does enough to get the judges to give the round to him.
In a throwback to yesteryear, Winky puts on a peek-a-boo
act and in doing so throws away another round. Round 8
goes to Mosley! Believe it or not, this fight is a
majority decision draw with just 4 rounds left to go,
and one judge has a 2 point edge for Shane!
As number 9 got under way, Shane starts out on the
offensive and is even playing possum, trying to catch
Wright off guard, both fighters land some big punches
but the punch that landed at the end by Shane may have
swayed some to score it for him!
Another nice round of action for the fans as Winky tries
to be the aggressor again but Shane won't let up and it
makes for some nice exchanges. Again, round 10 can go
either way, and the judges scorecards a re evidence of
that!
The "Championship Rounds" begin with Winky putting the
pressure on right away, Shane appears to be getting hurt
with punches that are coming from over and under! The
fight is starting to get a little ugly and dirty as both
are looking to get the edge in this fight that was going
to go to the cards soon.
The last round of the night begins, and in my books,
Shane needs a KO to win, but that's why I am not a
judge, I guess, because this fight can still be taken
from Winky if things go awry. A flash knockdown or a
point taken away could have sent this one into a real
mess. Thankfully, the round played out pretty clean and
controversy free, leaving things in the "capable" hands
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Both fighters
looked like they thought they were going to get the nod,
but when the scores were read, Wright was justly given
the win, allowing him to hold onto his belts! Once again
scores read, 115-113, 114-114 &115-113. Boxing2004 had
it 117-113 for Wright! To get |
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the judges came to this somewhat questionable
conclusion, check out the scorecard,
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In defeat, Mosley, who is now under the guidance of Joe
Goosen looked much sharper than in their previous bout,
but on this night it was not enough to reclaim the belts
he once owned. All in all it was an entertaining fight
but there is no question that the right decision was
made, albeit a bit too close for most observers even
though Shane and his camp where extremely surprised when
the scores didn't read Mosley as the New Super
Welterweight Champion! |
After the fight Winky said he just wanted to show that he could
take a punch, and now he wants Felix Trinidad!
A gracious Mosley told his fans he was giving it his all, trying
to bang with a good fighter, but it just didn't work out!
Okay, first let me apologize for
my late night incorrect posting of this fight,
Henry Buchanan (166.5) defeats William Harmon (171) by TKO at
2;47 of the first round
Ronald Johnson (167) by TKO over Cromwell Gordon (166.5) at 1:44
of round 4
Jose Celaya wins by TKO at 1:59 of round 3 over Alphonso
Wiiliams in a battle at 162 lbs.
Lightweight Jose Celaya in a unanimous decision over Juan Zuniga
in a 4 rounder
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