Heavyweight Stanley Wright is aiming to upset another prospect on Friday, but this time he will have his team by his side.

Wright will face Brandon Moore at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, as part of the International Boxing Hall of Fame weekend.

Wright, 14-0 (11 KOs), of Charlotte, North Carolina, upset unbeaten 2020 Olympic Trials silver medalist Jeremiah Milton in January. Because he took the fight on a week’s notice, he fought – and won – without his usual team in tow for his bout on ProBox TV. 

“Everybody on my team works full-time jobs, so they couldn't get the days off for work,” Wright told BoxingScene about the Milton fight. “So I had to go down there by myself. They treated me good, but nobody wanted to be associated with me, because everybody thought I was going to get washed.”

Wright, who trains out of Saint Michaels Boxing Club in Rock Hill, South Carolina, knew the performance could have been better if his team of Michael Englert (manager) and Arhan Castillo had been there. Although Wright believes he will elevate his performance against Moore, he still intends to bring the offensive-minded style that helped him pull off the upset against Milton.

“I fight the way I fight,” said Wright, 34. “I'm looking to get him out of there. I'm looking to knock him out.”

He enters this fight against Moore, 17-1 (10 KOs), who signed with Salita Promotions in January, with hopes of an encore. Moore, a 31-year-old from Lakeland, Florida, is on a three-fight winning streak after his stoppage loss to 2020 Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez Jnr last year. Moore’s loss to Torrez served as his last fight with Top Rank. He debuted with Salita Promotions by defeating Skylar Gray via a disqualification that culminated in Moore being tackled out of the ring.

“It is about the chemistry my team and I have,” Wright said. “It all matters, and there isn't anything that I could have done differently.”

Twenty-four hours ahead of his next fight, a confident Wright felt a familiar feeling.

“It feels like I am supposed to be here,” Wright said. “It is deja vu all over again.”

Lucas Ketelle is the author of “Inside the Ropes of Boxing,” a guide for young fighters, a writer for BoxingScene and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. Find him on X at @BigDogLukie.