Winky Wins, There You Have It.

[Truth]

Tito was a great fighter but he just got outboxed and that is nothing new. Trinidad got schooled by DLH/Hopkins and now Winky all well proven boxers.

I agree Trinidad just can't beat good tecnically sound boxers.

[BadMagick]

I agree Trinidad just can't beat good tecnically sound boxers.

I thought that was common knowledge.

[Tony Blitz]

So, did anyone else make big, ****ing money on this fight? Gentlemen, I CLEANED the **** up

I'm taking the next month off work and using my newfound capital to build my new boxing studio, complete with dual satellite feed, the biggest ****ing TV I can find, surround, a huge wet-bar, leather furniture, 1 and 1/2 bath and a pool table.

THANK YOU WINKY!!!!!

dude how much did you make on this fight to be getting all that?

[Soldier01]

I agree Trinidad just can't beat good tecnically sound boxers.

As much as I don't want to say it's true....But you're right.

But he's still my favorite fighter.

[Brz_Pugilist]

I was wondering why Tito didnt throw uppercuts since Wright was blocking left hooks.Tito didnt throw alot of right hands.

[scooterman320]

Wright dominates Trinidad to win easy decision
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Associated Press
Posted: 12 minutes ago



LAS VEGAS (AP) - Winky Wright made it seem easy, just like he said he would.

In the biggest fight of his long career, Wright gave Felix Trinidad both a beating and a boxing lesson Saturday night to win their middleweight showdown.
Wright so dominated the fight that Trinidad won only one round on two ringside scorecards, and none on a third. He did it by negating the power that carried Trinidad to 35 knockout wins with great defense, and showing some surprising punching power of his own.

Trinidad seemed befuddled and unable to adapt, dropping a decision so lopsided that it had to damage his hopes of avenging his only other loss, to middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins.

Wright controlled the fight with his right jab, landing it at will and landing it hard. When the two got in exchanges, he landed first, and often followed it with a straight left hand that backed Trinidad up.

"I've been proving myself over and over again," Wright said. "I think he underestimated me a little bit. He didn't think I was that strong."

Wright won 120-107 on one scorecard and 119-108 on the other two. The Associated Press also had Wright winning 119-108.

"It was a tough fight. He's got a beautiful jab," Trinidad said.

No title was at stake, but there were plenty of other subplots in a fight that drew a near sellout crowd of 14,176 to the MGM Grand hotel-casino arena. Trinidad came in as the big puncher, while Wright built a reputation as a slick southpaw with the ring savvy of a veteran.

Trinidad was in the second fight of his comeback after a 29-month retirement, while Wright was fighting at middleweight for the first time. And both fighters had an eye on middleweight champion Hopkins, who handed Trinidad his only defeat in September 2001.

Trinidad was an 8-5 favorite, but Wright came in determined to give him a boxing lesson, and he did. He landed 262 of 756 punches, including 185 jabs, to 58 of 557 for Trinidad, who was credited with landing only 15 jabs.

"I executed the game plan beautifully," Wright said. "I hit him with some great shots in the face."

The tone of the fight was set in the opening round as Wright used his right jab to keep Trinidad off balance. Wright kept the jab in Trinidad's face all night, frustrating Trinidad and keeping him from getting off his big punches.

Wright had promised to let fans know with a smile at the end of the first round if he had Trinidad figured out, and he grinned as he walked back to the corner. After the end of the second and third rounds, he urged the crowd to cheer him on.

In the fourth round, Trinidad threw a combination that backed Wright up, but Wright shrugged it off, motioning to Trinidad as if to say, "Is that all you've got?"

Wright worked with his hands high, moving in behind the right jab that landed with such force that it snapped back Trinidad's head almost every time. When the two got in exchanges, he followed the right with straight left hands to Trinidad's head.

"You're making this fight so one sided, man. Keep it up," trainer Dan Birmingham told Wright after the sixth round.

Meanwhile, in Trinidad's corner there was growing desperation as the rounds went on and Wright piled up points on the ringside scorecards.

"Get closer," Trinidad's father and trainer, Tito Sr., repeatedly told his son between rounds. "Are you listening to me?"

Trinidad was listening, but had no answers. Almost every time he tried to set himself to throw a right hand, he got a jab by Wright in his face.

The more aggressive Trinidad became as the rounds went on, the more he paid for it. Trinidad was supposed to be the big puncher, but he rarely landed anything clean through Wright's defenses while Wright seemed to shake Trinidad with both his right jab and his lefts down the middle.

The frustration was evident as Trinidad, finding no targets upstairs, repeatedly hit Wright below the belt. By the ninth round, referee Jay Nady had seen enough, and took a point from Trinidad for the low blows.

Trinidad never went down, but he seemed hurt a number of times as Wright peppered him with the stiff jab, left hand and an assortment of other punches including a big right uppercut in the 10th round.

Wright, who toiled much of his 15-year pro career in obscurity, made a name for himself last year by beating Shane Mosley twice to unify the 154-pound title. That not only got him the fight with Trinidad, but a $4 million payday that was his biggest ever.

Trinidad earned $8 million.

[USA4LIFE]

Well i picked Tito and i was wrong, i new tito has trouble with boxers but a shut out, wow!. Winky and Hopkins right now top 2 p4p fighters in the business, i would love to see Winky and Hopkinks.

[spinksjinx]

One thing I noticed about Trinidad was that he left about 6-8 inches in between the space of his gloves and that left the jab wide open for winky to shoot in the middle. If Winky had gotten risky and came close with uppercuts he could have really done some damage you know.

Another thing was Nady told the fighters before the fight that their navels MUST be showing, well Winkys was nowhere insight and since when did navel hair above become your navel? With Winkys long arms guarding his midsection and his trunks riding high it is no wonder Trinidad could land anything. The defense was to tight, but I do think his trunks were riding a little high. I have seen a lot of fighters do this with Trinidad.

[PhillySteve]

What amazed me about this fight was how Winky's defense never decreased. He was blocking Tito's punches in the last rounds just as effectively as the first round. I really enjoyed seeing this class act match. Winky's is definitely my favorite boxer at this time.

[spinksjinx]

Well i picked Tito and i was wrong, i new tito has trouble with boxers but a shut out, wow!. Winky and Hopkins right now top 2 p4p fighters in the business, i would love to see Winky and Hopkinks.

Winky vs Hopkins right now most boring fight EVER!

Welcome to Boxing Scene by the way.


Also this fight card has just reminded me to NEVER order another ppv card again.

I was up to ordering Gatti vs Mayweather but scratch that it is the same matchup but 20 pounds north.

Blah!

SHO RULES!