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The new king of middleweights was set to be crowned in the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee, but the coronation of the new middleweight king did not take place as planned.
The champion, Jermain Taylor (25-0-2, 17 KOs), and Winky Wright (50-3-1, 25 KOs) battled with their hearts, wills and skills to twelve round draw. The scores were 115-113 for Taylor, 115-113 for Wright and 114-114 for the draw.
Most experts saw the fight as a boring technical battle, but the fight turned out to be an exciting battle with both fighters switching rounds.
The right jab of Winky Wright was quicker than Taylor had anticipated, making the fight much harder for the Olympian from Arkansas.
"His jab was quicker than I anticipated. He came with it tonight and I have to give it up to Winky. He is a great fighter," Taylor said.
After the draw decision was announced, Winky Wright stormed out of the ring in disgust, feeling he won the fight and went back to his dressing room. In the dressing room, Wright claimed that he was the victim of a hometown decision, bot more importantly Wright said that he will not fight Taylor again because he feels that he won the fight.
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The champion, Jermain Taylor (25-0-2, 17 KOs), and Winky Wright (50-3-1, 25 KOs) battled with their hearts, wills and skills to twelve round draw. The scores were 115-113 for Taylor, 115-113 for Wright and 114-114 for the draw.
Most experts saw the fight as a boring technical battle, but the fight turned out to be an exciting battle with both fighters switching rounds.
The right jab of Winky Wright was quicker than Taylor had anticipated, making the fight much harder for the Olympian from Arkansas.
"His jab was quicker than I anticipated. He came with it tonight and I have to give it up to Winky. He is a great fighter," Taylor said.
After the draw decision was announced, Winky Wright stormed out of the ring in disgust, feeling he won the fight and went back to his dressing room. In the dressing room, Wright claimed that he was the victim of a hometown decision, bot more importantly Wright said that he will not fight Taylor again because he feels that he won the fight.
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