| Ronald 'Winky' Wright retained his WBC light middleweight title tonight, and really the only light middleweight title that matters with a razor thin majority decision over former three weight world champion 'Sugar' Shane Mosley. Mosley raised his |
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intensity level for the fight and managed to take several rounds away from the champion to make the fight a much more exciting encounter. But in the end, Mosley succumbed once again to Wright's slick southpaw boxing skills. This fight was Mosley's first outing with new trainer Joe Goossen and his reinvigorated performance may add weight to calls for him to continue on in the sport despite suffering his fourth loss. Meanwhile, Wright may well have positioned himself for a lucrative and extremely high profile fight with Felix 'Tito' Trinidad. Final scores for the Wright-Mosley rematch were 114-114, 115-113, 115-113 for 'Winky' Wright, still the one true light middleweight champion of the world.
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