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Wednesday, May 17 2006


Middlewight champion Jermain Taylor recently enlisted super trainer Enamuel Steward to train him and develop a gameplan to defeat defensive specialist Winky Wright on June 17. Taylor has been training for the bout at the famous Kronk Gym in Detroit. "Winky can't win a fight just by keeping his hands over his head," said Steward. "You don't get points for that ?you have to punch sooner or later. That's where Jermain's reflexes will be a big factor and he's doing all kinds of things that people haven't seen from him yet. I've had five southpaw world champions," continued Steward, "and everybody's working to help him ?Andy Lee's showing him what he gets hit the most with as a southpaw and we've got Sechew Powell, another undefeated boxer. But no one has ever seen Winky Wright decisively beaten and he's on a roll right now. I've had a lot of these situations and it's a challenge, but I find it stimulating to me as well. This is a hard guy to fight, and I'm a big fan of Winky, but I see a lot of little weaknesses, and I've got a younger fighter with faster hands and who's bigger. If Jermain's in great shape physically and mentally and competing on a high level in the gym, he's gonna be a difficult guy for anybody to fight."