WINKY TOO GOOD FOR HIS OWN GOOD SPORTS FINAL Edition

[Wright] put on a boxing clinic and used [Felix Trinidad]'s face as the black and blue board. With a piston-like jab that he utilized with pinpoint accuracy, Wright stymied Trinidad's best efforts and easily won a unanimous 12-round decision in the middleweight showdown. Trinidad was suppo...

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Published inDaily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920)
Main Author TIM SMITH DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 16.05.2005
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Trinidad, Felix
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Summary:[Wright] put on a boxing clinic and used [Felix Trinidad]'s face as the black and blue board. With a piston-like jab that he utilized with pinpoint accuracy, Wright stymied Trinidad's best efforts and easily won a unanimous 12-round decision in the middleweight showdown. Trinidad was supposed to be the true middleweight in the match but Wright, who had abandoned his 154-pound world titles to move up, made him look like a lightweight in the boxing department. According to CompuBox statistics, Trinidad landed just 58 punches during the entire 12 rounds. That is a testament to Wright's airtight defense and Trinidad's inability to make an adjustment that would allow him to mount an effective attack. But Wright's jab was a major disincentive for Trinidad. It was so stiff and persistent that it cracked Trinidad's nose by the third round. Wright threw 588 jabs and connected on 185, most of them hard enough to snap Trinidad's head back. Meanwhile Trinidad was able to connect on just 15 jabs. It was a bad night for the Puerto Rican icon, who has victories over Oscar De La Hoya, Fernando Vargas, Hector Camacho, Yory Boy Campas and Pernell Whitaker and whose only loss before he stepped in against Wright was to undisputed middleweight champ Bernard Hopkins in 2001.