Jermain Taylor Keeps Middleweight Title in Draw with Winky

Winky Wright started celebrating a round too early. It may have cost him the middleweight title. The No. 1 challenger thought he had Jermain Taylor beaten when he went back to his corner after the 11th round of their middleweight title fight Saturday night with his arms in the air. The men in his corner thought the same thing.

Wright was so certain of victory he fought only sparingly in the last round, and he paid the price. Taylor won the round on two of the three ringside scorecards to salvage a draw and keep the undisputed middleweight title. "He was running around in the last round like he had the fight won," Taylor said.

"If I was him I would have kept fighting. "Wright was so upset when the decision was announced that he bolted from the ring, angry at what he claimed was a hometown decision.

June 19, 2006
Posted By Lynn Augenblick
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