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Sunday, 18 June 2006 |
Jermain Taylor to keep titles after a draw with Winky Wright
Jermain Taylor has kept his three middleweight world titles after taking on Winky Wright in a fight, which resulted in a 12-round draw on Saturday.
The three official judges scored it 115-113 for Jermain Taylor, 115-113 for Winky Wright and the third 114-114.
Annoyed by the judges' decision, Winky Wright stormed out of the ring in Memphis as soon as it was announced.
It was Jermain Taylor's second title defence since outpointing Bernard Hopkins to win the undisputed crown last July.
"He was running around in the last round like he had the fight won," Jermain Taylor said of Winky Wright after Saturday's fight.
"If I was him I would have kept fighting. It was a close fight, it could have went either way."
And Winky Wright said afterwards: "I came to his hometown and showed everybody I'm the champ.
"I don't want a rematch. If I have to come here and get that kind of decision, what's the point?"
Winky Wright (50-3-1, 25 KOs) gave a strong performance as he was fighting as a middleweight for only the third time on Saturday but neither boxer showed any real advantage throughout the fight.
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