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JIM: A SOURCE CLOSE TO ROY
JONES TOLD ME THE SUPERSTAR
FIGHTER/PROMOTER IS NOT HERE
THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE HE HAD A
PRIOR ENGAGEMENT RECORDING A
MUSIC VIDEO.
THE SAME SOURCE SAID THAT WINKY
WRIGHT COULDN'T BE HAPPY ABOUT
THAT ONE.
A LIFE OF REFLECTED GLORY, GREW
UP IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA.
SO FAR ABOUT AS CLOSE AS HE HAS
GOTTEN TO A SUPERSTAR ATHLETE
HE IS BEST FRIENDS WITH
SUPERSTAR ATHLETES, LIKE BARRY
BONDS WHO IS IN THE THIRD ROW
TONIGHT AND GARY SHEFFIELD AS
WELL.
THERE IS A LOOK AT BARRY.
EMANUEL: I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
CROWD IS GOING TO BE, BUT I
HAVE BEEN SO SURPRISED TO SEE
SO MANY PEOPLE SUPPORTING WINKY
WRIGHT.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE I MET AT THE
LOBBIES IN THE HOTEL ARE FOR
WINKY WRIGHT.
JIM: THIS IS A BOXING CROWD.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THE BOXING CULT AUDIENCE WHO
UNDERSTAND HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN
FOR HIM WITHOUT OPPORTUNITY.
LARRY: SHANE MOSLEY HAD THE
SAME EXPERIENCE, IF NOT A
SIMILAR EXPERIENCE.
TOOK HIM A LONG TIME TO GET
RECOGNITION.
DIDN'T COME TO HIM UNTIL HE
FOUGHT DE LA HOYA.
IN THE BOXING WORLD HE WAS
RESPECTED WELL BEFORE THAT.
JIM: A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE THE
COMPARISON THAT WRIGHT IS IN
THE SAME POSITION SHANE WAS IN
WITH OSCAR DE LA HOYA.
MOSLEY FOUGHT THE FIGHT OF HIS
LIFE THAT NIGHT.
EMANUEL: I THINK WINKY WRIGHT
IS GOING TO DO THE SAME THING
TONIGHT.
HE IS GOING TO FIGHT HIM.
LARRY: WINKY WRIGHT SAID HE HAS
BET UPWARDS OF $25,000 ON
HIMSELF, 3-1 IN THIS FIGHT.
NOBODY, MAYBE NOBODY HAS MADE A
BIGGER BET ON HIMSELF THAN
SHANE MOSLEY.
HE TURNED DOWN ABOUT $12
MILLION TO FIGHT A THIRD FIGHT
AGAINST OSCAR DE LA HOYA
BECAUSE HE FEELS ABOUT BEATING
DE LA HOYA TWICE HE SHOULD GET
AT LEAST AN EQUAL SPLIT.
MOSLEY IS GETTING $3 MILLION
TONIGHT.
HE'S GOT A $9 MILLION BET, BUT
IF HE WINS THEY GET THAT BIG
FIGHT AGAINST FELIX TRINIDAD.
JIM: INDEED, IT IS BECAUSE OF
THE WAY DE LA HOYA SEES HIS
ECONOMIC POSITION IN THE
DIVISION THAT MOSLEY MAY HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT FELIX
TRINIDAD IF HE CAN GET PAST
THIS ONE.
TRINIDAD, LIKE MOSLEY, DIDN'T
LIKE THE PRICE FOR ANOTHER DE
LA HOYA FIGHT.
LET'S GO TO MICHAEL BUFFER FOR
THE OFFICIAL INTRODUCTIONS.
MICHAEL BUFFER: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN FROM THE MANDALAY BAY
RESORT AND CASINO OF LAS VEGAS,
GARY SHAW PRODUCTIONS IS PROUD
TO PRESENT CHAMPION VS.
CHAMPION.
IT'S THE WAR AT 154.
12 ROUNDS OF BOXING FOR THE
UNIFIED AND UNDISPUTED
SUPERWELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
OF THE WORLD.
BROUGHT TO YOU IN ASSOCIATION
WITH YOUR UNDISPUTED KING OF
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RING INCORPORATED.
SANCTIONED BY THE WBA, THE WBC,
AND THE IBF AND THE NEVADA
STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION.
NEVADA CHAIRMAN JOHN BALEY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MR. MARK
RATTNER.
THE THREE JUDGES AT RINGSIDE
SCORING THIS BOUT ON THE
10-POINT SYSTEM IS CHUCK JAM
PA, DAVE MORETTI AND PAUL --
GIAMPA, DAVE MORETTI AND PAUL
SMITH.
YOUR REFEREE TONY WEEKS.
FOR THOUSANDS IN ATTENDANCE AND
MILLIONS WATCHES AROUND THE
WORLD, WITH THE DEDICATION FOR
THE MEN AND WOMEN SERVING IN
THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN LE'S GET READY TO
RUMBLE!
MICHAEL BUFFER: INTRODUCING
FIRST, FIGHTING OUT OF THE BLUE
CORNER, WEARING WHITE WITH
BLUE.
HE WEIGHED IN OFFICIALLY AT 154
POUNDS.
HE BRINGS AN OUTSTANDING
PROFESSIONAL RECORD TO THE
RING.
IN 49 BOWS 46 VICTORIES
INCLUDING 25 KNOCKOUTS WITH
THREE DEFEATS.
FROM ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA,
PRESENTING THE IBF JUNIOR
WELTERWEIGHT OF THE WORLD,
RONALD "WINKY" WRIGHT!
AND HIS OPPONENT ACROSS THE
RING FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED
CORNER.
WEARING BLACK TRIMMED WITH
SILVER.
HIS OFFICIAL WEIGHT, 154
POUNDS.
HIS PROFESSIONAL RECORD ALSO
OUTSTANDING.
41 BOUTS WITH 39 VICTORIES
INCLUDING 35 KNOCKOUTS WITH
ONLY TWO DEFEATS AND ONE NO
DECISION.
FROM POMONA, CALIFORNIA, THE
FORMER LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD
CHAMPION, FORMER WELTERWEIGHT
WORLD CHAMPION, THE REIGNING
WBA, WBC SUPERWELTERWEIGHT
CHAMPION OF THE WORLD "SUGAR"
SHANE MOSLEY!
REFEREE: OK, GENTLEMEN.
YOU BOTH RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS
IN THE DRESSING ROOM.
IF IT GOES RIGHT HERE, IT IS
OK.
ANYWHERE ELSE IS LOW.
RIGHT HERE IS OK, HERE IS LOW.
I WANT A GOOD, CLEAN FIGHT.
OBEY MY COMMANDS AND PROTECT
YOURSELVES AT ALL TIMES.
READY?
LET'S GO.
LARRY: IN MY FACT SI, WRIGHT
WOULD TRY TO FIGHT MOSLEY THE
WAY HAGLER FOUGHT HEARNS TRYING
TO WALK HIM DOWN BECAUSE HE IS
THE BIGGER MAN.
MOSLEY WILL FIGHT THE WAY
LEONARD FOUGHT HAGLER, TRYING
TO BOX HIM.
THROW FLURRIES AND MOVE.
EMANUEL: I DON'T THINK HE IS
GOING TO THROW THE VOLUME OF
PUNCHES THAT HAGLER THREW.
JIM: OR IT COULD BE A TACTICAL
CHESS MATCH FROM THE BEGINNING.
WE'LL SEE AS THEY MEET IN THE
CENTER OF THE RING USING THEIR
JAB.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT A SOUTHPAW
AGAINST A CONVENTIONAL FIGHTER.
POSSIBILITY OF HEAD BUTTS, FEET
GETTING TANGLED UP, DIFFICULTY
IN ESTABLISHING YOUR JAB
ESPECIALLY TO THE CONVENTIONAL
FIGHTER.
EMANUEL: WINGY IS ACCUSTOMED TO
FIGHTING RIGHT-HANDERS.
JIM: BODY SHOT BY SHANE, WINGY
GRINS.
WINKY IS STILL GRINNING AT
SHANE.
WRIGHT TRYING TO SHOW SHANE HE
IS ENORMOUSLY CONFIDENT COMING
INTO THE RING.
HARD LEFT HAND OVER THE TOP BY
WRIGHT.
REFEREE: STOP.
STOP.
STOP.
JIM: AFTER HAVING TO CHASE A
LATERAL MOVING DE LA HOYA DOWN
ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 13,
SHANE IS GOING TO FIND WINKY
WRIGHT EASIER TO FIGHT.
EMANUEL: HE SEEMS TO HAVE THE
BETTER OF THE FIGHT.
SHANE SEEMS TO BE VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE
SITUATION.
LARRY: I THOUGHT THAT LAST LEFT
HAND STUNNED MOSLEY.
EMANUEL: IT DID.
JUST BEFORE THE TANGLE UP.
JIM: IT IS MOLY'S CHANCE TO SAY
I'M THE BIGGER, STRONGER MAN.
LARRY: MOSLEY IS JUST STANDING
RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.
JIM: HE SAID HE WOULD PROVIDE
ANGLES AND WRIGHT WOULDN'T
ATTACK STRAIGHT AHEAD.
MOSLEY IS NOT MOVING SIDE TO
SIDE.
HE IS STAYING RIGHT THERE.
EMANUEL: WRIGHT IS WALKING HIM
DOWN WITH THE RIGHT JAB,
KEEPING IT HIGH OVER TOP.
OVER SHANE'S LEFT HAND WHICH
MAKES IT MORE EFFECTIVE.
JIM: SHANE BANKING HIS LEFT
HOOK TO THE BODY WILL SERVE HIM
WELL.
HE HAS BROUGHT IT IN TWICE.
EMANUEL: A KEY PUNCH IS WINKY
WRIGHT'S RIGHT JAB WILL SET UP
EVERYTHING.
UNTIL SHANE STARTS DOING
SOMETHING DIFFERENT, HE IS
GOING TO HAVE A BIG PROBLEM
GOING DOWN THE STRETCH.
JIM: A HARD RIGHT HAND BY
MOSLEY, FLURRIES TO THE BODY
INSIDE.
WHEN YOU TRY TO GO TO WRIGHT'S
RIB CAGE YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THE FACT HE HAS HIS ARMS PINNED
DOWN ON BOTH SIDES AT ALL
TIMES, HIS ELBOWS FLEXED RIGHT
AT THE RIB CAGE.
YOU TRY TO GET TO THE HEAD, HE
IS GOOD AT GETTING THE GUARD
UP.
EMANUEL: WHEN YOU FINISH WITH
THAT, WINGY COMES BACK WITH A
RIGHT JAB RIGHT AWAY.
JIM: YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF
DEFENSIVE-MINDED FIGHTERS WHO
COME FORWARD AND WALK YOU DOWN.
THAT IS WHAT UNIQUE ABOUT WINKY
WRIGHT.
>> WINK, WHEN HE FLURIES,
YOU'VE GOT TO FLURRY BACK.
KEEP THE FEINT ON HIS *** AT
ALL TIMES.
LOOK FOR THAT LEFT HOOK.
NOTHING TO WORRY B.
>> GIVE ME SOME WATER.
>> IT'S OK.
LOOK --
LARRY: BECAUSE OF THE STEROID
CONTROVERSY, WE THOUGHT WE'D
SHOW YOU A SIDE BY SIDE PICTURE
OF SHANE MOSLEY.
HERE IS HOW HE LOOKED ON THE
RIGHT SEPTEMBER 13 AGAINST
OSCAR DE LA HOYA.
YESTERDAY YOU SEE HIM AT THE
WEIGH-IN.
I CERTAINLY CAN'T SEE ANY
DIFFERENCE.
IF ANYTHING, HE LOOKS A LITTLE
TRIMMER LAST SEPTEMBER.
THAT MAY BE BECAUSE OF THE
LIGHTING AND ANGLES OF VISION.
BUT WE DON'T SEE ANY VISUAL
EVIDENCE THAT HE'S ANY LESS
THAN HE WAS ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN
MONTHS AGO.
JIM: THIS IN THE WAKE OF
SPECULATION BY A FEW BASEBALL
STARS HAVE LOST A SIGNIFICANT
WEIGHT IN THE INTERIM SINCE
LAST SEASON.
EMANUEL: WINKY IS WORKING THAT
JAB VERY GOOD.
IF SHANE DOESN'T WATCH, HE'LL
BE MESMERIZED TRYING TO CONTROL
THE RIGHT JAB AND HIT WITH A
STRAIGHT LEFT.
LARRY: HE DOESN'T SEEM READY
FOR THE LEFT HAND.
HE SEEMS VULNERABLE.
JIM: WE'RE AT THE MANDALAY BAY
EVENT CENTER IN LAS VEGAS,
NEVADA.
SHANE MOSLEY IN THE BLACK TRUNK
WITH SILVER TRIM, GOING AGAINST
WINKY WRIGHT WITH THE BLUE AND
SILVER TRIM.
FIGHTING TO ESTABLISH WHICH
FIGHTER REMAINS ON TOP OF THE
WORLD POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS.
WRIGHT, DUBBED THE RIGHT HAND
IN AFTER MISSING OVER THE TOP
WITH HIS LEFT.
MOEY, TRYING TO FIND ROOM FOR
A BODY PUNCH AND DIDN'T REALLY
GET ANYTHING OFF.
THERE'S THE HARD LEFT HOOK TO
THE BODY BY SHANE MOSLEY.
UPPERCUT INSIDE, WRIGHT
COUNTERS IT WITH A RIGHT OVER
THE TOP.
YOU SEE HOW QUICKLY WINKY
WRIGHT CAN COUNTER.
EMANUEL: HE DIDN'T LOOK THAT
IMPRESSIVE IN THE LAST FIGHT
BECAUSE HE WASN'T FIGHTING A
QUALITY FIGHTER IN MENENDEZ.
BUT THAT STRAIGHT LEFT,
PROCEEDED BY THE RIGHT JAB WILL
BE A BIG, BIG FACTOR.
SHANE IS FIGHTING SO STRAIGHT
IN, HE'S FIGHTING DIRECTLY,
STRAIGHT SQUARE IN THE CENTER.
HE'S NOT MOVING AND USING
ANGLES HE SAID HE WOULD DO AT
THE MEETING.
JIM: WRIGHT LANDED A STRAIGHT
LEFT OVER THE TOP AND A
CHOPPING RIGHT HAND IN THAT
LAST SEQUENCE.
NOW MOSLEY WITH A LITTLE LEFT
HOOK INSIDE.
WRIGHT WITH HIS OWN TWO BODY
SHOTS, LANDS THE LEFT UPSTAIRS.
MOSLEY HAS TWICE BACKED UP
AFTER LEFT HANDS BY WRIGHT IN
THIS ROUND.
LARRY: MOSLEY LANDING THREE
JABS A ROUND AGAINST OSCAR DE
LA HOYA WHO BOXED SO WELL IN
THE LAST FIGHT.
JIM: BY COMPUBOX NUMBERS, WHICH
OF COURSE MOSLEY'S CAMP
DISPUTES.
GOOD LEFT OF THE BODY BY SHANE.
SHANE, BLINKING A BIT.
LARRY: HE'S NOT THROWING MANY
JABS HERE EITHER.
JIM:WICE TO THE BODY BY SHANE
MOSLEY.
EMANUEL: HE'S LOOKING WEAK IN
HIS LEGS.
HE'S PUNCHING, BUT SOMETHING IS
WRONG.
JIM: SHANE SEEMS TO BE TRYING
TO LOAD UP PUNCHES AS THOUGH
HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT TAKING A
LOT OF PUNISHMENT OVER A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME FROM WINKY.
NOW SHANE BACKS INTO A CORNER
AND WRIGHT COMES BACK OUT.
LARRY: THERE IS AN ABRASION
UNDER THE LEFT EYE ALREADY OF
MOSLEY.
JIM: COULD COME FROM 5
PISTONLIKE JAB OF WINKY WRIGHT.
THERE'S ANOTHER GOOD JAB.
HE MISSES WITH TWO.
LARRY: THIS IS A BETTER ROUND
FOR MOSLEY, BUT I'M NOT SURE HE
WON IT.
EMANUEL: GOING DOWN THE STRETCH
WILL BE BETTER FOR WRIGHT IF HE
CONTINUES AT THIS RATE.
JIM: THE STYLE ADVANTAGE EARLY
ON SEEMS TO BELONG TO WRIGHT.
>> BREATHE.
RELAX.
STAY WITHIN YOURSELF.
REMEMBER, DON'T GET CAUGHT UP.
BE FIRST.
YOU'RE NOT SNAPPING THE JAB,
YOU'RE BULL SMITHING THE JAB
LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT HAND.
LOOK FOR THE BODY.
BEAUTIFUL ROUND.
YOUR BOXING LIKE THIS.
IT'S AN EASY FIGHT FOR YOU.
>> STEPPING TO THE SIDE IS
WORKING.
JUST RELAX AND BOX LIKE WE DO
IN THE GYM.
JUST RELAX, MAN.
THAT'S ALL IT IS IS MIND.
YOU'RE DOING A STUPENDOUS JOB.
JUST DO IT.
YOU'RE SUPERIOR AT BOXING.
DON'T FORCE IT.
GO WITH YOUR TALENT.
JIM: COMPUBOX NUMBERS, WINKY
WRIGHT THROUGH 40 JABS IN ROUND
ONE AND ANOTHER 43 JABS IN
ROUND TWO.
THROUGH THE TWO ROUNDS, WRIGHT
HAS THROWN 27 PUNCHES BY
COMPUBOX NUMBERS TO ONLY 84 FOR
MOSLEY.
ONCE AGAIN, COMPUBOX NUMBERS
EARLY FAVORING SHANE'S
OPPONENT, WINKY WRIG.
JIM: WRIGHT TO THE BODY, MOSLEY
TO THE BODY WITH A LEFT HAND.
WRIGHT COMES BACK WITH A RIGHT,
MOSLEY COMES BACK WITH A RIGHT.
THEY FLURRY INSIDE, WRIGHT
LANDS A LITTLE RIGHT HAND.
NOW MOSLEY BEGINS TO THROW HIS
OWN JAB AND LANDS A RIGHT HAND
DOWN THE PIPE.
LARRY: YOU KNOW, IT IS TO
MOSLEY'S CREDIT THAT WHEN HE
MOVED UP IN WEIGHT, HE WAS ABLE
TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO BEAT
FIGHTERS, BUT IF HE'S BANGING
UP AGAINST THE ROPE, THIS IS A
TOUGH FIGHT.
JIM: MOSLEY IS PUTTING
EVERYTHING INTO THE BODY SHOTS.
EMANUEL: WINKY SEEMS VERY
COMFORTABLE.
SHANE HAS SHOWN A LOT OF OF THE
BUT NOT THAT COMFORTABLE.
WINKY, AFTER HE FINISHES UP
HE'S COMING BACK WITH THE JAB
AGAIN.
SHANE IS NOT COMFORTABLE.
JIM: SHANE FEELS AS THOUGH NO
ONE HAS GOTTEN TO WRIGHT'S BODY
AND IF HE CAN DO IT WITH HARD
PUNCHES HE MIGHT CHANGE THAT.
EMANUEL: WINKY IS GOING TO THE
BODY.
JIM: LEFT HAND BY WRIGHT.
LEFT HAND UPSTAIRS BY MOSLEY.
EMANUEL: WINKY IS BEING VERY
PHYSICAL WITH HIM, TOO.
HE'S BUSY TRYING TO STAY AWAY
FROM WINKY'S RIGHT HAND, MOSLEY
IS.
JIM: MOSLEY LANDS WITH A RIGHT
UPPERCUT.
WINKY WRIGHT POUNDING A RIGHT
HAND TO
LEFT HAND BY WRIGHT INSIDE.
MOSLEY SEEMS DETERMINED TO GIRE
BACK PUNCHES WHEN WRIGHT HITS
HIM HARD.
EMANUEL: FACIAL EXPRESSION
SHOWS SHANE IS GOING TO LOSE
THE FIGHT UNLESS HE CHANGES.
JIM: WHAT A TERRIBLE BREAK IT
WAS.
MAYORGA WAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST
THINGS IN THE SPORT AT THAT
MOMENT, ACHIEVING TREMENDOUS
CACHE BECAUSE OF HIS STYLE AND
UNUSUAL PERSONALITY.
MAYORGA WENT DOWN TO CORRIE
SPINKS AND SHANE DECIDED TO
TAKE THIS TOUGH ASSIGNMENT
INSTEAD.
I THINK MAYORGA WAS THE PERFECT
OPPONENT FOR HIM.
EMANUEL: JUST A MATTER OF
STYLES AND THIS IS A COMPUTER
PRINTOUT OF WHAT SHANE MOSLEY
SHOULD NOT BE FHTING TONIGHT
IS WINKY WRIGHT.
JIM: ROUND THREE COMES TO A
CLOSE AS MOSLEY TRIES TO FLURRY
OFFENSIVELY AND WRIGHT BANGS
HIM HARD TWICE IN RETURN.
FELIX "TITO" TRINIDAD AND HIS
FATHER, PAPA TRINIDAD WATCHING
FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT.
THEY HAVE TO HOPE MOSLEY WINS
BECAUSE IF SHANE LOSES, LARRY
MERCHANT POINTS OUT TO ME THERE
IS AN IMMEDIATE REMATCH CLAUSE
IN THE CONTRACT.
LARRY: THERE IS, BUT IF SHANE
MOSLEY LOSES DECISIVELY, I'M
NOT SURE HE WOULD WANT TO FIGHT
WINKY WRIGHT AGAIN.
EMANUEL: THERE WAS A RETURN
CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT BETWEEN
MIKE TYSON AND LENNOX LEWIS.
BUT MIKE TYSON SAID HE DIDN'T
WANT ANY MORE.
JIM: REPLAYS.
LARRY: MOSLEY'S PERSONALITY,
HIS TEMPERAMENT IS TO FIRE BACK
WHEN HE'***, TO STICK HIS
NOSE IN THERE.
I'M REMINDED BY MAGIC TAYLOR
WHO HAD BOXING SKILLS BUT
WANTED TO EXCHANGE.
IT'S WHAT MADE HIM SHANE
MOSLEY.
AND IT MAY UNMAKE HIM AS SHANE
MOSLEY.
JIM: WINKY WRIGHT, 40 JABS IN
THE FIRST ROUND, 43 IN THE
SECOND, 39 IN THE THIRD.
HAROLD?
HAROLD: OK, JIM, 3-0, 30-27,
RONALD "WINKY" WRIGHT.
I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING,
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT RING
GENERALMANSHIP.
WHEN YOU FIGHT A SOUTHPAW, HIS
POWER IS IN HIS LEFT HAND.
YOU'VE GOT TO CIRCLE TO THE
LEFT TO MAKE THE SOUTHPAW REACH
WITH HIS LEFT HAND.
AND SHANE MOSLEY IS NOT
CIRCLING TO THE LEFT.
HE'S STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF
HIM SO WINKY WRIGHT DROPS A
LEFT HAND DOWN ON HIM.
3-0, WRIGHT.
JIM: CHOPPING LEFT HAND OVER
THE TOP.
MOSLEY, SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS
TO MOUNT AN OFFENSE AND WRIGHT
IS JUST TAKING SHOTS.
EMANUEL: YOU CANNOT GET AWAY
FROM WRIGHT'S JAB.
LARRY: AS THE FIGHT GOES ON, IT
SEEMS WINKY GETS BIGGER AND
SHANE GETS SMALLER.
EMANUEL: YES, MUCH STRONGER.
JIM: ARE YOU SHOCKED EMANUEL ON
HOW EASY IT'S BEEN SO FAR?
EMANUEL: NO.
JIM: THIS IS WHY YOU TOLD JUDD
BERNSTEIN IT WAS A DIFFICULT
ASSIGNMENT.
EMANUEL: I SAID PLEASE DON'T
TAKE THE FIGHT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT STYLES.
I TRIED TO LET HIM TELL HIM
CORRIE SPINKS NOT TO FIGHT
MAYORGA.
I GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO SHANE
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE
THE FIGHT HIMSELF.
JIM: HE'S GETTING HAMMERED
RIGHT NOW, IS WRIGHT.
HE'S LOADING UP LEFT-HAND SHOTS
AND HITTING THEM ABOUT AS HARD
AS WINKY HAS HIT A OPPONENT IN
YEARS.
EMANUEL: HE'S BEEN VERY
PHYSICAL WITH SHANE.
HE IS DRAINING HIS STRENGTH.
JIM: PEOPLE WHO LOOK FOR THE
RIGHT AND SEEM SO AVERAGE
AGAINST ANGEL HERNANDEZ WON'T
FIND HIM IN THE ARENA TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE WINKY WRIGHT WHO
HA COME TO FIGHT THE FIGHT OF
HIS LIFE.
BUT MAYBE MOSLEY WITH THOSE
POWER SHOTS TO THE BODY CAN
WEAR HIM DOWN AND SLOW THE
PACE.
EMANUEL: I THINK WITH BODY
PUNCHES, WRIGHT IS POWERFUL AND
EFFECTIVE TO THE BODY.
AND HE'S LANDING THEM WHEREAS
MOSLEY IS PUNCHING TO THE
OUTSIDE AND NOT LANDING THEM.
HE'S CATCHING THEM ON HIS
ELBOWS, WINKY IS.
BUT WHEN WINKY IS SHOOTING HIS,
HE'S SHOOTING BETWEEN THE
ELBOWS AND INSIDE CORNERS.
HE'S VERY EFFECTIVE.
JIM: LAST 30 SECONDS OF ROUND
FOUR.
NO CHANGE IN THE TACTICAL
MOMENTUM OR FLOW OF THE FIGHT.
WRIGHT, SEEMINGLY DOMINANT IN
THIS ROUND, JUST AS HE SEEMS TO
HAVE BEEN IN THE FIRST THREE
ROUNDS, HITTING SHANE HARD WITH
LEFT-HAND SHOTS.
MOSLEY, TRYING TO COME BACK
OFFENSIVELY, NOT DOING ANYTHING
DEFENSIVELY TO SLOW WRIGHT'S
ATTACK.
EMANUEL: HE DOESN'T HAVE
ANYTHING IDEA TO WHAT IS GOING
ON.
IF HE WOULD USE HIS LEGS, IT
WOULD MAKE HIM MORE EFFECTIVE.
BUT I DON'T THINK ANYTHING WEE
DO WOULD BE EFFECTIVE JOFMENT
-- DO.
JIM: SHANE MOSLEY'S
MANAGER-TRAINER IS SELDOM
CRITICAL OF HIS SON.
>> DON'T SAY THAT.
DON'T SAY THAT.
STEP IN THERE, GIVE HIM A RIGHT
HAND.
SLAP HIM GOOD.
GO TO THE BODY, OK?
YOU HIT HIM BACK.
LOOK, THAT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND.
OK?
I'M SAYING THIS IS THE FIFTH
ROUND.
YOU'VE GOT TO START TAKING
CHARGE FROM HERE ON OUT.
LARRY: IN CLOSE, WINKY WRIGHT
THROWS SHORTER, SHARPER
PUNCHES.
AND THE FACT THAT MOSLEY IS
STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.
THAT LEFT HAND IS FINDING ITS
MARK OVER AND OVER.
I DON'T THINK IF THIS GOES ON,
I DON'T THINK SHANE MOSLEY CAN
SURVIVE FOR 12 ROUNDS OF
GETTING HIT.
JIM: NOT WITHOUT SOME KIND OF
TACTICAL ADJUSTMENT.
HE HAS TO DO SOMETHING IN THE
FIGHT T WOULD SEEM TO ME,
EMANUEL.
EMANUEL: I DON'T THINK HE CAN
DO ANYTHING.
WINKY JUST HAS HIS NUMBER.
HE'S VERY EFFECTIVE BY
BLOCKING, NEUTRALIZING
EVERYTHING HE DOES AND THEN
COMES BACK WITH THE RIGHT JAB
AND EVENTUALLY HE'S STARTING TO
BE MORE PHYSICAL INSIDE, WHICH
IS A LITTLE SURPRISING TO ME.
JIM: ONCE AGAIN, THE NUMBERS
FROM COMPUBOX ON JABS IN THE
FOURTH ROUND.
WRIGHT THREW 41, LANDED 13, HIS
HIGH FOR THE FIGHT.
MOSLEY, 3-23, ONLY GETTING OFF
40 PUNCHES IN THE ROUND.
EMANUEL: IF SHANE WAS BOXING,
HE COULD DO THE SUGAR RAY
LEONARD MOVES, HE COULD POP
HIM.
BUT THAT'S NOT HIS NATURE.
HE NEEDS TO USE THE FOOTWORK TO
WIN THE FIGHT.
LARRY: LEONARD COULD PUNCH AND
PLAY DEFENSE AND HAD NO QUALMS
ABOUT DOING WHATEVER IT TOOK TO
WIN.
HE WAS ABLE TO PUT HIS
PERSONALITY ASIDE.
JIM: RIGHT HAND BY MOSLEY, TWO
OF THEM IN A ROW.
GOOD LEFT HOOK BY MOSLEY THERE.
EMANUEL: THAT'S NOT THE NATURE
OF SHANE TO DO THAT.
JIM: UPPERCUT BY WRIGHT.
THIS IS MOSLEY'S BEST OFFENSIVE
FLURRY OF E FIGHT IN THE LAST
20 SECONDS.
NOW WRIGHT STARTS TO BACK HIM
DOWN WITH THAT JAB AGAIN.
MOSLEY HOOKING.
WINKY JUST STEPPING FORWARD,
STEPPING FORWARD.
AND MOSLEY LANDS A BIG RIGHT
HAND, AND ANOTHER ONE.
SUDDENLY HE'S FOUND SOMETHING
WITH SOLID RIGHT CROSSES TO THE
SIDE OF WRIGHT'S HEAD.
SHANE JUST MISSING WITH A LEFT
HAND THAT MIGHT HAVE KNOCKED
MOSLEY INTO THE SEATS.
MIGHT HAVE KNOCKED WINKY INTO
THE SEATS.
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
THAT HARD LEFT HAND BY WRIGHT
AGAIN AND AGAIN OVER THE TOP.
MOSLEY COMING BACK WITH TWO
MORE OF THOSE RIGHT HANDS.
HE'S FOUND A WEAPON AND NOW HE
IS USING IT REPEATEDLY.
LARRY: NOW HE IS STARTING TO
LAND HIS RIGHT THE WAY WRIGHT
IS LAND HIS LEFT.
EMANUEL: NOT CLEAN, BUT THE
SIDE WHERE IT IS HAVING SOME
EFFECT.
JIM: IT IS AN ADJUSTMENT.
CONVENTIONAL FIGHTERS ARE
SUPPOSED TO GO WITH THE
STRAIGHT RIGHT HAND.
SHANE IS SWEEPING FROM THE SIDE
AND IT IS WORKING.
EMANUEL: I WISH HE WOULD START
BOXING MORE.
JIM: WHY WOULD A MAGNIFICENT
ATHLETE LIKE SHANE MOSLEY NOT
USE IT AT THIS STAGE OF HIS
CAREER?
EMANUEL:.
I DON'T KNOW.
IF HE COULD MOVE AND FLOW, HE
WOULD DO BETTER.
WITH THE POWER PUNCH IT WILL BE
DIFFICULT.
JIM: SHANE HAS BEEN BOXING
SINCE HE WAS YEARS OLD, HAS
THE LONG CAREER, ALL THE DAYS
IN THE GYM, THE THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF SPARRING
HAVE TAKEN ITS TOLL?
EMANUEL: I DON'T WANT TO SAY
IT, BUT IT DOES.
JIM: YOU HEARD LARRY MERCHANT
TALKING ABOUT RAY LEONARD VS.
MARVIN HAGLER.
"MARVELOUS" MARVIN HAGLER IS IN
VEGAS TONIGHT.
"JAMES KAHN.
>> DON'T TRY, DO IT.
THIS IS NOT A SPOT.
THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH ROUND IS
COMING UP.
THE ROUNDS ARE COMING UP
QUICKLY.
WE HAVE TO DO THE MENTAL THING
AND POWERFUL THING TO WIN THIS
FIGHT.
RIGHT HAND, LEFT FOOT AND
FLURRY TO GET THE POINTS.
LARRY: IS HE GETTING THE RIGHT
ADVICE?
EMANUEL: THE THAT THE BEST
ADVICE JACKS CAN GIVE HIM.
OUTSIDE OF BOXING.
HE IS NOT GOING TO SEE SHANE
BOX.
SO THAT IS THE BEST ADVICE HE
CAN GIVE HIM.
LARRY: YESTERDAY I ASKED HIM
WHETHER THEY HAD BROUGHT IN A
THIRD PERSON, A THIRD EYE TO
LOOK AT MOSLEY AND DECIDE WHAT
HE'S DOING RIGHT, WHAT IS HE
DOING WRONG?
HOW SHOULD HE GO FOR THE REST
OF HIS CAREER?
THEY SAID, NO, THEY KNEW EACH
OTHER AS WELL AS THEY COULD AND
THINK THEY COULD SOLVE THE
PROBLEM.
I DON'T SEE THE PROBLEM BEING
SOLVED.
I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE.
EMANUEL: THEY ARE VERY CLOSE.
I DON'T THINK THEY WILL EVER
BRING ANYBODY IN.
JIM: HE HANDED 15-35 POWER
SHOTS INCLUDING THE SEQUENCE OF
RIGHT HANDS THAT WAS THE BEST
OF THE FIGHT.
HIS FATHER SAID YOU ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO WIN WITH POWER.
RIGHT CROSS, LEFT HOOK THAT IS
WHAT SHANE IS TRYING TO DO.
LARRY: IT MIGHT BE TOE-TO-TOE
NOW FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 20
MINUTES.
JIM: RIGHT HAND BY WRIGHT.
MOSLEY LANDED THE LEFT HOOK.
WRIGHT CAUGHT HIM WITH A RIGHT
HOOK AND A LEFT CROSS.
BACKED MOSLEY UP AGAIN.
SHANE LANDING ONE GOOD SHOT,
BUT CATCHING TWO.
EMANUEL: THE PROBLEM IS YOU
SHOOT A LOT OF PUNCHES, AND
THEY DON'T LAND BUT GET
EXCITED.
YOU ARE NOT LANDING THAT
EFFECTIVELY.
WINKY GETS RIGHT BACK ON YOU
RIGHT AWAY.
HE DOESN'T LET YOU REST.
JIM: GOOD LEFT HOOK LANDED FOR
SHANE.
SHANE TRYING TO UNLOAD TO THE
BODY.
TAKES SOME OF THE SNAP OUT OF
WINKY WRIGHT'S PUNCHES.
WRIGHT JUST KEEPS HUSTLING
FORWARD TRYING TO WALK SHANE
DOWN.
GLANCING BLOWS BY MOSLEY.
A CHOPPING LEFT HAND BY WRIGHT.
MOSLEY'S BODY SHOT BLOCKED.
THAT ONE OFF THE ELBOW OF
RIGHT.
THAT LEFT HOOK LANDS.
NOW A RIGHT HAND UPSTAIRS
BETWEEN WINKY WRIGHT'S GUARD.
WRIGHT'S ACTIVITY LEVEL GOING
DOWN, HIS NUMBER OF PUNCHING
THROWN BEGINNING TO DROP.
MOSLEY GETTING MORE
OPPORTUNITIES TO LAND.
EMANUEL: HE IS MAKING SHANE
BURN HIMSELF OUT.
SHANE IS BASICALLY ABOUT AS LOW
AS IT GOES.
AND HE IS LEAVING HIS HEAD WIDE
OPEN WHEN HE GETS IN CLOSE.
JIM: SHANE MOSLEY LOOKING FOR
CHANCES TO LAND SOMETHING HARD
AGAINST WINKY WRIGHT.
WRIGHT TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE
MOMENTUM TO HE BUILT UP.
LARRY: I GIVE MOSLEY THE LAST
TWO ROUNDS.
>> BE AGGRESSIVE.
THIS AIN'T A *** SPARRING
MATCH.
COME O
BREATHE.
YOU CAN BE *** FRIENDS
AFTER THIS.
OK.
ALL RIGHT?
>> DON'T TIGHTEN UP.
JUST THROW IT STRAIGHT, SHANE.
DON'T WAIT AROUND.
DON'T PITTER PAT WITH HIM.
TWIST YOUR BODY.
USE YOUR LEGS.
MOVE TO THE RIGHT.
YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
THIS IS THE SIXTH ROUND.
>> SEVENTH.
>> SEVENTH.
MENTALLY YOU ARE STRONG.
LET'S JUMP TO IT.