On June 17, 2006, Jermain Taylor (25-0, 17 KOs), the middleweight WBC, WBO, and The Ring champion, defends his titles against former world champion Winky Wright (50-3, 25 KOs).
Jermain Taylor is coming in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Bernard Hopkins, 6 months and 14 days ago. Winky Wright is on a 11-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Sam Soliman, 6 months and 7 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Jermain Taylor at 99-1 winning odds. Winky Wright really doesn't have much to present against Taylor.
The fight ended in a split decision draw and both the fighters added a draw to their respective records — Taylor is now 25-0-1 and Wright, 50-3-1.