Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
WBN Editor
‘Kid Chocolate’ scores sweet victory
Peter Quillin improved his middleweight prospects by doing
what he was expected to do and out-scoring an aging Ronald Wright at the Home
Depot Center in California tonight.
The New York-based fighter had much the greater hand speed
of the two fighters as ‘Winky’ showed obvious signs of ring-rust following a
three-year absence from boxing and Quillin took full advantage.
The 28 year-old, who was 26-0 going into the bout, banked
three of the opening four rounds on my card before dropped Wright with a
whipping right in the fifth, before cruising the remainder of the fight to take a
ten-round decision
Judges at ringside gave the bout to Quillin with scores of 98-91(twice) and 97-92 to put ‘Kid Chocolate’ another step closer to a world title
shot. Wright at 40 may have to rethink his reasons for returning as another
loss on his record may begin to hinder his legacy.
Earlier, Austin Trout
defended his WBA light-middleweight belt
with a drab points win over a subdued Delvin Rodriguez as the three judges came
back with 120-108, 118-110 and 117-111 cards.
The 26 year-old was said to be in with a shot at a
unification with Saul Alvarez on September 15th if he could impress tonight,
but on the showing he gave, looks likely to be overlooked as James Kirkland
mulls over a final offer to face the Mexican.