BOXING: WILLIAMS DOMINATES WRIGHT
April 11, 2009 - 8:12 pm
Paul Williams easily defeated Winky Wright tonight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, winning a unanimous decision in a middleweight fight.
Judges Jerry Roth and Robert Hoyle scored the fight 119-109, and Adalaide Byrd had it 120-108 — all 12 rounds to Williams. Williams threw 1,086 punches compared with 511 for Wright. There was no title on the line.
Saturday’s results
Rico Ramos, Pico Rivera, Calif., (9-0, 5 KOs) d. Gino Escamilla, Laredo, Texas, (5-5-1, 2 KOs) by unanimous decision.
Juan Dominguez, Santiago, Puerto Rico, (4-0, 2 KOs) d. Ramon Flores, Wilmington, Calif., (3-5-1, 3 KOs) by TKO, 2:10 of the first round.
Michael Dallas, Bakersfield, Calif., (7-0-1, 1 KO) d. Terrance Jett, Las Vegas, (4-13-2, 2 KOs) by unanimous decision.
Craig McEwan, Edinburgh, Scotland, (14-0, 9 KOs) d. Alexis Division, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, (16-9, 13 KOs) by knockout, 1:49 of the first round.
Jose Rodriguez, New York, (13-1-1, 2 KOs) d. Pablo Montes de Oca, Las Vegas, (9-16-2, 6 KOs) by majority decision.
Shawn Estrada, Los Angeles, (4-0, 4 KOs) d. Omar Coffi, Londonderry, N.H., (1-2-2) by TKO, :47 of the third round.
Danny Garcia, Philadelphia, (12-0, 7 KOs) d. Humberto Tapia, Tijuana, Mexico, (14-10-1, 7 KOs) by unanimous decision.
Chris Arreola, Riverside, Calif. (27-0, 24 KOs) d. Jameel McCline, New York, (39-10-3, 23 KOs) by knockout, 2:01 of the fourth round.
Paul Williams, Augusta, Ga., (37-1, 27 KOs) d. Winky Wright, St. Petersburg, Fla., (51-5-1, 25 KOs) by unanimous decision.