He dominated and schooled Mosley and Trinidad and made them look amateurish. It was much better and fresher Mosley than the one from Floyd and Manny fights.
Unique, very good fighter. Basic but highly-effective defense (blocked a lot of punches like Clottey and Abraham and didn't have as much movement as most defensive greats). Schooled Mosley but reportedly priced himself out of a number of other big fights. Had a very late prime (more than a decade into his career) in which he was a consensus top 5/top 10 p4p fighter for several years. Not the hardest hitter and didn't really try to get rid of people; was content grinding out UDs.
That he was a very solid all around fighter. He didn't really have one overwhelming weapon. I think he maximized his potential.
He started out good but used to shuffle his feet too much. He got better once he started sticking his ground. He could look great against shorter fighters and guys with technical weaknesses. He was vulnerable to volume punchers.
A true wizard it makes no sense that a guy with pillows for fist could consistently force his opponents on the back foot. He did it to Mosley, Taylor and Vargas
Maybe the best jabber of his era and a helluva high guard defense. It's too bad he wasn't able to step up earlier.
Absolutely incredible p4p talent. Some of his close losses are overstated as robberies though. The reality is he was poorly managed which meant his biggest fights were at the end of his career, a bit like Martinez in a way. H2H at 154 no one finds him easy to beat.
Wright had one of the best guards of all time. He just had the right build to cover up well, and did it from a south paw stance. Armed with a great jab, Wright main weakness was lack of power, and in-ability to hold off volume punchers.
I think he admits that one or two of them were legit (I mean--he took a knee for one of them). They were definitely legit knockdowns but he only seemed to be genuinely hurt/ in trouble after one of them. Reminded me of the more recent Peter Quillin- Ndam N'jikam fight, where N'jikam was outboxing Quillin but just couldn't stay on his feet.
That's exactly how I see it. He was the superior technician that night but he just couldn't stay out of harms way. Another similar example is cunningham vs adamek at cruiser for the ring title.