Wright campaigned many years before getting a crack at the featherweight championship then held by Joey Archibald. On September 11, 1941, Wright dethroned Archibald by scoring a TKO in the eleventh round. Wright successfully defended the title against former champion Harry Jeffra (TKO 10) on June 19, 1942, but lost his title on a decision to the legendary Willie Pep on November 20, 1942. In 1938, Wright also met the great Henry Armstrong, but was knocked out in 3 rounds.
Wright served as a chauffeur for Mae West, and was reputed to do more than just drive her around in a car. Wright died on December 8, 1957 when he slipped in a bathtub and drowned.
Wright, who won by unanimous decision, allowed Trinidad to land just 58 of the 557 punches he threw.
Wright (50-3, 25 knockouts) is one of boxing's consummate defensive specialists, a man so skilled in the art of avoiding punches that he allowed power-hitting Felix Trinidad to land just 58 blows in their bout at the MGM Grand on May 14, 2005.
Wright is a master of keeping his hands high to pick off shots, said trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr., one of the game's finest teachers of the defensive art.
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