| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution recognizing Ronald "Winky" Wright. |
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| 4 | WHEREAS, born November 26, 1971, in Washington, D.C., St. |
| 5 | Petersburg resident Ronald "Winky" Wright began his professional |
| 6 | boxing career in October 1990 and fought out of Tampa and |
| 7 | Orlando before competing in France, England, Argentina, and |
| 8 | South Africa, and |
| 9 | WHEREAS, using his slick defensive style of boxing to gain |
| 10 | victories over such highly regarded boxers as Stevie Johnston, |
| 11 | Winky won the 1990 Olympic Festival Championship and in 2001, in |
| 12 | a 12-round decision against Robert Frazier, won the vacant |
| 13 | International Boxing Federation Light Middleweight title, and |
| 14 | WHEREAS, after a reported 69 amateur fights under his belt, |
| 15 | Winky made an almost seamless transition into the pros and, |
| 16 | never backing down from a challenge, has a record of 49 fights, |
| 17 | or a total of 279 rounds, including 97 World Championship rounds |
| 18 | in professional boxing, and |
| 19 | WHEREAS, on March 13, 2004, before 9,017 boxing fans in Las |
| 20 | Vegas, three-to-one underdog southpaw Ronald "Winky" Wright, |
| 21 | employing rapier-like right jabs, whistling left crosses, and |
| 22 | jackhammer left punches, scored an impressive, unanimous 12- |
| 23 | round decision against World Boxing Association and World Boxing |
| 24 | Council Champion Sugar Shane Mosley to become, for the first |
| 25 | time in the sport's 29-year history, the undisputed Light |
| 26 | Middleweight Champion of the World, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 28 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of |
| 29 | Florida: |
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| 31 | That the House of Representatives is pleased to welcome |
| 32 | Ronald "Winky" Wright, to extend its heartiest congratulations |
| 33 | upon his winning the undisputed title of Light Middleweight |
| 34 | Champion of the World, and to offer its sincere wishes for a |
| 35 | continuing career of unlimited success. |
| 36 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be |
| 37 | presented to Ronald "Winky" Wright, Light Middleweight Champion |
| 38 | of the World, as a tangible token of the sentiments expressed |
| 39 | herein. |