Last night after the bell sounded in the 12th round to end their fight, Winky Wright kissed "Sugar" Shane Mosley on the cheek.

It was a token of appreciation for being given the opportunity of a big payday, of fighting to unify the championship belts, and of putting his name on the map. And when it was over, Ronald "Winky" Wright, who was paid $750,000 to Mosley's $2 million, was the undisputed junior middlweight champion of the world. It was a masterful performance and the defining moment for his career.

Right from the opening bell, the two champions went at it, but the shorter Mosley had trouble getting inside, as Wright used his southpaw jab and boxing abilities to neutralize Mosley's speed and keep him on the outside. As the rounds went by, their was a sense of urgency in Mosley's corner to do something. But unlike the De La Hoya fight, Mosley's work to the body was not enough, and sensing he needed a knockout to win the fight, he attacked Wright with so much force in the 12th round that he fell down at the bell after missing a punch.

Felix Trinidad, who recently announced his un-retirement from boxing, was sitting ringside. He was supposed to fight Mosley in a megafight in September, but that seems unlikely now. Mosley was to be paid $10 million for that fight.

Unfortunatley for Mosley, it's unlikely he'll be on HBO pay-per-view anytime soon. Just when he was becoming the household name he always wanted and felt he deserved, he suffers arguably the most important defeat of his career. Shane, like Oscar, looks out of his element at 154 pounds. What he showed last night was hardly reminiscent of Sugar Ray Robinson or Sugar Ray Leonard. This was supposed to be the fight that got him closer to deserving to be one of the three "Sugars"; instead it has people questioning his legacy. And at 31 years of age, there's not a lot of time for him to redeem himself by beating worthy opponents. It may already be too late.

On the undercard, someone forgot to tell "Baby" Joe Mesi that he had to fight the last two rounds of his scheduled 10 rounder with Vassily Jirov. After pasting Jirov with bodyshots and headshots throughout the whole fight, Jirov dropped him in the 9th and twice more in the 10th, almost stealing the show. Mesi almost didn't get up from the last knockdown and was clinging to Jirov until the sound of the bell to end the fight. It was another unimpressive victory for Mesi.

This guys fifteen minutes of fame is almost up.