It wasn't even close.

It was supposed to be a "superfight", the most eagerly anticipated bout of the year between two evenly matched middleweights. Wright, coming off back-to-back victories over Shane Mosley, Trinidad, fresh off his one-sided destruction of Ricardo Mayorga.

But in the end, Ronald "Winky" Wright embarassed Felix "Tito" Trinidad in front of over 14,000 fans at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Wright stuck his educated jab in Trinidad's face all night long, making it look easy as he dominated every single round and won the fight by a unanimous decision. The judges scorecards read 120-107 (twice) and 119-108. I scored it 120-107.

Trinidad, sporting tight, black trunks and a new Don King-like haircut, had absolutely no strategy whatsoever. Apparently he thought he could fight Wright the same way he fought Mayorga- by standing in front of him, employing no lateral movement and throwing combinations as if he were in the gym hitting pads. It didn't even occur to him to circle left against the southpaw Wright.

Instead, Trinidad, 42-2 (35), looked tentative and off-balanced as he allowed Wright to dictate the pace of the fight and land his jab at will. Using his busy right hand, a high guard and an impressive display of ring generalship, Wright imposed his will on Trinidad and schooled him so thoroughly and easily that one would have to question the logic of Trinidad coming out of retirement. Wright-Mosley I was much more competitive by comparison, and even that fight was all Winky.

Wright, 49-3 (25), has proven in his last three fights that he is no walkover. He may have beaten a smaller man in Mosley, but he moved up six pounds for this fight and looked leaner, sharper and stronger than Trinidad. Wright landed 185 jabs to Trinidad's 15, according to Compubox stats.

And what now for "Tito"? Is he finito? Where does he go from here? His performance was so disappointing- the antithesis of the offensive machine he is known as- that a rematch with middlweight king Bernard Hopkins seems more like a pipe dream. And he can forget about using the rematch clause to look for revenge against Wright, unless he's a masochist who enjoys getting his head snapped back. And in order to make Trinidad-De La Hoya II, Trinidad will have to shed thirteen pounds, since the "Golden Boy" vows to return to the welterweight division.

The future is up in the air for Trinidad, but it looks bright for Wright, who almost has to be given a shot at Hopkins- and could very well beat him. Once again, the confident Wright proved what he knew all along- that he could beat the best if just given the opportunity.

On the undercard, a focused and ferocious Zab Judah, 34-2 (25), obliterated Cosme Rivera, 28-8-2 (19), in three rounds, in his first defence of the undisputed welterweight title. Judah floored Rivera twice in the opening round, buckled him-a-plenty in the second, and landed a hellacious uppercut in the third before putting him away for good with a right-left, a combination he landed with success from round 1.