HBO provided an entertaining boxing card on Saturday night.

In the main event, Ronald "Winky" Wright defeated Sugar Shane Mosley in a twelve-round decision to unify the 154-pound title. I scored the fight 116-112 in Wright's favor. Shane showed some real life in the final round, but the southpaw pretty much had Mosley's number all night. With Felix Trinidad set to come back to fight Sugar Shane, the LA-based fighter's defeat complicates matters greatly. Who does Trinidad fight now? Winky Wright is too dangerous, Shane is damaged goods, and Hopkins and De la Hoya have other plans.

The undercard, however, was the real main event. Baby Joe Mesi and Vassiliy Jirov provided one of the most entertaining heavyweight bouts in some time. Jirov won round one, but was beaten-up soundly during the following seven rounds. Upon hearing the bell for round nine I was ready to proclaim Mesi a heavyweight ready to fight for the championship. This really appeared to be his coming-out party as a fighter to be taken seriously. But Jirov is a cockroach who would survive a nuclear holocaust. And Mesi's corner, believing it a close fight, served him poorly by instructing him to take the fight to Jirov in the ninth. It wasn't close, and the beast from Kazakhstan, who squared off in training against German Shepherds in his early years, took advantage of Mesi's desire to brawl. In round nine, Jirov sent Mesi to the canvas. The ninth-round knockdown initially appeared flukish. Round ten erased any doubt of a lucky punch. Jirov hurt Mesi badly in the final round. Mesi twice tasted the canvas in the tenth, and was lucky to hold on and survive.

Despite Jirov's late round heroics, the ringside judges unanimously scored the fight 94-93 for Mesi. HBO's Harold Lederman scored it 94-93 for Buffalo's third franchise as well. Viewing at home, I scored it exactly the same.

The fight was too good. I demand a rematch.