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Difficult Math Sinks Taylor-Wright
Fight fans anxiously awaiting a showdown between Jermain Taylor and Winky Wright will have to wait a bit longer, as negotiations are apparently in the crapper.


Wright’s promoter, Gary Shaw, wants to split the purse 50-50. Lou DiBella wants 60-40 for Taylor. Though splitting the difference seems a workable solution to many, the two mathematicians insist it’s impossible.


