America's Ronald 'Winky' Wright produced a boxing masterclass to easily outpoint Felix Trinidad of Puerto Rico in a WBC middleweight title eliminator in Las Vegas.
Former world light-middleweight champion Wright controlled the contest throughout behind his superb southpaw jab and a rock-solid defence.
Scores of 120-107 and 119-108 twice were returned as Winky earned the right to face undisputed middleweight kingpin Bernard Hopkins.
The 33-year-old, a former conqueror of British trio Ensley Bingham, Steve Foster and Adrian Dodson back in 1996 and 1997, rose to prominence with two wins over Shane Moseley last year.
And he improved his stock even further by outclassing Trinidad, a former world champion at welterweight, light-middle and middle whose only previous defeat in 43 fights was a 12th-round loss to Hopkins in 2001.
Meanwhile, undisputed welterweight champion Zab Judah easily retained his IBF, WBA and WBC titles with a third round win over Cosme Rivera, flooring the challenger twice in round one and again in the third.
