Shane Mosley 39–2 (1) (35 KO) vs. Winky Wright 46–3 (25 KO), billed as War at 154, was a professional boxing match contested on March 13, 2004, for the undisputed light middleweight championship.

After his controversial decision victory in his rematch with Oscar De La Hoya, to win the WBA, WBC, The Ring and lineal light middleweight titles, Shane Mosley agreed a $7 million deal to face Ricardo Mayorga. However, on December 13, Mayorga lost a majority decision to Cory Spinks. He also turned down an offer for a third bout with De La Hoya over the purse split.

Instead Mosley agreed to face IBF champion Ronald “Winky” Wright for the undisputed 154 pound title (in only his third bout at the weight), with the prospect of a $10 million fight against former 3-division champion Félix Trinidad in September if he should beat Wright, with Mosley quoted as saying “I promised myself and my fans that from now on, I would only take career-defining fights. I consider that promise a solemn vow. Winky Wright is for boxing history and personal history. Felix Trinidad is for immortality.”

In late 2003 Mosley was subpoenaed by the grand jury investigating the BALCO scandal.

Wright, who had spent his whole career at light middleweight, had won a major world title at the third attempt in October 2001, scoring a unanimous decision over Robert Frazier, having lost to Julio César Vásquez in 1994 and a controversial majority decision defeat to Fernando Vargas in 1999. He had earned a reputation as an unglamorous trickery fighter who presented as a high risk, low reward option that had prevented him from getting the big fights and had meant that he had been forced earlier in his career to travel to Europe to fight. His tricky style and globetrotting career had earned him the nickname “International Man of Misery”.

Wright was a 5-to-2 underdog.

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