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Ronald “Winky” Wright may not get his rematch with Felix “Tito” Trinidad after all. Word out of Puerto Rico is that Trinidad is planning to retire for a second time, following his one-sided loss to Wright Saturday in Las Vegas.

Wright won all 12 rounds on the Post’s scorecard and cruised to a unanimous decision in the non-title middleweight bout. Trinidad, 32, had vowed before the fight that he wouldn’t retire if he were defeated, and his promoter Don King was pointing to a rematch in the hours after the fight.

“Winky did a job that was classic,” King said, “and when you have a classic, you always want another performance.”

But, apparently, Felix Trinidad Sr., was upset with his own performance as trainer and chief corner man in the fight and feels it may be time for him to relinquish that role. Tito Trinidad never made any adjustments to Wright’s stinging right jab that controlled the fight. Trinidad landed just 58 punches in the 12-round bout.

King, through a spokesman for Don King Productions, declined comment yesterday on Trinidad’s future, but plans to speak with reporters tomorrow in Chicago, where he is promoting Saturday’s WBO heavyweight title fight between defending champion Lamon Brewster and Andrew Golota (HBO Live).

A world champion in three weight divisions, Trinidad (42-2, 35 KOs) announced his first retirement in July 2002, but returned to the ring last October to earn an impressive knockout over Ricardo Mayorga. But the comeback hit a brick wall in Wright.

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