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I just rewatched Trinidad-Hopkins :ohhh:.

Top 5 boxing lesson of all-time imo. Dude had Trinidad frustrated by the 2nd round, barely got touched, and was landing precise bombs capped by that nasty knockout. Was a legit knockout too, no argument about the result at all. Probably the most credit I've heard Larry Merchant give a boxer too throughout the fight.

I'd pit Hopkins vs Pavlik/Trinidad/Tarver against any three of Floyd's fights and they'd come out even. What ya'll think?
 

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My goodness I just rewatched Trinidad-Hopkins.

Top 5 boxing lesson of all-time imo. Dude had Trinidad frustrated by the 2nd round, barely got touched, and was landing precise bombs capped by that nasty knockout. Was a legit knockout too, no argument about the result at all. Probably the most credit I've heard Larry Merchant give a boxer too.

I'd pit Hopkins vs Pavlik/Trinidad/Tarver against any three of Floyd's fights and they'd come out even. What ya'll think?

yo, this was the modern tale of mr think he is the great getting schooled by a text book smart Boxer with the high IQ. Tito got his ass handed to him like no other! It was horrible for the Ricans and tito fans who were placing him as the next leonard etc.

Tito did move up in weight though..maybe he had no place in that division.

Like the game of death, you defeat your level of opposition, move on up and test yourself..

Only thing ruined all this for me was the 9/11 thing, what an ugly time man.
 

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That's some sad shyt for real. I'm glad though he decided to call his career off and stop boxing competitively completely early.

i wanted tito v sugar shane badly!!! that was the one!!!

tito vs wright was heartbreaking!!

tito v mayorga was badass..lol.

tito brought out the PR's like camacho did!!
 

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yo, this was the modern tale of mr think he is the great getting schooled by a text book smart Boxer with the high IQ. Tito got his ass handed to him like no other! It was horrible for the Ricans and tito fans who were placing him as the next leonard etc.

Tito did move up in weight though..maybe he had no place in that division.

Like the game of death, you defeat your level of opposition, move on up and test yourself..

Only thing ruined all this for me was the 9/11 thing, what an ugly time man.

I'll admit it, I didn't give Hopkins much of a chance either when I saw what Trinidad did to Joppy the fight before. He seemed even steonger because there was talk that it was a lot closer to his natural weight of 175. I learned a great deal about boxing that night.
 

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i wanted tito v sugar shane badly!!! that was the one!!!

tito vs wright was heartbreaking!!

tito v mayorga was badass..lol.

tito brought out the PR's like camacho did!!

Yeah, I really wanted to see Trinidad vs Quartey, and to a lesser degree Trinidad vs Norris although Terry Norris was at the tail end of his career.

Trinidad vs Shane would've been dope too.
 

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I'll admit it, I didn't give Hopkins much of a chance either when I saw what Trinidad did to Joppy the fight before. He seemed even steonger because there was talk that it was a lot closer to his natural weight of 175. I learned a great deal about boxing that night.

word and this was no catch weight bullshyt! Tito was making a statement with that Joppy destruction. Tito had a semi suspect chin but always answered back with a closure. Dope fighter! Miss the likes of him..plus he had PR NY and the Island riding with him..remember fat joe/Pun reppin him hard..oh my!!!!
 

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Still remember going to school after he beat De La Hoya feelin like :takedat: in my Tito shirt and all the mexicans were like :birdman:
But my favorite fight of his is when he went up against Vargas and tkoed him.

That dirty puerto rican was about to lose and resorted to low-blows :leostare:

fukk that cheating bytch, he feared Mosley and Quartey
 

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Cote is another Bute. Has fought stiffs, ALL in his hometown.

Rooting for Froch here, he's a real fighter.
 
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