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Felix Trinidad Still Has Faith in Felix Verdejo To Prove His Hype

By Miguel Rivera

As soon as his name began to circulate, Felix 'El Diamante' Verdejo - without knowing it - was in the sights of triple world champion Felix 'Tito' Trinidad.

Trinidad had so much interest in the ex-Olympian's abilities that he even baptized him in the middle of his appointment to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in June 2014 as his possible successor when he barely had 13 professional fights.

Verdejo, who still maintains a flawless record of 23-0 and 15 KO's, has lost some of his shine as a potential star, because of his recent performances in the ring - where the boxer looked vulnerable and unable to land his punches, and also taking into account his reckless motorcycle accident from last August where suffered numerous injuries that forced him to postpone a planned world title fight with WBO champion Terry Flanagan.

Trinidad, regarded as one of the top figures in the history of Puerto Rican boxing, has a lot of faith that Verdejo will bounce back to once again shine as a future star in the sport.

"Felix has to stay focused. Also he has to stay with his team, with his people. You can not lose the perspective that you always have to train hard," Trinidad told Carlos Narvaev. "I have to be very clear that for every opponent you have to train hard. There is no such thing as a small opponent in this sport."

"He has the skills and he is also a great human being. Whenever I have spoken with him, I speak from the heart. I have no doubt that he is on his way [to becoming a star] and that his team is helping him. He learned some things."

"I was responsible and dedicated. I worked hard in my time and I was healthy. I know that Felix will be a champion. He is part of that great group that is coming up in the ranks like Manny Rodriguez, Angel Acosta and many others. I know Puerto Rico wants to see him to become world champion."


Felix Trinidad Still Has Faith in Felix Verdejo To Prove His Hype - Boxing News

 

[reservoirdogs]

yes lemieux scored a unbelievably brutal KO and he deserves props but this article is too damn much ..i mean mikey garcia didnt get an article like this unless im mistaken and he wiped out a prime unbeaten champion in a similar fashion

Lemieux is a crude puncher who beat another crude puncher who was smaller and more pat his prime than him.
I don't hate on Lemieux but that's really all what happened here.
I see the agenda of the article tho... Everything to big up GGG's resume I guess.
Nah, give it up brehs, GGG is a very good fighter but MW in recent years was hot trash, the supposed top 5 MW Geale got slumped by a small Cotto in the same fashion as he was by Golovkin. It was so trash that a top 10 welterweight gave Golovkin one of his his hardest fights

 

[Knicksman20]

yes lemieux scored a unbelievably brutal KO and he deserves props but this article is too damn much ..i mean mikey garcia didnt get an article like this unless im mistaken and he wiped out a prime unbeaten champion in a similar fashion

It's should be easier to KO a guy when a fighter disregards the rehydration rules & is damn near a cruiserweight by fight time

 

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Lemieux is a crude puncher who beat another crude puncher who was smaller and more pat his prime than him.
I don't hate on Lemieux but that's really all what happened here.
I see the agenda of the article tho... Everything to big up GGG's resume I guess.
Nah, give it up brehs, GGG is a very good fighter but MW in recent years was hot trash, the supposed top 5 MW Geale got slumped by a small Cotto in the same fashion as he was by Golovkin. It was so trash that a top 10 welterweight gave Golovkin one of his his hardest fights

Both Lemieux and Stevens are already on GGG's resume....either way it goes, it was the battle of the leftovers


And "one of his hardest fights"? How exactly was the fight "hard" for GGG? He finished him in under 15 minutes


If that's considered a "hard" fight for him........then duke is practically unbeatable at Middleweight today

 

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It's should be easier to KO a guy when a fighter disregards the rehydration rules & is damn near a cruiserweight by fight time

So what does this say for how bad of a performance Gamboa had, being that he had a larger weight advantage over Alvarado than Lemieux did Stevens, and still got dropped & couldn't KO his opponent?



Gamboa was all hype

 

[reservoirdogs]

Both Lemieux and Stevens are already on GGG's resume....either way it goes, it was the battle of the leftovers


And "one of his hardest fights"? How exactly was the fight "hard" for GGG? He finished him in under 15 minutes


If that's considered a "hard" fight for him........then duke is practically unbeatable at Middleweight today

Brook still showed more resistance than the likes of Geale, Rubio or Macklin. Not only the number of rounds count but what they did during those rounds.
Yeah he was practically unbeatable in MW cause the division is so trash. I don't say that Golovkin is not a good fighter but I firmly believe that if he would competed in a weightclass as strong as the likes of 130, 147, 154 or 175 he wouldn't be regarded the same as he is now, he would probably have a few Ls too.

Klitschko ruled a similarly weak heavyweight division for years but journalists still weren't on his dikk as much as they are on Golovkin's cause Klitschko's style is dull. It it what it is...

 

[Knicksman20]

So what does this say for how bad of a performance Gamboa had, being that he had a larger weight advantage over Alvarado than Lemieux did Stevens, and still got dropped & couldn't KO his opponent?



Gamboa was all hype

Come on fam. You know there's a difference in the higher weights with punching power & with Lemieux & Stevens you had 2 guys closer to their prime than Gamboa who's more out of his.

 

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Brook still showed more resistance than the likes of Geale, Rubio or Macklin. Not only the number of rounds count but what they did during those rounds.
Yeah he was practically unbeatable in MW cause the division is so trash. I don't say that Golovkin is not a good fighter but I firmly believe that if he would competed in a weightclass as strong as the likes of 130, 147, 154 or 175 he wouldn't be regarded the same as he is now, he would probably have a few Ls too.

Klitschko ruled a similarly weak heavyweight division for years but journalists still weren't on his dikk as much as they are on Golovkin's cause Klitschko's style is dull. It it what it is...

But you don't see the irony in saying one of his hardest fights lasted under 6 rounds and ended with the fight being stopped because the opponent's corner threw in the towel?


Klitschko was KOd multiple times in that Heavyweight division.....while GGG hasn't shown ANY vulnerability yet. Nobody knows how to beat him, because no one has had him in trouble yet.


To me, when you dominate every single opponent and finish them, no matter how "weak" the division is (because I think MW is weak also), only the ELITE can do that. GGG is an elite MW fighting in an era of B fighters at 160, which is why he crushes every single opponent.


Jacobs will be no different on Saturday.


The sooner everyone comes to grips with the fact that GGG cannot be beaten at 160, we can began trying to force him to move up to 168.

 

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Come on fam. You know there's a difference in the higher weights with punching power & with Lemieux & Stevens you had 2 guys closer to their prime than Gamboa who's more out of his.

I disagree.


The low caliber of opponent he faced, the huge weight advantage he had, plus the fact he was the much more skilled fighter should have never equaled Gamboa being the one who tasted the canvas while putting on a boring performance. Lemieux had a 7lb weight advantage in the fight. He came in the ring at 177....Stevens was 170. Lamont Peterson had a larger weight advantage vs Danny Garcia (165 to 157) and didn't KO Swift either, so I cant just put it on rehydration. He caught Andre Stevens clean and slumped him.


Hell, didn't Crawford KO Gamboa when he was the heavier man? But Gamboa cant do that to lesser quality opposition?


Gamboa was overhyped all along, so now it's time for us to discuss it. He got too many passes over the years.

 

[Knicksman20]

I disagree.


The low caliber of opponent he faced, the huge weight advantage he had, plus the fact he was the much more skilled fighter should have never equaled Gamboa being the one who tasted the canvas while putting on a boring performance. Lemieux had a 7lb weight advantage in the fight. He came in the ring at 177....Stevens was 170.


Gamboa was overhyped all along

He's gotta a lot of miles on him because of his amateur background. 5 years ago he would've sparked that guy. Add in the inactivity & him being chinny his career & you get what we got

 

[reservoirdogs]

But you don't see the irony in saying one of his hardest fights lasted under 6 rounds and ended with the fight being stopped because the opponent's corner threw in the towel?


Klitschko was KOd multiple times in that Heavyweight division.....while GGG hasn't shown ANY vulnerability yet. Nobody knows how to beat him, because no one has had him in trouble yet.


To me, when you dominate every single opponent and finish them, no matter how "weak" the division is (because I think MW is weak also), only the ELITE can do that. GGG is an elite MW fighting in an era of B fighters at 160, which is why he crushes every single opponent.


Jacobs will be no different on Saturday.


The sooner everyone comes to grips with the fact that GGG cannot be beaten at 160, we can began trying to force him to move up to 168.

I already wanted him to move up but
1: MW is starting to heat up just now and the guy is 35 years old plus the Canelo fight as a possibility is there. I said a 2-3 years ago that he should move up but as of right now it would be less meaningful and won't happen.
2: People who want him to move up always called haters by his fans... They always come with those few examples where an elite fighter stayed in his division forever. I'm not even upset if a fighter never moves up IF he has always good fighters around him to fight and challenge him. That was not th case with Golovkin, he basically sat on his ass in that trash ass division and he got lucky to his later years cause it's starting to heat up now, but he really just sat on his ass and was willing to wait till forever for good fighters to come around instead of moving up...

I'm also not bothered with someone sitting on his ass in a trash division w/o challenges all in his career if the guy isn't being hyped by the media as the best thing since sliced bread.

 

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Kell Brook trying to insinuate that Diddy don't wanna take VADA huh?








Good move, cast doubt & suspicion over Diddy if he doesn't take VADA testing (#VADAorNADA), but we coming to take dat regardless



Im sure Truth will sign up



#TruthSeekers

 

[reservoirdogs]

Kell Brook trying to insinuate that Diddy don't wanna take VADA huh?








Good move, cast doubt & suspicion over Diddy if he doesn't take VADA testing (#VADAorNADA), but we coming to take dat regardless



Im sure Truth will sign up



#TruthSeekers

Diddy?

 

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Diddy?

#TruthSeekers

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

I don't get the Diddy shyt?